By Evan Pattak For The Meadows Standardbred Owners Association “Horsemen Helping Horsemen” Flite Craft photo by Chris Gooden
Flite Craft made it two straight Saturday at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, sealing the deal with a swift 27 final quarter. He captured the card’s co-feature, a $12,000 Conditioned Pace. In 1:51.
Flite Craft quarter-poled to the top for Mike Wilder, and while would-be challengers emerged late, the 4-year-old Rocknroll Dance-Kitty Kitty Hawk gelding put them away with that smoking final panel. Timeisonmyside rallied for second, beaten 2-1/2 lengths, with Moneyman Mikki third.
Norm Parker trains Flite Craft, who lifted his lifetime bankroll to $116,050, for Tenpin Stable, Albert Parker, Ryan Parker and Tom Klosky, Jr.
In Saturday’s companion feature, a $12,000 Conditioned Trot, Kings County needed the entire first quarter to reach the point, but he widened his lead thereafter for Anthoony MacDonald to triumph in 1:53.4. Early leader Chin Chin Hall was second, 6 lengths back, while Big Boy Ernest completed the ticket.
Tim Twaddle conditions the 8-year-old son of Muscle Hill-Brooklyn, who now boasts career earnings of $523,066, for TheStable Kings County.
Ronnie Wrenn, Jr. collected four wins on the 14-race card, including three for trainer Ron Burke, while trainer Dirk Simpson fashioned a triple.
The Meadows Standardbred Owners Association (MSOA) is a nonprofit organization that represents the interests of approximately 700 Standardbred trainers, drivers, caretakers and owners at The Meadows. In addition to providing horses to race at The Meadows, MSOA administers such member-centric services as health insurance and retirement programs for horsemen and horsewomen.