Overcoming a bad draw, Wind Surfer used speed early and the Lightning Lane late to capture Monday’s $22,500 Preferred Trot at The Meadows

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Leaving from Post 8, Wind Surfer hustled to the front for Eric Ledford and was pocketed by the quarter-pole move of Rembrandt Spur. Wind Surfer charged by Rembrandt Spur in the stretch and defeated him by a length in 1:54.3. Y Dat raced well first over for third.

Kent Sherman trains Wind Surfer, a six-year-old Muscles Yankee-Windsurfing VC gelding who now boasts $527,275 in lifetime earnings, for James Koran and Betty Sherman.

Elsewhere on the card, Darena Hanover became harness racing’s fastest two-year-old filly pacer on a five-eighths-mile track this year when she won a maiden race in 1:56.1 in her career debut. Dave Palone drove the daughter of Yankee Cruiser-Dashaway Hanover for trainer Ron Burke and Burke Racing Stable.

Palone drove four winners and Ledford three on the 14-race program. Tuesday’s card at The Meadows features a $5,000-guaranteed pool in the Pick 4 spanning races 12-15.

(The Meadows)