Plainville, MA — A pair of $25,000 tilts topped the harness racing card at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (May 13) afternoon and the winners of both events took new lifetime marks as a result of their impressive performances.

First, in the fillies and mares Open Handicap pace, Taking The Miki A (Always B Miki) followed live cover en route to victory.

Swedish Starlet N (Matty Athearn) took the lead from. Seaside Tina (Walter Case Jr.) passed the :26 flat quarter before Seaside Tina came right back to lead at the half in :55.1.

It was there that Side Piece (Drew Monti) pulled first-over and provided the draft for Taking The Miki A (Brett Beckwith), who followed her to three-quarters until Side Piece finally cleared the front.

In the turn, Taking The Miki A drew alongside the now leading Side Piece and the pair paced together through deep stretch where Taking The Miki A pulled away by 1-¼ lengths to win in 1:51.1.

TAKING THE MIKI A REPLAY

Taking The Miki A ($10.60) is owned by Pollack Racing and trained by Jeff Cullipher.

Then later, things broke Morning Edition’s (Walner) way in the Winners-Over Handicap trot where he scored his first win at The Ridge.

Victor Laszlo (Jimmy Hardy) took a quick lead from his pylon position start and marched through strong quarters of :27, :56.1 and 1:23.4 while Morning Edition (Shawn Gray) followed intently from second. As the race headed into the final turn, Victor Laszlo broke stride, leaving Morning Edition a clear lane heading into the stretch. With Sea Can (Nick Graffam) challenging him on the outside as they headed for home, Morning Edition stretched out to a two length win in 1:53.1.

MORNING EDITION REPLAY

Morning Edition ($21.80) is owned by Mark Jakubik and Douglas Overhiser and trained by Alicia Gray.

Brett Beckwith led all drivers with three wins on Tuesday while trainer Jeff Cullipher sent two from his stable to the winner’s enclosure.

Racing resumes at Plainridge Park on Thursday (May 15) at 4 p.m. and there will be a $5,632 carryover in the sixth race Wicked Hi-5 pentafecta.

Also on Thursday, Plainridge Park will host the Grade 3 $100,000 Bunker Hill 3-year-old trot which is a Grand Circuit event.

Free full past performance programs and race replays for all live racing days at Plainridge Park can be found at plainridgeparkcasino.com.

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

by Tim Bojarski, for Plainridge Park