Late For Dinner and Acrimony capped off a four-win Wednesday at The Meadows for trainer Ron Burke with a dead-heat victory in an $11,500 conditioned pace.
Late For Dinner shot the Lightning Lane for driver Mike Wilder to gain inexorably on her stablemate Acrimony and Ronnie Wrenn Jr. At the wire, the camera couldn’t separate them and they were declared dead-heat winners in 1:55.3 over the 'good' track.
Burke conditions both dead-heat winners. William Donovan owns Late For Dinner, a two-year-old daughter of Stay Hungry-Ubettergo, while Burke Racing Stable and Weaver Bruscemi LLC campaign Acrimony, a three-year-old daughter of A Rocknroll Dance-Kryptos.
It was the second dead heat for win on the 12-race card, with Wilder getting a victory in each.
Georgias Passion pulled the pocket near the three-quarters, overpowered the leader and scored a convincing victory — her second straight — in Wednesday’s co-feature, an $11,500 conditioned trot.
Ms Lynn had been unchallenged on top when Dave Palone tipped Georgias Passion off the cones and asked for trot. The three-year-old daughter of Bluto-Passionate Fury sailed past and prevailed in 1:58.1 over a sloppy surface. Flipflopsncroptops shot the Lightning Lane for second, beaten 2-3/4 lengths, with Miss Irish Whit third.
Sarah Andrews trains Georgias Passion and owns with Angela Cornell and Tessie Esry.
Creations Dream MV, the 1-5 favourite, was parked the entire first quarter but had enough in the tank to triumph in 1:59.2 over the 'good' going in an $11,500 conditioned trot for Wrenn, trainer Bill Rhoades and owners Adam Hawthorne and Devin White.
Burke and Wrenn each collected four wins on the card while Palone and Wilder enjoyed triples. Wrenn’s haul gives him 10 victories over the last two days.
Live racing at The Meadows continues Thursday when the 12-race program features a pair of carryovers — $4,857.95 in the final-race Super Hi-5, $2,629.39 in the Jackpot Pick 5 (Race 4). First post is 12:45 p.m.
(With files from MSOA)