Washington, PA – Perlucky shot the Lightning Lane to capture Monday’s (March 16) $18,000 Open Handicap Trot at The Meadows, a triumph that sent him over $400,000 in career earnings.

Perlucky and Dave Palone patiently stalked Icanflylikeanangel from the pocket, then shot by him in mid-stretch. As it turned out, the greater threat was the first-over Wind Of The North, but the 10-year-old millionaire fell 1/2-length short. Icanflylikeanangel saved show in the 1:53.4 mile.

With today’s win in the feature at the Meadows, Perlucky has now earned over $400K in career earnings. Chris Gooden photo.

Ron Burke trains Perlucky, a 5-year-old Lucky Chucky-Paper Girl gelding, for Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC and Phillip Collura.

Jim Pantaleano, Palone and Burke each fashioned a triple on the 13-race card.

The Meadows announced that it is temporarily suspending all operations at the facility, including racing, effective 6:00 a.m. Tuesday (March 17). The suspension was mandated by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board as part of community-wide efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. Updates will be announced as appropriate.