Jeffery P overwhelmed a distinguished field Friday at The Meadows, cruising to a career-best 1:52.1 victory in the $16,200 Open Handicap Trot.
Jeffery P quarter-poled to the top for Dave Palone and began drawing off past the half. From there, the only question was how much his winning margin would be. The answer — 5-1/4 lengths ahead of early leader Icanflylikeanangel, with Lady’s Dude third.
Ron Burke trains Jeffery P, a six-year-old Full Count-Betty Jean gelding who vaulted over $200,000 in career earnings, for Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC and Phillip Collura.
Tony Hall collected three wins on the 13-race card — including a pair for trainer Scott Betts — raising his total to nine for the three-day race week.
Live racing at The Meadows resumes Wednesday with post time set for 12:45 p.m.
(Meadows Standardbred Owners Association)