Washington, PA – Silverhill Blaze stalked the leader from the pocket, then roared by in the lane to pull off the 33-1 shocker in Saturday’s (Dec. 15) Holiday Claiming Series for $20,000 claiming colt, horse and gelding pacers at The Meadows.

Reggie Raider took the other $15,000 opening-leg division.

Silverhill Blaze won at 33-1 at The Meadows Saturday. Chris Gooden Photos.

Marvalous Artist led the field through the final turn but tired in the sloppy going. Dan Rawlings guided Silverhill Blaze outside, and the 6-year-old Mach Three-Southwind Miranda gelding had little trouble going by and scoring in 1:53.3.

Beginner’s Luck shot the Lightning Lane for second, 1-1/4 lengths back, while Marvalous Artist saved show. John Sullivan trains Silverhill Blaze, who lifted his lifetime bankroll to $167,744, for Chris Drongosky.

Reggie Raider, a 4-year-old McArdle-Miss JC Raider gelding, made up 7 lengths over the back half to triumph in 1:55.2 for Dave Palone, trainer Spencer Kahrig and owner Kahrig Racing Stable. Class Six was runner-up three-quarters of a length behind and Lyons King finished third.

Also kicking off Saturday was a Holiday Claiming Series for $10,000 claiming colt, horse and gelding pacers. Doctor RJ and Fairytale Prince captured the  $8,000 splits.

The Meadows this week launched six Holiday Claiming Series that conclude on a special New Year’s Eve card that also features the career finale of Foiled Again, the richest Standardbred all time with earnings exceeding $7.6 million. First post Dec. 31 is 5:30 p.m.

Palone and Ron Burke each enjoyed a four-bagger on the 13-race card.

Live racing at The Meadows resumes Monday (Dec. 17), when the program includes a $1,254 carryover in the final-race Super Hi-5.