PL Princess C hangs tough to win

PL Princess C (Thinking Out Loud) wins the featured $11,000 fillies & mares’ harness racing pace at Tioga Downs on Friday (May 30).

PL Princess C ($5.90) went straight to the front and led to the quarter in :27.2.  She used a :28.3 second quarter and was first to the half in :56.0.  Huntressville A (Braxten Boyd) came first-up to challenge going down the backstretch. PL Princess C (Jeff Long) led to three-quarters in 1:25.4.

As they reached the stretch third place finisher Won Surreal Deal (Tyler Miller) slipped through on the inside as second place finisher Huntressville A kept charging on the outside.  PL Princess C dug in and won equaling her lifetime best of 1:52.2.

PL Princess C is a 6-year-old mare by Thinking Out Loud.  She is trained by Paul Long for owners Jeff and Charlene Long.  It was her third win this season she now has 22 career victories.

PL PRINCESS C REPLAY

Braxten Boyd had a driving hat trick.  Aaron Byron had a driving double.

Tioga Downs returns to live racing on Saturday (May 31) with a post time of 6:15 p.m.

For more information go to www.tiogadowns.com.

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

by John Horne, for Tioga Downs