by Evan Pattak, for The Meadows

Washington, PA — Lady’s Dude stretched his winning streak to three Wednesday (Nov. 8) at The Meadows with a front-end victory in the $18,000 Preferred Handicap Trot.

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Lady’s Dude stretched his winning streak to three Wednesday at The Meadows in the Preferred Handicap Trot.has won five of 12 races and earned $226,939 in purses this season.

Lady’s Dude zipped to the front from post six and easily repelled the first-over bid of his stablemate, Call For Justice. The pocket-sitting Classicality posed a more serious threat in the Lightning Lane, but Lady’s Dude responded to the urging of Tony Hall and downed Classicality by 1/2 length in 1:54.3. Trustworthy Kid rallied for show.

54Ron Burke trains Lady’s Dude, a 6-year-old Victory Sam-Lady’s Star gelding who won for the 12th time this year and boosted his lifetime bankroll to $621,998, for Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC and Johnny Yoder.

Mike Wilder collected four wins on the 12-race card while Dave Palone and Burke each fashioned a three-bagger.