Pappy Go Go showed his win a week ago against weaker foes was the perfect prep for the Saturday night conditioned trotting feature at the Meadowlands, as he scored for fun in the $16,000 event in 1:54.

The Andrew Harris trainee was firing fast at the outset, hitting the quarter in :27.3, two lengths in front of the pocket-sitting My Cherry Pie. Unpressured, the four-year-old gelded son of Tad The Stud-Paging Willy, hit the half in :56 and three-quarters in 1:24.4, where he extended his lead to almost three lengths.

Pappy Go Go kept on rolling through the stretch, hitting the wire 5-1/2 lengths in front of My Cherry Pie over a track rated ‘sloppy’. Simply Volo finished third. New Jersey Viking, the 7-5 favourite, popped out of the three hole at the five-eighths but never threatened and finished fourth.

As the 9-5 second choice, Pappy Go Go returned $5.80 to his backers in winning for the 24th time in 46 lifetime starts for owner Michael Goldberg Racing LLC.

A LITTLE MORE: Trainer Bob Lounsbury had three winners on the card as did drivers Mike Merton and Dexter Dunn. Driver Steve Smith lit up the tote board in the Friday finale with a 16-1 shot. On Saturday, he did it again, scoring at 16-1 with Bills Fella in the eighth race, and topped a $2 Trifecta that returned $53,700. All-source handle on the 12-race card totaled $1,592,218. Racing resumes Friday at 7:15 p.m.

(Meadowlands)