WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Horse owned by
Jeff Gural to race against his equine namesake on Friday at the Meadowlands
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – As a racetrack owner, Jeff Gural has
been a winner at Tioga Downs, Vernon Downs and more recently with the
Meadowlands. As a racehorse owner and breeder, Gural has enjoyed plenty of
victories including the current nine-race winning streak by his 4-year-old
trotting mare Perfect Alliance.
But Gural will experience even a first for him in Friday’s
first race at the Meadowlands when Gural the horse-owner faces Gural the horse.
Gural is a part-owner of 3-year-old trotting colt
Propulsion, a $250,000 purchase by noted pedigree expert Myron Bell.
Propulsion, a royally bred son of Muscle Hill out of Hambletonian Oaks winner
Danae, was fifth last week in his first career pari-mutuel start.
Among Propulsion’s eight opponents on Friday is Gural
Hanover, a 3-year-old Crazed gelding, owned by Jesse and John De Long. Gural Hanover
sold for $17,000 at the 2012 Harrisburg sale, but won his only career
pari-mutuel start last September at Balmoral Park. He makes his Meadowlands
debut on Friday for trainer Heidi Rohr.
“I guess the pressure is on Myron to deliver with our
expensive horse,” said Gural, “but I’m looking forward to watching Gural
Hanover race too.”
