Dapper Dude attacked the leader, Stride Of Pride, first over, passed him in deep stretch and captured the $18,000 Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows on Saturday, November 18.
Dapper Dude was third through the backside when Aaron Merriman sent him after Stride Of Pride. Despite a sloppy racing surface, the eight-year-old son of The Panderosa-Dress To Suggest gained steadily and bested Stride Of Pride by one-and-a-quarter lengths in 1:52. Pocket-sitter A Real Miracle finished third.
Bill Bercury trains Dapper Dude, who now boasts $1,168,280 in career earnings, for Renee Bercury.
The Monday, November 20 program at The Meadows features a pair of carryovers — a $2,146.60 carryover in the day’s first superfecta (currently race two) and a $713.21 carryover in the Pick 5 (races nine-13) — in addition to a $5,000 total-pool guarantee for the Pick 4 (races four-seven). First post is 1:05 PM.
(With files from The Meadows)