East Rutherford, NJ – On
Saturday night The Meadowlands presents a dozen live races with the focus on
the featured seventh race, a conditioned pace for a purse of $17,000.
The entrants in this
contest are a diverse group with a pair of defectors from the Levy
series getting the nod from the morning line maker as prospective
favorites.
Always At My Place (post
two) dropped out of the Levy after two lackluster performances. He’s a talented
Indiana bred who looked like the next big thing for the same connections that
owned the great Sweet Lou when he put together a couple of dominant performances
against good horses at Pocono late last summer. After a successful return to
Hoosier in the fall, trainer Ron Burke put Always At My Place away for the
winter in anticipation of the 2016 stakes season.
Owners Burke Racing,
Weaver Bruscemi, Larry Karr and Phil Collura will give Always At My Place the
chance to be the best he can be, perhaps the mile track and the services of
Hall of Fame driver Dave Miller will be the catalyst to success on Saturday.
The accomplished
Michael’s Power is the other Levy defector and there is no questioning the
depth of his résumé. He won the 2012 Little Brown Jug against a very good crop
on his way to a $1.4 million season at three. Now seven years old, with
career earnings in excess of $1.8 million, Michael’s Power has raced
at The Meadowlands only a handful of times and has never won there. He is
a homebred racing for the interests of Jeffrey and Michael Snyder, trained now
by Mark Silva and driven by Corey Callahan.
For those interested in
playing the horses, all horizontal wager guarantees remain at the expected
level and the last race Jackpot Super Hi-5 carryover stands at $174,174
entering the weekend. Past performance for the Late Pick
4 are just a click of the mouse away for each night’s card,
courtesy of Trackmaster.
Registration is now open for the "Championship
Meet Survivor Challenge". Top prize is $2,000 and a seat
in the 2017 World Harness Handicapping Challenge. Contest entry is free.
The possibility of
winning a trip to the Kentucky Derby continues with
entry accepted via a form in the program or on social media through April 23.
Post time is 7:15 p.m.
