Last Goodbye wins at Tioga Downs!
NICHOLS, N.Y. (August 23, 2026) — Last Goodbye finished the series with a win. Sent off at 2.30-1 in the $12,000 Summer Pop Up Series Final at Tioga Downs, the 5-year-old gelding, trained by Joe Pavia Jr. and driven by Braxten Boyd, came from sixth and held off the 1.18-1 favorite, Crunch Hanover, by a head in a photo in 1:52.4.
Starting from the outside post 9, he was sixth, 7 lengths back, at the first quarter (26.4), then moved to the outside, shown by the bubble at the half (55.2), where he was fifth and 3¾ lengths away. He was fourth and 2¼ lengths from the front on the outside at the three-quarters (1:23.3), and second by a quarter-length at the stretch call. He got up to win with a last quarter of 29.1.
Crunch Hanover was second, also timed in 1:52.4, with Go With The Flow third in 1:53.1. Last Goodbye paid $6.60 to win, and the $2 exacta (9-1) returned $22.14.
Last Goodbye, by Betting Line out of Picked By An Angel, was bred by Steven Held and Gary Wagner. He is owned by Jablonsky Held Stable and Joe Pavia Jr. Stable Inc.
Watch the full race replay above, and see more winners from Pavia Racing Stable.
