Ontario-bred Lady Ping strolled through a comfortable :59 first half that kept the 1-5 favourite Barn Girl at bay and rolled to an easy victory in Tuesday’s (Dec. 19) $18,000 Fillies and Mares Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows.
Once Dave Palone gave Lady Ping that leisurely half, neither the first-over bid of Classical Annie nor the Lightning Lane charge of Barn Girl was effective. Lady Ping triumphed in 1:56, three-quarters of a length better than Barn Girl, while Classical Annie held show.
Ron Burke trains Lady Ping, a five-year-old daughter of Muscle Mass-Ping Putter who vaulted over $200,000 in career earnings, for the Burke Racing Stable and Weaver Bruscemi, LLC.
Mike Wilder and Palone each fashioned a triple on the 13-race card.
(The Meadows)