16.
“The Greatest Party in Harness Racing” will begin at a special
early post time of 6:30 p.m.
The Pace has been
drawn and a competitive group of ten top sophomores led by Racing Hill
and Control The Moment will battle for $732,050 and the trophy.
The $471,800 WR Haughton Memorial FFA pace drew the maximum of
twelve entries including the “Big Three” of Always Be Miki, Freaky Feet Pete
and Wiggle It Jiggleit. The bulky field activates the clause in the stake’s
conditions that calls for the race to be contested at the distance of a mile
and one eighth.
The $223,150 Golden Girls FFA mares pace also maxed out with a
dozen of the finest distaffers led by last year’s winner, the ageless
Anndrovette and back to back Roses Are Red stakes winner Lady Shadow set to go
the route distance of 1 1/8 miles.
Three-year-old trotters will prepare for the August 6 Hambletonian
with the $300,000 Stanley Dancer Memorial which split into a pair of
eleven colt & gelding fields, again at a mile and an eighth. Hambo winter
book favorite Southwind Frank is listed among the entrants.
The $190,000 filly companion stake known as the Del Miller
Memorial split into divisions of six and seven at one mile with division
leaders All The Time and Broadway Donna named in to the event.
The third leg of the Miss Versatility has eight older trotting
mares declared in to race for $40,000.
The$471,000 Hambletonian Maturity also came up big with eleven
four-year-olds including supplemental entry Hannalore Hanover set to go a mile
and an eighth on Saturday. That stake will be covered in greater detail by a
Hambletonian Society release.
Pace night promises to be one for the ages with the staggering
amount of horse power on the racetrack enhanced by the $267,769 Jackpot Super
Hi-5 wager that has been on ice waiting for just this occasion.
The races will be drawn by approximately 5 p.m. today and you
will find that information on The Meadowlands
website.
