Suddenly Royal abandoned the pocket past the quarter and made the move stand up as she won her third straight—and gave Jim Pantaleano one of his five victories on the 13-race card—in Tuesday’s feature at The Meadows, a $13,500 Filly & Mare Conditioned Pace.
Although Suddenly Royal was sitting behind the 2-5 favourite Lakeisha Hall, Pantaleano wanted that one in his rear-view mirror and took the point. Suddenly Royal downed Lakeisha Hall by a length in 1:52 over a “good” surface, with Easy Three third. Suddenly Royal appeared to bear out briefly down the backside, but following an inquiry, the judges did not change the order of finish.
The four-year-old daughter of Dragon Again-Resilient is owned by A Piece Of The Action LLC and trained by Christen Pantaleano, who sent out three of her husband’s winning quintet.
Live racing at The Meadows continues Wednesday, Aug. 28 when the program features a pair of stakes for freshman filly trotters—a $180,505 Pennsylvania Sires Stake and a $60,000 PA Stallion Series event—as well as a $969.04 carryover in the final-race Super Hi-5. First post is 1:05 p.m.
(The Meadows)