Ruby Cook Memorial Pace News Today

Sonadora quarter-poled to the point and held off late challengers inside and outside to preserve her 8-1 upset in Wednesday’s $26,712 final of the Ruby Cook Memorial Pace for three-year-old fillies at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.

After missing the first two rounds of the 2022 Blue Chip Matchmaker Series because of a hoof issue, Gias Surreal will be looking to put her best foot forward when this year’s six-week event for older female pacers begins on Friday, March 17 at MGM Yonkers Raceway.

Filly Speaks alert move out of the pocket down the backside after a slow first half carried her to victory — and a series sweep — in Wednesday’s (April 21) $22,250 final of the Ruby Cook Memorial Pace for three-year-old fillies at The Meadows. After Oceans Apart waltzed through the front half in :58.1 over a “good” surface, Tony Hall decided to vacate the two-hole earlier than usual. “I was kind of concerned about the slow numbers,” Hall said. “I wanted to trip her out today bec...

Filly Speaks was all out to do it, but she captured her second-consecutive series win— and fourth overall—in the Ruby Cook Memorial Pace on Wednesday (April 7) at The Meadows. Peep N Weep took a similar narrow victory in the other $12,500 second-leg division of the event for three-year-old pacing fillies. Filly Speaks quarter-poled to the front for Tony Hall and opened a two-length lead past the three-quarters before Oceans Apart began to gain ground. Filly Speaks held off that rival by a n...

Spring series for three- and four-year-olds, a popular fixture at The Meadows that fell victim to COVID-19 restrictions last year, have returned. Beginning in early March, the track will offer eight series — four for three- and four-year-olds, four for three-year-olds — that feature two preliminary legs and a championship, with total purses projected to exceed $312,000. Pennsylvania owned or sired horses are eligible. Nomination fee for each series is $250, due Feb. 15 (three- and four-year...