Queen Of Success showed a pair of wins racing in the weekly pacing feature for mares back in mid-December, but facing a tougher field on Friday night at The Meadowlands, she was sent to the gate as the 8-1 fourth choice in the field of five.
After winning two of three starts at Yonkers Raceway, Tonys Mom shipped to The Meadowlands on Dec. 23 and was a good-looking, fast-closing second-place finisher in the feature coming from sixth with a quarter-mile to go. On Saturday (Jan. 14) night at The Big M, driver Jason Bartlett kept the Per Engblom student closer to the action and was rewarded with a victory in the featured $36,667 high-end conditioned pace for fillies and mares.
Off a close-up second to the good-looking, short-priced winner Beach Cowgirl a week ago, bettors bet big on Talk Curdy To Me, hammering her down to 1-9 in the Saturday night feature at The Meadowlands.
Driver Yannick Gingras masterfully rated the mile with 7-5 favourite Keg Stand, who scored a measured victory by a neck in the $150,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes Final for four-year-old trotting horses and geldings one of four $150,000 finals contested on Monday at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming and Hotel.