Royal Man reigns at Big M

Royal Man shook loose in the stretch and paced strongly to the wire, for a 1-1/2 length, 1:50.3 victory in the featured $29,000 4-year-old open pace on Saturday night at the Meadowlands.

My Boy David finished second after a tough first-over trip. It was 1 ½ lengths back to Wonderful One in third.

“He raced good,” driver Yannick Gingras said. “This was a perfect example of a trip for him. He has got one real good rush. He just had to pace the last sixteenth of the mile.”

“Yannick drove him exactly the way he needs to be driven,” trainer John McDermott noted. “Last week he put in a good performance, but he is a one-run horse. He got that tonight and it paid off.”

The gelded son of Cambest notched his first victory in his fourth start this year, and increased his lifetime earnings to $166,667 for his owners, the Engel Stable of Buffalo Grove, Ill., D R Van Witzenburg of Crest Hill, Ill., and Sheffield Stable of Gladwyne, Penn.

Both Royal Man and My Boy David are eligible to the Aquarius Series, which will begin on Feb. 10 at the Meadowlands. (Meadowlands)

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