JK First Lady favored in Clara Barton at Plainridge
At 0h05, on July 24, 2021 • By PLAINRIDGE
Fresh off her eye-popping 1:47.4 mile that set a new world record for 4-year-old pacing mares at The Meadowlands last week in the $178,500 Dorothy Haughton Memorial, JK First Lady will be shipping to Plainridge Park on Sunday (July 25) to compete in the $100,000 Clara Barton Distaff Pace where she has been made the morning line favorite.
Leading up to her record breaking start, JK First Lady was racing very well this year. But she had encountered some very difficult trips that left her winless going into last week. Despite those tough outings the mare had been dealing with, trainer Nancy Takter knew JK First Lady’s fortunes would soon change.
“I was really expecting her to perform well in the Haughton and knew she was sitting on a big race. She was loaded with pace in her last start in the Artiscape but had to move late and a little wide down the stretch. So I knew she was coming in with real good form. She’s a good mare, she just needed a trip to work out for her,” said Takter.
JK First Lady leaves from post two for driver Dexter Dunn at 2-1.
The $250,000 Spirit of Massachusetts Trot is also on Sunday (July 25) with post time for the first race set at 2 p.m. The card is highlighted with the $100,000 Clara Barton Distaff Pace and the $50,900 Bert Beckwith Memorial Pace and with total purses totaling in excess of $500,000, it’s the biggest day of harness racing in Massachusetts this year.
