Winning Legends (Justin Huckabone) and Ideal Jimmy (Jody
Jamieson) capture the co-features at Tioga Downs Sunday (May 30).
Winning Legends ($7.00) breezes to an easy win in the
$9,000 Open Trot.
Creekside Pete (Corey Braden) got the first call but
Winning Legends takes control just before hitting the first quarter in
:28.0. I Got The Looks (Drew Monti) made
the first move coming first-over on the way to the half. Winning Legends reached the half first in
:57.4. As they went down the backstretch
Winning Legends shook off the challenge and led to three-quarters in 1:25.1.
As they made the turn for home Creekside Pete popped out of
the pocket and took to the chase but Winning Legends was too strong and won
easily in 1:54.3. Creekside Pete had to
settle for second. I got The Looks
finished third.
Winning Legends is a 6-year-old gelding by Winning
Mister. He is trained by Huckabone for
owner Jonathan Applebaum. It was his
third win of the season. He got career
victory number 18.
Ideal Jimmy ($7.90) charges late to take the $9,000 Open
Pace.
Ideal Jimmy went straight to lead. Rebellious (Wally Hennessey) came first-over
to take control just after Ideal Jimmy hit the first quarter first in
:27.1. Rebellious controlled the pace
with a :28.1 second quarter. He
quickened up the pace with a backside :27.1 third quarter. He hit three-quarters in 1:22.3.
As they headed to the stretch Ideal Jimmy pounced out of
the pocket and went right on by in deep stretch to win in a lifetime best of
1:50.1. Rebellious had to settle for
second money. Waimac Attack N (Michael
Merton) finished third best.
Ideal Jimmy is an 8-year-old gelding by Western Ideal. He is owned by D R Van Witzenburg and trained
by Erv Miller. Ideal Jimmy won for the
fourth time this season. He now has 29
career victories.
Tioga Downs returns to Live racing on Friday (June 4)
starting at 6:15 p.m.
For more information go to www.tiogadowns.com.
