Languishing in last at the half, Victory Is Coming erased a nine-length deficit with a determined bid that carried her to victory — her 17th this year — in Tuesday’s $22,500 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows
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Unhurried early for Mike Wilder, Victory Is Coming picked up live cover from Caviar Forthe Lady, moved three-wide around the final turn and defeated the game Caviar Forthe Lady by a neck in 1:57.4. Early leader Rose Run Keepsake saved show. It was one of three wins on the 15-race card for Wilder.
Marty Wollam trains Victory Is Coming, a three-year-old daughter of Victory Sam-Norse Comer, who boasts a sparkling career win percentage of 67 (22-for-33), for Betty and John Shaw of Mount Vernon, Ohio.
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