The gritty, classy mare My True Delight shined back in the spotlight at Tioga Downs on Friday night in the featured $16,500 Fillies & Mares Open Handicap Pace
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Leaving from post position number four, Howard Parker and My True Delight watched as race favourite Semjac Legacy eagerly paced through fractions of :26.4 and :56 before making their move down the backside.
Parker sent the eight-year old daughter of Bettors Delight-My True Art into a first over grind from fourth as the field passed three-quarters in 1:24.3.
Turning for home, My True Delight kept fighting gamely on the outside as Semjac Legacy was giving it up on the inside. Parker and My True Delight won by just over a length for the mare’s first victory of the year in 1:54.2, for trainer-owner Judith Lanpher.
My True Delight has been a consistent performer on the Tioga Downs’ racing circuit and with the win, won for the fifth consecutive year at Tioga. Leanback Coco and Phil Fluet used a ground saving pylon journey to find room late for the place spot, while Lickcreek Jazzy and Ed Hensley found room in the stretch behind the tiring Semjac Legacy to get third.
(Tioga Downs)