Washington, PA — Feel The Muscle overcame post nine by following cover and kicking home strongly to score in Tuesday’s (March 10) Dale McConnell Memorial Trot at The Meadows. Enzio sprang a 9-1 upset in the other $12,500 second-leg split in the series for 3- and 4-year-old colts, stallions and geldings.

Feel The Muscle vaulted off cover to win his Dale McConnell series event on Tuesday at The Meadows. Chris Gooden photo.

Feel The Muscle picked up the live backside cover of Danny’s Boy. When Mike Wilder tipped him off that cover through the final turn, the 4-year-old Muscle Hill-Macy Lane gelding roared past Danny’s Boy and downed him by 1-1/4 lengths in 1:56.4 — a lifetime mark despite sloppy conditions. Long shot Norwegian Dad rallied for show.

Charlie Norris trains Feel The Muscle for Share A Horse Inc.

The Dale McConnell is one of four late-closing series currently featured at The Meadows, with all four finals set for March 20.

In the $20,000 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap Pace, Lakeisha Hall rallied wide through the stretch to triumph in 1:53.2 for Dave Palone, trainer Ron Burke, and owners Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC and Jack Piatt II. The 7-year-old daughter of Third Straight and Lantana Hall now boasts a lifetime bankroll of $772,489. Burke collected four wins and Palone three on the 13-race card.

After multiple carryovers, the Super Hi-5 was hit, with the sole winning ticket returning $22,913.72.

Live racing at The Meadows continues Wednesday (March 11), with first post at 1:05 p.m.