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Monday’s (Dec. 12) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from The Meadows and The Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park.

Kandor Hanover cruises home in Meadows $22,500 F&M Trot

Washington, PA — Kandor Hanover put the field away with a swift third panel, then cruised to her second straight victory — and fourth in the last five starts — in Monday’s $22,500 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows.

Kandor Hanover was fifth down the backside when she and Dave Palone began their uncovered assault on the leader, Victory Is Coming. The 5-year-old daughter of Tagliabue-Katelyns Glory blazed the third quarter in 27.3 and scored comfortably in 1:55. Photo Fantasy rallied for second, 2 lengths back, while Victory Is Coming saved show.

Bill Zendt trains Kandor Hanover, who now boasts $413,880 in career earnings, for Online Stables, John Burns and J. Patrick Huber. It was one of five wins for Palone on the 16-race card.

— Evan Pattak

The Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park
The Alex Kavoleff barn picked up a win with a third straight starter at Pompano in the Monday evening, December 12 Mares Open Handicap Pace feature for a $12,000 purse as Runaway Tray found a late lane in the stretch to score in a life’s record time of 1:51.4. That followed last Saturday night’s sweep by both Kavoleff stable starters, Literate Hanover and Night Train Shane. All told through Monday evening, Alex Kavoleff has sent out 6 starters thus far with three winners and a second place finisher to his credit. Setting all the pace was Ed Hensley’s Keep On Flirtin in 26.3, 55, and 1:22.4 as she showed no lingering effects from a fall she suffered in her previous start in the top mares class on November 28. Keep On Flirtin held off the first-over move of Six Mile Annie in rein to Ricky Macomber Jr. and she out-stepped the second-over trip rival, Special Sweetheart with Bruce Ranger in tow, but Keep On Flirtin had to settle for the runner-up spot when Runaway Tray came through on the pylons in the final eighth of the mile. It was the 6th win in 35 starts this year for the Blissful Hall-Traker Dream 5-year-old mare as she increased her 2011 earnings to $95,275 and lifetime haul to $188,767. The first five straight winners on the Monday evening program in a wide range of classes took lifetime speed marks, including trotter Nobell Prize (1:55.4) and $5,000 claiming pacer McJagger (1:54).