On a festive evening that featured many family-oriented activities, The Meadows hosted all eight fairs finals, each with a purse of $25,000 — up 25 percent from last year.
Two-Year-Old Colt & Gelding Pace — Marshmallow Pulse
Marshmallow Pulse not only grabbed the championship in 1:57.1, but he also extended a streak — in the money in all 17 career starts. Tony Hall drove the Quik Pulse Mindale-Marshamarshamarsha gelding for trainer Jason Shaw and owner Mason Shaw who, although only two, showed his savvy as a horseman yet again. Nippy was second, three and three-quarter lengths back, with Given Up Terror third.
“He tries every time he goes on the racetrack,” Jason Shaw said of his $4,500 yearling acquisition. “He gives you everything he’s got. Next year we may try some early closers here, then back to the fairs.”