by
Dave Little, Meadowlands Media Relations
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ
– Dovuto Hanover sprinted home in 26 seconds flat after a rated middle
half on the way to an impressive 1-length victory in 1:50.1 in the featured
$15,000 conditioned pace at the Meadowlands Saturday night.
Big M leading driver Scott
Zeron urged the son of Dragon Again to the top in :27.1. Unpressured from
there, Zeron guided the 6-year-old to the half in :56 and three-quarters in
1:24.1.
Flexing his considerable
back-class muscles after that tepid :57 middle half, Dovuto Hanover then
exploded home in the stretch to keep the fast-closing Pansformative and
Ashley’s Husband at bay to record his first win of the year in five starts for
owner Martin Scharf and trainer Nifty Norman.
Dovuto Hanover, who
returned $4.20 as the even-money public choice, has won 17 of 59 lifetime
outings for earnings of just over $468,000.
McArdles
Lightning ($11.40) extended his win streak to three in the secondary feature, a
$13,000 conditioned pace, by moving past 4/5 favorite Real Nice at the
three-eighth-mile marker and never looked back on the way to a dominant 3
1/4-length score in a lifetime-best 1:49.2. Odds On Equuleus outkicked Real
Nice for second.
All-source
wagering on the card was $3,050,070, which represents an increase of $408,844
over the corresponding program from a year ago. The 12th race
Jackpot Super High Five was again not hit, upping the carryover to $164,848.59.
Live
racing returns to the Big M Friday, with a first race post time of 7:15 p.m.
