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Monday’s (Sept. 5) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Tioga Downs and Harrington Raceway.

Andreios Kardia dominates Tioga Open pacers

Nichols, NY — Andreios Kardia ($6.10) had no trouble overcoming his assigned post nine in Monday afternoon’s featured $13,000 Open Handicap Pace at Tioga Downs, using a :54.4 back half to trounce his eight Labor Day rivals.

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Andreios Kardia had no trouble overcoming his assigned post nine in Monday’s $13,000 Open Handicap Pace at Tioga Downs.

Andreios Kardia was among a host of early leavers, including All Stienam (Brandon Arsenault) and Flying Cowboy (Kyle DiBenedetto). Despite being forced to travel wide on the entirety of the first turn, the 5-year-old Badlands Hanover gelding achieved the lead through a :26.4 first quarter and would never look back.

After driver Aaron Byron rated a brief second quarter breather, Andreios Kardia used another :26.4 quarter to gain separation on his competition, ultimately drawing clear by 6-1/4 lengths to defeat the late-rallying Dee’s Rocketman (Tyler Freese) and F Twenty Two (Corey Braden) — both of whom took advantage of chain-reaction interference in the second flight to make their late bids — in 1:49.4.

Jeffrey Byron trains 13-time winner Andreios Kardia for owner-breeder Ina Madill.

Two weekends of racing remain in the 2016 season at Tioga Downs. The next program is scheduled for Friday (Sept. 9) evening, with post time slated for 6:30 p.m. (EDT).

— James Witherite

Harrington Raceway
Howard Taylor’s Handsome Henry K ($13, George Dennis) won the $16,000 Open Pace on the Labor Day program at Harrington Raceway. The 7-year-old Western Ideal gelding followed favorite Dancin Yankee, who was the pacesetter, before surging by near the top of the stretch and overpowering his rivals to a 1:51 win. Little Ben was second, while Dancin Yankee finished third. It was the fourth win of the year for Handsome Henry K, who is trained by Mike Hall. On the undercard, Sharon Wyatt, Robin West and Ronald Benton’s Remember Me VK ($5.80, Montrell Teague) notched his third straight win in 1:52.2. Trained by Bobby Wyatt, the 4-year-old Art Director gelding set all the fractions in his 15th career win. Dennis and Tony Morgan each had a pair of wins.