by Jim Beviglia, for Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs

Wilkes-Barre, PA — The 4-year-old mare Tui beat the boys in an $18,000 conditioned trot on Friday night (May 25) at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs and set a world record for her age group in the process.

Racing in a condition for non-winner of $18,000 in the last five starts, Tui, the pride of the Don Wiest barn, left from post position one in a field of eight as the 3-2 favorite and burned right to the front end for driver Anthony Napolitano in :26.4.

Even with outside pressure, the mare held the led easily to the half in :56 and the three-quarters in 1:23.3. In the stretch, the daughter of Windsong’s Legacy kicked away from her foes to win by 2-1/4 lengths. Ice Machine finished second and Man About Town picked up the show.

The winning time of 1:52.3 broke the track record of 1:53.1 set by Stage Show in 2009, which also stood as the world record for 4-year-old trotting mares on a five-eighths-mile oval.

Tui, owned by Wiest and Edward Kimmel, won for the third time in eight tries this year and picked up her 10 lifetime win, pushing her career earnings to $193,593.