Siegelman wins five at Monticello again

Monticello, NY No, its not groundhogs day, but it is beginning to sound like a broken record. For the fourth time this season, Austin Siegelman won five races in an afternoon at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday (March 20).

Cheep Sunglasses was one of five wins on the eight-race card for driver Austin Siegleman. Photo Geri Schwarz.

He started by winning the first three races with Boostwiththefur (1:59.1- $3.10), Cheep Sunglasses (2:02 – $6.30) and Gonna Fly (1:58 – $10.80). After he finished third in the fourth race, he won his fourth with Four Starzz Lefty (1:59.3 – $10.20) in the fifth and finished second in race seven with Cerisier.

It was Adorabella, a 3-year-old Pet Rock filly that earned Siegelman his fifth trip to the winner’s circle in the eighth race finale. For Adorabella, who is trained by Jody Riedel, it was the filly’s first pari-mutuel win.

The five wins Wednesdeay vaulted Siegelman to the top of the leading dash winners standings at Monticello Raceway with 85 wins, Mike Merton is second with 64. James DeVaux has 52 and Bruce Aldrich is fourh with 49 wins.

Overall, Siegelman has won 119 races thus far in 2019, which is good enough to earn him the th place spot nationally. He has over $678,200 in earnings this season.

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