Corey Callahan put together
a natural hat trick covering races 9,10 and 11 including a sterling rally from
Domethatagain in The Hudson River Prep. He won the night cap as well to
make it another grand slam. Domethatagain was far back at the half-mile
pole, which was reached in 55-, but put together an eye-opening back-half to
chase down Mr. Dennis and Take It Back Terry to win going away in 1:50.2.
Domethatagain is trained by Erv Miller and owned by the Mystical Marker Farms
LLC along with Peggy Hood and Paymaq Racing.
In the $20,000 C-1 final,
Digital Z Tam rewarded his sparse legion of backers with a 23-1 score,
capitalizing on a smart steer by trainer/driver Pat
Lachance. Lachance used the quick early foot of his charge to secure
a forward position from post nine, then burst through to open a
considerable lead in the stretch. The wire arrived just in
time, as Fantaddy's late rally fell just a nose short in 1:51.1.
The Z Tam Stables,
LLC of New York City owns the career winner of over $650,000.
Several
long-shots on the night led to large payouts in the popular guaranteed pools at
The Meadowlands. The combination of Transcending ($18.20) and Pence
Hanover ($67.00) sparked a pick 5 payout of $7,934.70 for a $.50 cent wager.
Pence Hanover also kicked off the Early Pick 4 which returned $3,043.70.
The Late Pick 4, which had a pool of $97,684, featured a win from Digital Z Tam
in the “Dash For The C Notes” C-1 Final, who returned $48.20 to win. That
Pick 4 returned $2,869.90.
Despite
Kentucky Derby prep races and the NCAA Men’s Final Four, the Meadowlands still
not only hit $3 Million, but showed a remarkable 49 percent increase over the
same Saturday in 2012. In fact the total handle of $3,086,391 was
$1,014,001 more than one year ago. In addition, the on-track handle
showed an increase of 22 percent.
Racing
resumes on Friday with the second round of The Night Stlyes. Post time is 7:15
P.M.
