Chris Gooden Photo
WASHINGTON, PA, Dec. 11, 2020 Macadoodledoo threw down a sizzling 54.3 back half but still was all out late to secure his harness racing victory in Friday s $17,900 Open Handicap Pace at The Meadows.
Macadoodledoo zipped to the front from post 4 for Ronnie Wrenn, Jr. but couldn t draw away from Carolina Beach and Rock Candy, stalking from second and third, respectively.
But Rock Candy s Lightning Lane charge fell a head short, and Macadoodledoo prevailed in 1:50.4.
Carolina Beach finished third.
Ron Burke trains the winner, a 5-year-old
Somebeachsomewhere-Pirouette Hanover gelding who vaulted over $200,000 in career earnings, for Burke Racing Stable and Weaver Bruscemi LLC.
Macadoodledoo threw down a sizzling :54.3 back half, but still was all-out late to secure his victory in Friday’s (Dec. 11) $17,900 Open Handicap Pace at The Meadows.
Macadoodledoo zipped to the front from post four for Ronnie Wrenn Jr., but couldn’t draw away from Carolina Beach and Rock Candy, stalking from second and third, respectively. But Rock Candy’s Lightning Lane charge fell a head short, and Macadoodledoo prevailed in 1:50.4. Carolina Beach finished third.
Ron Burke trains the winner, a five-year-old Somebeachsomewhere-Pirouette Hanover gelding who vaulted over $200,000 in career earnings, for Burke Racing Stable and Weaver Bruscemi LLC.
Elsewhere on Friday’s card, Dapper Dude, the personable, popular, strong-willed millionaire, faced the starter for the final time in his illustrious career. The 11-year-old chestnut son of The Panderosa and Dress To Suggest tried to go out a winner, quarter-poling to the point, but he tired and finished sixth.
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WASHINGTON, PA, Dec. 10, 2020 He s banked nearly $1.4 million, and he could out-tough almost every opponent he ever faced. But that old warhorse Father Time proved even more persistent, so after his start Friday at The Meadows, 11-year-old
Dapper Dude will retire from racing and launch the next phase of his glorious career at stud.
Dapper Dude leaves from post 2, race 6, with his favorite driver, Aaron Merriman, in the sulky.
In his recent starts, the son of
The Panderosa- Dressed To Suggest has looked nothing like his old self, drifting through the class ranks and bottoming out in low-end conditioned races. His trainer, Tim Twaddle, said it s painfully clear to him that retirement is Dapper Dude s best option.
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