Forced to tuck by a blistering early pace, Red Star Hottie raced powerfully first over to capture Tuesday’s $25,000 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap in 1:50.3, shaving a tick from her own Meadows track record for older pacing mares
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With Mcgibson taking the field through demanding fractions of :26.1 and :54.3, Red Star Hottie settled in fourth. When Dave Palone moved her uncovered down the backside, she blew by Mcgibson and drew off to down the second-over Personal Ad by a length. Cams Van Go rallied for show.
The time bettered the record Red Star Hottie established just five weeks ago. Ron Burke trains the five-year-old daughter of As Promised-Whitehorse Fever, who triumphed for the fifth time in her last six starts, for Burke Racing Stable LLC and Weaver Bruscemi LLC.
Another track record, albeit a more obscure mark, fell when Streetwise Hall took a $30,000 claiming trot at 1-1/4 miles in 2:27.3. The previous record for a 1-1/4-mile trot, 2:28, was established by Night Court Dan in 1997 and equaled this year by Tudy.
Eric Ledford drove Streetwise Hall, an eight-year-old Conway Hall-So So Beach gelding who has won four of his last five outings, for trainer Mike Watson and owner Melvin Fink.
(The Meadows)