Tioga Downs plays host to a leg of the Kindergarten Classic
on Friday (September 13). They will feature freshmen pacers and trotters
in four non-betting races. Each will race for a purse of $10,000.
The first of the Kindergarten races features 2-year-old
pacing colts and geldings. Trainer Tony Alagna will send two time winner
Ideal Perception (Matt Kakaley) as well as Captain Barbosa (Andrew McCarthy) to
the starting gate. Ideal Perception (American Ideal-Southwind Siren) has
won two New York Excelsior A series races in his six lifetime starts.
Captain Barbossa is a colt by Captaintreacherous-Swinging Beauty. He has
won over $45,000 in his career with four seconds and a third in eight career
starts.
The second Kindergarten race is for freshmen trotting colts
and geldings. The John Butenschoen trained Swipe Right (Mike Simons) has
won two races in seven starts in 2019. He is a colt by Explosive
Matter-Online Exclusive. Overised (Matt Kakaley) is the other two time
winner in the field. Trained by George Ducharme, he is a colt by
Explosive Matter-Afterimage. He is going for his third straight victory.
The third Kindergarten race features 2-year-old trotting fillies.
Winter Olympics (Wally Hennessey) looks to be the horse to beat. The
filly by Muscle Mass-Olympic Dreams won a leg of the Ontario Sire Stakes at
Woodbine Mohawk Park on August 9th. Trained by Ake Svanstedt, she also
has a second place finish in just three lifetime starts. Her lifetime
earnings are over $35,000.
The last of four Kindergarten races features freshmen pacing
fillies. The three horse field includes the Nancy Johansson trained Love
For Sail (Captaintreacherous-West Side Glory) and JK Finendandy (American
Ideal-JK Fine). Love For Sail (Andrew McCarthy) has a win, a second, and
a third in four lifetime starts. JL Finendandy (Matt Kakaley) has two
seconds in four career starts. They will take on the R. Nifty Norman trained
Anthem (David Miller). The filly by Sweet Lou-Monkeys Can Sing has a win,
two seconds, and a third in just six starts.
tThe four non-betting races will be mixed in with the 13
pari-mutuel races on Friday. The Kindergarten 2 year old colt pace will
take place in between pari-mutuel races one and two. The Kindergarten
colt trot will be between pari-mutuel races two and three. The
Kindergarten filly trot will run in between pari-mutuel races three and
four. The Kindergarten filly pace will take place between pari-mutuel
races four and five. Post time for this exciting card is 6:15 p.m.
For more information go to www.tiogadowns.com.
