The Meadows: Palone perfect in Keystone Classic

Driver Dave Palone won both $24,475 Keystone Classic divisions for 3-year-old male trotters that took place on Thursday afternoon at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.

In the first split Palone worked out a second-over trip with Exactly off fractions of 27 1/5, 56 4/5 and 1:24 2/5, then went three-wide on the final bend. After he was fed the clear racetrack, Exactly vaulted past leader Oversear (Charlie Norris) in the stretch before he pulled away to tally by 3 1/2 lengths in 1:53. Captain Vodka (Ridge Warren) came in second, followed by Oversear.

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A Bar Hopping gelding bred by Al Libfeld and Marvin Katz, Exactly is trained by Tim Twaddle for owner Stephen Palermo. Exactly has eight wins, one second and three thirds from 17 starts, has earned $103,952 and paid $3.60 to win as the 4-5 favorite.

Fineline Hanover and Palone won the other section in 1:52 3/5 after they led at the 27 second quarter, 57 second half and 1:24 3/5 three-quarters. Hamlet Hall (Mike Wilder) was second from the pocket, 2 1/4 lengths behind Fineline Hanover, and Emmett Hanover (Aaron Merriman) checked in third.

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Carter Pinske sent out Fineline Hanover, a gelded son of Captain Corey, for owners Ron Coyne Stables, Inc., Blair Corbeil, Mike McAllister and Larry + Gregg Stable. He has a summary of 8-3-3 from 18 outings, has pocketed $216,688 and returned $2.40 to win as the 1-5 choice.