Maritimes stakes star Elm Grove Inarush was victorious in her four-year-old debut on Friday in the $15,000 Filly & Mare Not Listed Preferred Pace at The Meadows.

Atlantic Breeders Crown and two-time Island Breeders Championship winner Elm Grove Inarush blitzed the field with a three-wide backside burst and scored in 1:55.2 on a sloppy surface for driver Jim Pantaleano, trainer J.L. Adams and owners Martin Valentic and John Bednarski Jr. Bazooka Terror was two and three-quarter lengths back in second while a trapped in Do Me Honor settled for show.

A daughter of P.E.I. stallion Coastocoast Yankee out of Seawind Alpha, Elm Grove Inarush was sold privately by her former connections at the end of her sophomore campaign in which she had won 13 of 18 stakes races and $74,784.

Fashion Rocker swooped the field down the backside and scored a comfortable victory in a division of Friday’s Donna Dunn Memorial Pace.

Fashion Rocker, who prepped for the series in overnights at The Meadowlands, was sitting third when Dave Palone sent her on her journey. The 1-5 favourite easily gobbled up the leaders and triumphed in 1:59. The pocket-sitting Skyway Hurricane held second, two and a half lengths back, with Southwind Asia third. Ron Burke trains Fashion Rocker, a sophomore daughter of Rocknroll Hanover-Show Off, for Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC and Bethann Palone.

Somewhere Fameous took the other $15,000 opening leg split of the series for three and four-year-old fillies and mares.

The series honours the memory of the late Donna Dunn, longtime Standardbred owner and wife of veteran The Meadows-based trainer and USTA Director Walter “Boots” Dunn.

Tony Hall, Mike Wilder, trainer Randy Bendis and Palone each enjoyed a double on the 12-race card.

(With files from The Meadows)