East Rutherford, NJ -
Saturday night's live racing card at The Meadowlands may be absent star power
but one would be hard-pressed to find a more daunting pari-mutuel puzzle than
the $24,300 Caramore final, going as the featured seventh race.
The ten strongest
survivors from two previous legs will do battle with Account
Rollover leaving from the pole as the only repeat winner in the series. Vinnie
Ginsberg caught the drive last week for trainer Jim Eaton and responded by
steering Account Rollover to a career best 1:50 flat win, one of three on the
night for the young driver.
Robert Silberberg owns
Account Rollover, a four-year-old gelded son of Rocknroll Hanover who has come
to hand for his connections on the mile expanse.
Chief among the
solid group of contenders is another altered son of the
aforementioned Rocknroll Hanover, Long Live Rock. A reliable sort who
equaled his life's best of 1:50 in leg one of the Caramore, Long Live Rock is
handled by Jeff Dauplaise who is also his trainer and owner, a rare triple
threat.
Saturday promises even
more intrigue with the inaugural edition of The Meadowlands Racing &
Entertainment World Pork Roll-Eating
Championship. Copious amounts of porcine delights will be consumed
by renowned big eaters competing for cash and prizes.
For the horseplayer the
Hi-5 Jackpot Juggernaut continues to build with just shy of $160,000 in the
fifth race pool and $136k and change in the last into Friday's live
offering which features the third and last preliminary leg of the $1 million
Graduate Series.
Simulcast wagering on
the blockbuster North America Cup card at Mohawk Racetrack Saturday will be
available in all in-house locations and Players Club members will receive 2X
points on those races.
The fun starts at
7:15pm.
