Keystone Activator cruises to Primo Spur victory

Keystone Activator, parked the entire first quarter, was unassailable when he made the front, taking the $30,200 Primo Spur Trot final for 3-year-old colts and geldings Monday at The Meadows.

Eric Ledford gave Keystone Activator a :30.1 breather the second panel, and that was all the son of SJ’s Caviar-Armbro Blusher needed to cruise home in 1:55.4, the fastest mile this season for a sophomore trotting colt on a five-eighths mile track. Photoforwin trotted evenly in the pocket to be second by 1 1/2 lengths, while Gold’n Chip Chip rallied for show.

Jim Raymer trains Keystone Activator, who briefly held the five-eighths mile track world record for 2-year-old colts, at 1:55.2, for Tammie Raymer and Trillium Racing Stable. The victory pushed the colt’s career bankroll to $129,959.

On a card full of records, it was not surprising that Marty’s Charm took one of his own, capturing the $25,000 Preferred Handicap pace in 1:50, the fastest mile ever at The Meadows by an older gelding pacer. The time not only lowered the previous mark of 1:50.4, held jointly by Silverlinedpocket and Georgia Pacific, but it also was only two ticks off The Meadows all-age record.

Civil Attack was second by four lengths, while Pacey Deucey saved show. Randy Tharps drove Marty’s Charm, a 5-year-old gelded son of Aces N’ Sevens-Bets Mae, for Martha and Gerald Baluck. (The Meadows)

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