Big Cyn’s trainer likes to let her run

Based on the recent schedule of Big Cyn, Beth Miller-Saul apparently doesn’t hold to the thinking of the great number of trainers who believe their horses need a month or so between races.

Big Cyn became Handsome Mike’s 16th winner of 2021 yesterday, scoring a powerful wire-to-wire victory in a $24,000 allowance race at Finger Lakes. It marked the 4-year-old New York-bred filly’s third start in a span of 36 days for owner/breeder Patricia Generazio. Miller-Saul has taken advantage of the current state of racing, with the steady decline in the average number of starters per race; Big Cyn has faced a total of just 13 (4-5-4) other runners in her last three tries.

Kevin Navarro was aboard Big Cyn in yesterday’s race at a mile and 70 yards, and he enjoyed a rocking-chair ride as Big Cyn made every pole a winning one. She cruised to the wire nearly four lengths in front, paid $3.80 as favorite and earned a check for $14,400, raising her career total to $69,080 on a record of 4-0-3 in 14 starts.