Toms OK Lady won a spirited battle for the early lead, then went on to a comfortable victory in Friday’s $27,500 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows

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With four of them skirmishing for the point, Toms OK Lady made the front in :27.4 and briefly released the parked-out Im Justa Lady. When Toms OK Lady and Dave Palone re-took, there were no further challengers.

The six-year-old daughter of Inquirer-This Gals OK scored in 1:56, 2-1/4 lengths better than Rose Run Keepsake, with Hawaiianphotograph third. Ron Burke trains Toms OK Lady, who extended her career bankroll to $528,597, for Burke Racing Stable, M1 Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC and Bethann Palone.

Brian Zendt drove three winners — including two for his father, trainer Bill Zendt — on the 14-race card.

(The Meadows)