Elegant A wins home stretch battle

Elegant A (Tyler Miller) captures the featured $13,000 fillies & mares’ pace at Tioga Downs on Friday (July 18).

Alabama Hannah (Jim Pantaleano) was first to the quarter in :27.0.  Gia’s Surreal then took over with a lap to go and was first to the half in :56.0.  Elegant A ($7.30) made her move first-up heading down the backstretch and led to three-quarters in 1:24.1.

As they made the turn for home Elegant A and third place finisher Gia’s Surreal kept slugging it out down the stretch.  Second place finisher Lady Saturn (Brett Crawford made a late bid in deep stretch but fell short as Elegant A won in 1:52.4.

Elegant A is a 7-year-old mare by Somebeachsomewhere.  She is owned by Pollack Racing and trained by Jeff Cullipher.  It was her sixth win this season.  She now has 25 career victories.

ELEGANT A REPLAY

Ridge Warren drove four winners on the card.  He got his wins with Catch A Peek, Shutupanddrive, Marshall Zhokov, and B Like Cruiser.

Tioga Downs returns to live racing on Saturday (July 19) with a post time of 6:15 p.m.

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

by John Horne, for Tioga Downs