Feel The Muscle overcomes draw, gets Meadows series win
March 10, 2020,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 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.