Jeffery P made an easy lead from post seven and jogged home from there, extending his winning streak to five in Thursday’s (July 22) $17,600 Open Handicap Trot at The Meadows.
Once Dave Palone gave Jeffery P a :29.3 second-quarter breather, the race for win was effectively over. The six-year-old Full Count-Betty Jean gelding scored in 1:53.3, two lengths better than the pocket-sitting Icanflylikeanangel, while Stickler Hanover shot the Lightning Lane for show. The fourth-place finish of In Secret was noteworthy, as his cheque sent him over $900,000 in career earnings.
Ron Burke trains Jeffery P, who lifted his lifetime bankroll to $292,303, for Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC and Phillip Collura.
Chris Shaw, Mike Wilder and Palone each fashioned a three-bagger on the 13-race card.
Live racing at The Meadows continues Friday (July 23), when the program features a pair of stakes for three-year-old colt and gelding trotters: a $147,706 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and a $40,000 Pennsylvania Stallion Series event. First post is 12:45 p.m.
(Meadows Standardbred Owners Association)