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Jeffery P made an easy lead from post seven and jogged home from there, extending his winning streak to five in Thursday’s (July 22) $17,600 Open Handicap Trot at The Meadows.
Once Dave Palone gave Jeffery P a :29.3 second-quarter breather, the race for win was effectively over. The six-year-old Full Count-Betty Jean gelding scored in 1:53.3, two lengths better than the pocket-sitting Icanflylikeanangel, while Stickler Hanover shot the Lightning Lane for show. The fourth-place finish of In Secret was noteworthy, as his cheque sent him over $900,000 in career earnings.
Ron Burke trains Jeffery P, who lifted his lifetime bankroll to $292,303, for Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC and Phillip Collura.
Jeffery P got a second-quarter breather and needed every bit of it, as he was forced to dig in late to preserve his fourth straight victory in Thursday’s $16,000 Open Handicap Trot at The Meadows.
After a swift :27.2 opening panel, Dave Palone gave Jeffery P a leisurely 30 second quarter. Even so, he was unable to open any distance on the field and was all out to down Rising MVP, who was charging through the Lightning Lane, by three-quarters of a length in 1:54.2. The first-over Icanflylikeanangel was a well-meant third.
Ron Burke trains Jeffery P, a six-year-old Full Count-Betty Jean gelding who lifted his lifetime bankroll to $283,503, for Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC and Phillip Collura.
The lights of the tote board shone brightly across the “sloppy” track after each of the $50,000 Meadowlands Pace eliminations on Saturday (July 10) at The Meadowlands when a pair of long-odd competitors crossed the beam first.
A breathtaking 81-1 upset by Hellabalou, with Andrew McCarthy at the lines, was the highlight of the first $50,000 elimination for the Meadowlands Pace.
The Sweet Lou colt, trained by Eddie Dennis, got everyone’s attention right off the gate as he swept to the lead from post 7 moving to the first turn. I had a look across [as the field got started off the gate] and nobody really looked that dedicated to leaving hard,” McCarthy said after the race, “so I bounced him out of there and got him to the front.”
Frankly My Dear saved ground through three-quarters, then moved powerfully first over to capture Friday’s Ned McCarr, a $38,345 Arden Downs Grand Circuit Stake for three-year-old filly trotters, at The Meadows.
Once Ronnie Wrenn, Jr. asked her for trot, the daughter of Southwind Frank-Temple Of Athena had little trouble overtaking May Karp and downing her by 2-1/4 lengths in a career-best 1:55.1. Dazzling Reign completed the ticket.
Wrenn said it was his plan to put Frankly My Dear in a spot where her brush could be most effective.
“Last time out in the Currier & Ives, she got in a bad spot,” he said. “She was on the right line, and it was a little tough to steer her in the last turn. Today, I just wanted to get away decent. She has one really good move, and I was able to use it. She’s a nice filly, but she’s more of a trip horse.”