East Rutherford, NJ – Live racing resumes on
Friday at The Meadowlands with seven pacing mares featured in a $25,000 Open
Handicap event, the eighth race on the program.
Last
week’s winner Katie Said (post 7) and bridesmaid Divine Caroline (post 6)
are back for a rematch. Both mares came from off the pace with Katie Said
peeling off the cover of then sprinting by Divine Caroline in a
26.2 close to the 1:50.4 mile in her first outing of the season. Always
fast but a touch erratic at times, Katie Said has matured nicely from age
four to five. She races out of the Jimmy Takter barn and Brett Miller has
the drive for owner Black Horse Racing on Friday.
Divine
Caroline took the uncovered route in a game effort for David Miller and wore
down the good Table Talk before “Katie” went by. The four-year-old Rock N
Roll Heaven mare makes her third start of the season for trainer Joe
Holloway and owners Val D’Or Farms, Ted Gewertz, Rojan Stable and Michael Ouriel.
Table
Talk will make her third start back off the layoff and took a lot of play last
week as the post time favorite. Request For Parole and Lovineveryminute return
as well with Empress Deo and Inittowinafortune new shooters in the class.
In the wagering
department, the last race Jackpot Super High 5 carry-over is $194,741 to start
the weekend. As always, you may download free program pages for the Late
Pick 4 compliments of Trackmaster.
You can
enter to win a trip to the Preakness Stakes on Friday evening
and the Meadowlands Summer Survival challenge is still open to entry.
Saturday night is the final of the World harness Handicapping Challenge with
the prize pool estimated at $50,000. It’s not too late to enter the tournament
and the details are here.
We’ve
got action and lots of it this weekend at The Meadowlands.
Post
time is 7:15 p.m.
