Tioga Downs hosted nine divisions of New York Sire Stakes for two-year-old pacing fillies on Friday night in Nichols, New York
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Ray Schnittker and My Girls A Star captured one of the first divisions of the night as the two-year-old daughter of Art Major-Ifuwantitcumngetit made it look easy. Schnittker sent the pacing filly to the front as the field passed the quarter mile mark in :28.3, from there the duo cut through fractions of :58.1 and 1:27.1. As the field headed around the final turn, My Girls A Star pulled away from the field with minimal urging from Schnittker, and stopped the timer in 1:54.2, pacing a final panel of :27.1. The mile equaled the lifetime best for My Girls A Star, which was established in her first lifetime start in the Debutante at The Meadowlands.
Miss Annie J and Jim Morrill Jr. came out two races later and equaled the mile posted by Schnittker and My Girls A Star. Morrill used the same battle tactics as Schnittker and put his filly on the front and made it her race to win or lose.
However the fastest mile of the night came in race number 10 when Jim Morrill Jr. and Drop The Ball broke the track record for two-year-old pacing fillies in 1:53.1.
The six other division winners were as follows: Lucky Turn, 1:57.1 (Dan Cappello Jr.), See You At Peelers, 1:56.2 (Jim Morrill Jr.), New Album, 1:56 (Jim Morrill Jr.), Dreamlands Roxy, 1:56.2 (Jim Morrill Jr.), JK Soundofmusic, 1:53.4 (Yannick Gingras), and Wizzard Queen, 1:55.4 (Brandon Simpson).
Jim Morrill Jr. posted a handful of wins on the night’s 12-race card all in divisions of NYSS.
(With files from Tioga Downs)