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Friday, February 15, 2019

Austin Siegelman wins 5 at Monticello Raceway, again


No, it’s not a typo, yesterday at Monticello Raceway Austin won 5 races and today he duplicated the exact same feat.

Siegelman won the second race of the afternoon with Reflexionofroyalty from the rail in 2:00.1 and returned a $8.50 win pari-mutuel, it was the first win of the season for Reflexionofroylaty.  Histoire Eternelle (PP4) gave Austin his second win of the day, as he scored a wire to wire win in 1:57 for trainer Chris Petrelli.  He came right back in the following race to score with Victory Singer (1:59.4 - $2.60) it was the 3rd win a row for Victory Singer.  In the 7th race it was Sky Guy from post position 8, to win by 3 lengths after cutting the entire mile in 1:57.1, the son of Sportswriter is trained by Thomas Merton. The last win of the afternoon came aboard Celtic Art, the Joe Moeykens trained son of Artiscape won in 1:59 and paid $10.40 to win.

The top 4 drivers are in a bottleneck for leading dash winner with 3 drivers Bruce Aldrich Jr.  Michael Merton, and James Devaux all tied with 34 wins, Austin is in close pursuit with  33 wins. 

Over $780,000 was wagered on the 10-race card.

Live racing returns on Monday with a 12:25 post time.