Dirty Secret survives wide trip, wins Meadows $15k trot
June 7, 2017,by Evan Pattak, for The Meadows
Washington, PA— Pushed wide through the lane, Dirty Secret nevertheless continued arelentless charge that carried her to victory in Wednesday’s (June 7) $15,000Filly & Mare Winners Over $10,000 Life Handicap Trot at The Meadows.
Dirty Secretmoved third-over down the backside for Mike Wilder, following live cover thatproved troublesome into the final turn when the 5-year-old daughter of JusticeHall-Classic Flight could have used a seam. But she was up to the challenge,overtaking the leader, Bags For All, and downing her by a neck in 1:55.2.Dreamsteeler finished third.
David McNeight,Jr. trains Dirty Secret, who extended her career bankroll to $131,880, forPeter Kibler, Kenneth Owczarczak and Courtney McNeight.
Aaron Merriman,Dave Palone and Brian Zendt each collected a pair of wins on the 12-race card.
Live racing atThe Meadows resumes Saturday, when the Belmont Day program features threedivisions of a $145,803 Pennsylvania Sires Stake for 3-year-old filly pacers.Special post time is 11:25 a.m.