Franco Tristan N (McArdle) prevailed in his local debut last month at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The Amanda Kelley-trained pacer was the 1-9 favorite after drawing the rail in that start in a conditional race. Following a third place finish last week, Franco Tristan N moved up into the Open Pace on Saturday night. Billy Dobson sat behind the eight year old New Zealand invader in the $15,000 as they sat the pocket to the track’s defending Pacer of the Year Crockets Cullen N (Larry Stalbaum). Crockets Cullen N has a ten-race local win streak in the Open snapped earlier two weeks ago and didn’t factor in last weekend’s installment of the Open. Still, the nine year old was the race’s 3-5 betting favorite on Saturday in a five-horse field. Franco Tristan N got the perfect trip riding the coattails of the favorite in a first half that went in just 57.3. The Kelley trainee flew up the inside in the stretch before stopping the timer in 1:54.1 to record his first Open win. Betterlatethnnever (Jay Randall) came on to finish second for the second straight week in the Open while Crockets Cullen N had to settle for third. Franco Tristan N paid $8.00 to win and led an exacta that returned $39.20. Franco Tristan N is owned by the Scheigert Racing Stable of Saratoga Springs.

Tristan Slough

Live racing continues on Sunday afternoon with a matinee kicking off at noon.

Mike Sardella

Photo: Cheyanne Mandy

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Tristan Sotomayor

1 MS Explanation 2 Statistics 3 Parts Slots 4 Weaponry 4.1 Main Weapon (Ranged) 4.2 Main Weapon (Melee) 4.3 Secondary Weapon 5 Skills 6 Hangar Upgrades 7 Notes This unit is based on the RX-78NT-1 'Alex' with major modifications. The RX-78NT-1 ended up in storage at Luna II, having sustained severe damage dueling with the Cyclops Team's MS-06Z Zaku II Kai at Side 6 near the end of the One Year. The Tristan has 3 high slots, with 2 turret hardpoints and no launcher hardpoints. It can fit up to 2 turrets, and no launchers. It can, of course, also opt to fit nothing in those slots, or to fit non-turret, non-launcher stuff (like Salvagers, or neuts/nos's).