Odds-on favorite McWicked set most of the pace and rolled to victory Saturday in the $400,000 final of the Adios Pace at The Meadows.
Trained by Casie Coleman and driven by David Miller, McWicked left from post 2 as the 1-5 favorite in the nine-horse field of 3-year-olds for the mile pace.
McWicked took the lead shortly after the start and set the pace with At Press Time, Cammikey and Somewhere In L A racing right behind him. The favorite took the field into the final turn with Somewhere In L A moving into second on the outside.
McWicked, racing along the rail, turned back the challenge from Somewhere In L A and went on to post a length victory in a time of 1:49 1/5.
"Pretty much loafed around the track, really no pressure at all," the winning driver said. "He's very manageable, he would go a lot slower if I let him."
Cammikey was third with Beat The Drum fourth.
Owned by SSG Stables, McWicked added $200,000 with the Adios victory and has won five of his last six starts. The 3-year-old colt has earned $798,447 with nine wins and seven seconds in 19 career starts.
McWicked won an Adios elimination race last week three weeks after claiming the $500,000 final of the Max Hempt Memorial at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. He had finished fourth in the final of the North America Cup behind JK Endofanera.
Coleman becomes the first female trainer to win an Adios final.
McWicked returned $2.40, $2.10 and $2.10. Somewhere In L A paid $4.40 and $3.60, Cammikey paid $5.00 to show.
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