By Dave Little, Meadowlands Media
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Yannick Gingras
was the star of the night at the Meadowlands Friday, guiding five winners on
the card, including Dayson, who won the featured high-end conditioned trot in
1:52.3.
The 7-year-old gelded son of Conway
Hall-Nervey’s Taurus emerged from a first-turn scrum in perfect position,
racing in the pocket behind the speedy Nows The Moment, who was on the point to
the head of the stretch despite being pressed around the far turn by Kenziesky
Hanover.
Through the lane, Nows The Moment
weakened, and as he did he bore out, creating more than enough room for Dayson
to cruise under the wire first racing along the inside. It was a half-length
back to 8-5 favorite Eye Ofa Tiger As. Elysium Lindy, who won this race a week
ago, was trip compromised when pushed wide around turn one and raced from the
back of the field before charging home to get third. Nows The Moment was
fourth.
“He raced great,” said Gingras of
Dayson. “He’s such a game horse and tries hard.”
Dayson, who returned $8.20 to his
backers as the second choice in the wagering, races out of the Ron Burke barn
and is owned by Burke Racing Stable & Weaver Bruscemi, J&T
Silva-Purnel&Libby and L. Karr. He now has 38 victories from 89 lifetime
outings, good for earnings of $1,181,127.
Burke had a huge night, winning four
races. He hooked up three times with his go-to pilot Gingras.
PICK-6 REPORT: A total of $76,682 in “new money” was
added to the carryover of $14,376 in the 20-cent Pick-6, meaning that players
were betting into a rare “player’s advantage” pool. A total of $79,555 was paid
out, almost $3,000 more than was pushed through the windows.
There were many winning tickets in
the Pick-6, as the payoff of $238.98 was the result of a sequence that saw
winner’s odds of 7-2, 1-1, 5-2, 5-2, 6-5 and 6-5.
The action was big in all four of the
Big M’s multi-leg wagers, as a total of $290,158 was wagered in the 20-cent
Pick-5, 20-cent Pick-6 and two 50-cent Pick-4 pools. The Late Pick-4 took in
$75,592, by far its best showing in five tries since debuting earlier this
month.
A LITTLE MORE: The Nancy Takter-trained JK American
Beauty – who now has lifetime earnings of $422,790 – made her 4-year-old debut
a winning one, taking the fifth race high-end conditioned pace for fillies and
mares in a lifetime-best 1:50.2 with Gingras driving. … All-source handle
totaled $2,689,916 on the 13-race program, the best Friday night thus far in
2020 and third-best overall. … Racing resumes Saturday at 6:55 p.m.
