Weeper took the early lead, yielded to 1-5 favorite Act Now prior to the half, and then burst through the passing lane to register a 1-1/4 length victory over Uffizi Hanover in 1:51 in the $179,200 Matron Stakes for 3-year-old female pacers. Major Dancer finished third.
Ron Pierce drove Weeper, who was 9-2, for trainer Kelly O’Donnell and ended the night with three Matron wins.
“He did the right thing,” O’Donnell said about Pierce. “She stepped out of there in :25.4 and got around the (early traffic) and then she was just running that other filly over around the last turn.”
Weeper, a daughter of Allamerican Native-Pleasant Yet Bad, has won eight of 15 races this year and earned $424,561. She is owned by Bay Pond Racing Stable.