Flite Craft rockets away again in Kirwan Memorial

WASHINGTON, PA, April 22, 2023 — Flite Craft (A Rocknroll Dance-Kitty Kitty Hawk) scored his second straight blowout harness racing victory in Saturday’s $12,500 second leg of the Tom Kirwan Memorial for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. The series final is set for Saturday, April 29.

Flite Craft blew the field away with a :27 third quarter for Mike Wilder and jogged off to a 5-1/4-length win in 1:51.3 over a “good” surface. The pocket sitting Slipmeamiki held on for place, with Be The Captain third. Flite Craft’s combined victory margin in the two series legs is 9 lengths.

FLITE CRAFT REPLAY

Norm Parker trains the gelding for Tenpin Stable, Albert Parker, Ryan Parker and Tom Klosky, Jr.

Wilder and Parker teamed for another win when Wild Wild Western (Western Ideal-Caila Fra) withstood late challenges inside and outside to take the $21,200 Open Handicap Pace in 1:51.1. Sandbetweenmytoes and JM’s Finaltreasure finished second and third, respectively. Jacobs Creek Racing, Andrew Altobelli and Jon Deters campaign the 7-year-old, who now has banked $573,171 in his career.

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Aaron Merriman and Wilder each fashioned a triple on the 12-race card. Those three victories lifted Wilder’s total for the four-day race week to 12.

Live racing at The Meadows resumes Wednesday, first post 12:45 PM.

For complete race results, click here.

by Evan Pattak, for The Meadows Standardbred Owners Association