Lady Saturn strikes as Boyd bags five

Lady Saturn (Brett Crawford) captures the $12,500 featured fillies & mares’ pace on Thursday (July 30).

Big favorite Ambushed (Braxten Boyd) brushed to the quarter in :27.4.  She used a :29.0 second quarter to be first the half in :56.4.  Lady Saturn ($11.08) made her move going first-up from fourth heading down the backstretch.  Ambushed held a slight lead to three quarters in 1:25.1.

As they made the turn for home Lady Saturn wrestled the lead away, holding off a late charge by second place finisher Illusion Seelster (Kyle Swift) to win in 1:53.0.  Elegant A (Ridge Warrern) was third best.

LADY SATURN REPLAY

Lady Saturn is a 5-year-old mare by Huntsville.  She is owned by Dragon Tales Farm and trained by Michelle Crawford.  It was her second win of the season.  She now has 15 lifetime victories.

Driver Braxten Boyd won five of the nine races on the card.  The “Michigan Missile” was first with Escape The House, Filet Mignon, Pink Lumiere, Blue Point, and Celia B Money.

Tioga Downs returns to live racing on Friday (July 31) with starting at 6:15 p.m.

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

by John Horne, for Tioga Downs