Pocono: Lyons Legend adds PA All-Stars to growing resume

The Stay Hungry-Skinny Dip 2-year-old pacing filly Lyons Legend remained undefeated after four purse starts, taking one of two $40,000 divisions of her section's Pennsylvania All-Stars event on Sunday evening at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania in a lifetime best 1:51 4/5.

After a 27 2/5 battle for the lead past the quarter, driver Matt Kakaley moved Lyons Legend to the lead, put up middle fractions of 56 and 1:24 2/5, then finished in-hand while keeping pocket-sitter Asweetbeachhere 2 1/2 lengths behind. Trained by Jim King Jr. of Shartin N fame, Lyons Legend is owned by Threelyonsracing, and with two PA Sire Stakes wins under her girth already, the budding star filly may be back at Pocono on September 2 for her $250,000 Sire Stakes Championship.

Strange Fruit made the lead before the 28 3/5 quarter in her All-Stars tilt, then yielded to favored Ginger Tree Belle and sat in the pocket while the chalk put up mid-splits of 56 4/5 and 1:25 2/5. The price of pacing went up in the last quarter as these two drew away from the rest, and Strange Fruit, the close second choice, was able to rally into a 27 1/5 back quarter to break her maiden in 1:52 3/5 in her second purse start, with the official margin a neck. The daughter of Sweet Lou-Bettor And Better was driven by Scott Zeron for trainer Linda Toscano and the partnership of Let It Ride Stables Inc. and Bottom Line Racing LLC.

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Racing will continue at Pocono Downs with Monday and Tuesday cards beginning at 1 p.m.

--press release (PHHA/Pocono)--