The Meadows: Jeffery P ties overall track record for a trotter

Friday at The Meadows turned up dreary with temperatures in the low 40s, hardly the ideal climate for track records. But Jeffery P apparently forgot to watch the Weather Channel. The 6-year-old Full Count-Betty Jean gelding scorched the mile in 1:51 3/5, matching the all-age track record shared by Lifetime Pursuit and Tall Cotton, who each achieved it in 2014.

Jeffery P was away second for Dave Palone before a quick quarter-pole burst gave him the lead. He widened at the three-quarters and accelerated from there, defeating the pocket-sitting Icanflylikeanangel by 3 3/4 lengths, with Lady's Dude third. The winner clicked off fractions of 26 4/5, 55 1/5, 1:23 1/5, and 1:51 3/5.

Ron Burke trains Jeffery P, who now boasts a lifetime bankroll of $215,098, for Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC., and Phillip Collura.

--press release (The Meadows Standardbred Owners Association)--