Weslynn Quest might have come into the Friday night's card at The Meadowlands with an 0-for-16 record this year, but the classy six-year-old daughter of Manofmanymissions-Weslynn Legacy found the drop into a high-end conditioned trot much to her liking, as she strolled home as much the best in the $18,000 feature.
“She was overloaded with trot last week and couldn’t find a hole,” said winning driver Corey Callahan of her :27.1 final quarter when sixth to Its Academic in the Preferred for trotters. “Tonight, this was basically a double class drop.”
And it looked that way.
">Weslynn Quest was away in no particular hurry, racing fourth past the quarter before Callahan roused her to the top at the half in :56.2. She took token pressure around the far turn from Hoosier Park shipper Muscledover but shrugged that one off as they straightened away into the stretch, opening up a four-length edge before going on to an easy 1-1/4-length score in 1:53.3. Inaminute Hanover was second with Memo third.
“I figured at some point, I’d get her to the front,” said Callahan. “Once I did, it was all over.”
As the 3-5 public choice, Weslynn Quest returned $3.20 to win.
The Trish Adams trainee lifted her lifetime earnings to $487,815. She is owned by John Barnard.
When Dragons Lucky Lady got up on the wire in a thrilling photo finish in the ninth race, the results revealed no winning tickets in the Early 50-cent Pick-4, meaning that Saturday night, there is going to be some big play on the wager.
The winning odds of the horses for the sequence were 37-1, 3-1, 23-1 and 10-1, creating a carryover of $49,039.67. That money will be offered to players on Saturday’s Early 50-cent Pick-4 (races six through nine), which could see $200,000 in “new money” for a possible grand total of $250,000. In conjunction with the United States Trotting Association’s Strategic Wagering initiative, Big M management is guaranteeing $175,000 in “new money,” meaning that the total pool will be no less than $225,000.
Free past performances for every race of every Meadowlands card are available by going to playmeadowlands.com.
Those who had three correct on Friday cashed in for $103.65.
What’s better than one carryover? Why, two, of course.
There were no winning tickets sold in the 20-cent Pick-6, creating a carryover of $5,201.12 for Saturday night. Those with five winning selections on their tickets collected $1,733.86. The Pick-6 is offered on races eight through 13.
A LITTLE MORE: Scott Zeron led the driver colony with three winners. “The Money Man” swept the late double, which paid $507, when he guided 47-1 longshot Bullvillekarla and 9-5 favourite Chief Of Staff to the winner’s circle in the 13th and 14th races, respectively. … Tyler Miller had a driving double. … Four winning horses on the card went off at odds of 23-1 or more. … All-source handle totalled $2,400,216. … Racing resumes Saturday at 6:20 p.m.
(With files from The Meadowlands)