By Dave Little, Meadowlands Media
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Pappy Go Go
showed his win a week ago against weaker foes was the perfect prep for the
Saturday night conditioned trotting feature at the Meadowlands, as he scored
for fun in the $16,000 event in 1:54.
The Andrew Harris trainee was firing
fast at the outset, hitting the quarter in :27.3, two lengths in front of the
pocket-sitting My Cherry Pie. Unpressured, the 4-year-old gelded son of Tad The
Stud-Paging Willy, hit the half in :56 and three-quarters in 1:24.4, where he
extended his lead to almost 3 lengths.
Pappy Go Go kept on rolling through
the stretch, hitting the wire 5½ lengths in front of My Cherry Pie over a track
rated ‘sloppy’. Simply Volo finished third. New Jersey Viking, the 7-5
favorite, popped out of the three hole at the five-eighths but never threatened
and finished fourth.
As the 9-5 second choice, Pappy Go Go
returned $5.80 to his backers in winning for the 24th time in 46
lifetime starts for owner Michael Goldberg Racing LLC.
A LITTLE MORE: Trainer Bob Lounsbury had three
winners on the card as did drivers Mike Merton and Dexter Dunn. … Driver Steve
Smith lit up the tote board in the Friday finale with a 16-1 shot. On Saturday,
he did it again, scoring at 16-1 with Bills Fella in the eighth race, and
topped a $2 Trifecta that returned $53,700. … All-source handle on the 12-race
card totaled $1,592,218. … Racing resumes Friday at 7:15 p.m.
