by Evan Pattak, for the Meadows

Washington, PA — Foxy Lady put away the field with a swift third quarter and went on to capture a division of Saturday’s (July 30) $181,000 Quinton Patterson Adioo Volo at The Meadows. Whats New Pussycat rallied late to take the other division of the Grand Circuit pace for 3-year-old fillies.

The race, a sub-feature of the Delvin Miller Adios final card, is named for the late Quinton Patterson, longtime grandstand manager for The Meadows who was considered the track’s first employee when it opened in 1963.

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Foxy Lady was a 1:51.1 winner in her Adioo Volo division.

Foxy Lady reached the front with a quarter-pole move for Yannick Gingras but had little time for a breather, as Dave Palone sent Fresh Idea hard after the leader. Foxy Lady repelled that challenge with an impressive :27.3 third panel and triumphed in a career-best 1:51.1. Cold Mist, using Lasix for the first time, rallied for second, 2-1/2 lengths back, with In Deep Thought third.

“Off the slow first quarter I wanted everybody to settle and be where he wanted to be,” Gingras said. “I wanted to be the last one to the front. There was no doubt when I pulled that we would take our shot from there. She likes to be on the front, no doubt about it. But when you’re even money, that makes it an easier decision to take the lead.”

Ron Burke trains Foxy Lady, a daughter of Real Desire-Judy Is A Fox who now boasts $292,353 in career earnings, for Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC, JJK Stables and Phillip Collura.

Whats New Pussycat was parked most of the first quarter before finding the pylons for David Miller. On the front, Southwind Jazmin was strong enough to thwart the early challengers, giving Whats New Pussycat a chance in the lane. The daughter of Art Major-Molly Can Do It made the most of it, roaring by to nail Southwind Jazmin by a head at the wire in 1:51.4. Honky Tonk Woman finished third.

Trainer Nicholas Surick acquired Whats News Pussycat at the start of her sophomore campaign for JL Benson Stables and KDN Stables. The $96,000 purchase price was responsible, but Whats New Pussycat has earned more than $180,000 this year and remains eligible to many rich season-end stakes.

“She has a little trouble in the turns — she has poor conformation behind and struggles in the turns on smaller tracks — but she goes as best she can and flies in the straight-aways,” Surick said. “She’s staked pretty heavily through the rest of the year. She’s a diamond in the rough.”