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Photo by Dean Gillette
Watch Miss Tucky and Brad Ferguson gave fans something to watch Saturday, June 20. With a herd of horses heading to the wire, the Indiana trotter gained the advantage late to win the $18,000 Open 2-3 Handicap at Harrah’s Hoosier Park.
With the rail horse scratched, Watch Miss Tucky slid over to the inside starting spot and left the gate with a little speed, but not enough to get a top spot. Calculated Concept and John DeLong to her outside had early speed and it appeared she would get away fourth but she was shuffled back as race favorite Operator and Marcus Miller got in the hole right in front of her before the quarter in :26.4. Finite and Trace Tetrick led the way to the half in :56.2. That’s when Operator and Watch Miss Tucky both moved to the outside.
The field was tightly packed around the final turn with four in and three out. Watch Miss Tucky was getting a perfect second over journey to the head of the lane. She tipped to the outside and dug in gamely to get by the top ones. CS Flying Co-Pilot and Jordan Ross were stuck in behind horses and finally got room late to move up the inside. But Watch Miss Tucky had good momentum, getting the edge by three-quarters at the wire in 1:54.0. CS Flying Co-Pilot was second, just a nose ahead of ER Kelly and LeWayne Miller in the three-way photo. Less than three lengths separated the entire field at the wire.
Watch Miss Tucky and ER Kelly were the longest shots on the board in the race, paying out some big prices for the exotics in the race. Watch Miss Tucky paid $30.20 for the win while ER Kelly paid $11.20 for show. Watch Miss Tucky is owned by Neil Coleman and Lloyd Schneiderman. Coleman trains the five-year-old daughter of Pinetucky, who was bred by Black Creek Farm.
That’s four wins in nine starts for Watch Miss Tucky this season. Overall, she has 12 wins and more than $129,000 in earnings. She took her career best time of 1:53.1 earlier in June at Harrah’s Hoosier Park.
Switching gaits to the pace, Goo Goo Won and Kyle Wilfong were winners in the evening’s featured $22,000 Filles and Mares Open Pace. The seven-year-old daughter of Fred and Ginger sat in the two hole before finding room in the lane and scoring the win by a neck over Wild Rosa and Brandon Bates. Can’ttouchthese and John DeLong finished third in the 1:50.2 mile.
Goo Goo Won paid $13.40 for the win. She is a homebred owned by breeder Judy Taylor, with her son, Howard, also one of the breeders on the mare from the family’s sire Fred and Ginger.
It was win number 28 for Goo Goo Won, who is closing in on a half million in career earnings. She is a member of the sub 1:50 club, taking her 1:49.4 mark last season at Harrah’s Hoosier Park.
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