18.07.10
McArdle sires Meadowlands Pace winner
3yo McArdle gelding One More Laugh secured the biggest victory of his glittering career to date with a last stride win in the US$1 million Meadowlands Pace Final on Saturday evening (US time), equalling the world record for 3yo gelding pacers in the process.
The Ray Schnittker trained gelding charged home in the final stages of the hotly contested 3yo feature to just nab race favourite and likely looking winner Rock N Roll Heaven in the final strides before the post to score by a head in a world record equalling time of 1:47.8.
The winner of the Governor's Cup the previous season, One More Laugh has now won 12 of his 19 starts for US$1,300,037 in earnings, making him McArdle's first millionaire pacer.
One More Laugh is the third and best performed foal of $400,000 earning Sportsmaster mare Fancy Creek Funny.
The US$200,000 New Jersey Sires Stakes 2yo Colts & Geldings Pacers Final also featured on the Meadowlands Pace card with the Rocknroll Hanover colt Lookinforadventure taking it out by a length in 1:52 flat, whilst it was a son of another Nevele R frozen semen sire, Muscles Yankee in Leader Of The Pack that claimed the $200,000 NJSS 2yo Colts and Geldings Trotters Final.
