by Evan Pattak, for The Meadows
Washington, PA — Fox Valley Charm, who dominated The Meadows’ elite distaff pacers earlier this spring, returned to her winning ways in Tuesday’s (June 19) $20,000 Preferred Handicap with a victory for Tony Hall in 1:50.2, a career best. It was one of five wins for Hall on the 13-race card.
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Fox Valley Charm (foreground) gave Tony Hall one of five driving wins on Tuesday afternoon’s program at The Meadows.
So sharp in April and May that she won three straight by a combined margin of 15-1/2 lengths, Fox Valley Charm lost her next three starts. On Tuesday, she took matters into her own hands by enduring a parked-out :27 first quarter and digging in late to hold off Lakeisha Hall by a neck. Rosemary Rose rallied for show.
Dirk Simpson trains the 6-year-old daughter of Yankee Skyscaper-Fox Valley Cherub, who lifted her lifetime bankroll to $292,510, for Peter Karras.
Elsewhere on Tuesday’s card, Rose Run Uptowngal became harness racing’s fastest 2-year-old pacer this season on a five-eighths-mile track when she rolled home in 1:53.4 in her career debut. Dave Palone piloted the daughter of Dragon Again-Victoria Gallery for trainer Ron Burke and owners Burke Racing Stable, Phillip Collura, J&T Silva – Purnell & Libby, and Weaver Bruscemi LLC.