The Meadows: Lifeintheslammer locks up seventh straight victory

Lifeintheslammer kept right on rolling Thursday at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, powering to her seventh consecutive win - and a series sweep - in the $18,500 championship of the Mary Wohlmuth Memorial Trot for 3- and 4-year-old fillies and mares.

Lifeintheslammer injected some drama in the series last week when she was all out to secure a head victory, but that was before it was disclosed she had finished with a flat tire. There was no such nail biting in the final, as Dave Palone floated her to the front after idling outside and kept a tight hold on the 4-year-old daughter of Royalty For Life-Tequila Slammer through the wire in 1:55 2/5, knocking a tick from her lifetime mark.

"Our game plan was to let everybody settle and then move her," Palone said. "She was well within herself - I never pulled the ear plugs. I can't wait to see her against the good ones because she won't embarrass herself. I think she'll be even better chasing horses down. When she goes to the Meadowlands, she'll surprise a lot of people."

Margaretaville again chased the winner home, beaten half a length, with Caviar On Broadway third.

Trainer Scott Betts, who with his ownership partners Tim Betts, Tar Heel Racing and Stephen Moss, plucked Lifeintheslammer from a show horse auction for $30,000, indicated she'll get some time off before tackling overnight company at the Meadowlands. She's also eligible for the Graduate Series at the Meadowlands.

$19,500 Dale McConnell Memorial Trot Championship

In Thursday's co-feature, Infinity Stone let Hurrikane Williie G do the heavy lifting on the front-end, then blew by decisively in the lane to defeat him by two lengths in a career-best 1:55 4/. Betterinpinehurst completed the ticket.

Dana Kahrig, who conditions the 4-year-old Il Sogno Dream-Magic Factory gelding for Kahrig Racing Stable, Cache Is King LLC. and Paul Hershberger, said he's been a sweetheart on and off the track since his recent acquisition.

"We bought him privately in Canada a couple months ago," she said. "He's all heart. He gives you everything he has every time he hits the racetrack. He'll just stay here and keep winning races, hopefully."

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In the $16,000 Filly & Mare Open Handicap Pace, Game Of Shadows led every step to triumph for Hunter Myers, trainer Paul Corey and owner Kennth Ashba in 1:52 3/5 and lift her lifetime bankroll to $169,754. Tonianne and Amelia's Courage A completed the ticket.

Merriman collected three wins on the 11-race card.

--press release (The Meadows)--