East
Rutherford, NJ - The Meadowlands
resumes live racing on Friday, November 18 and will continue with two
cards per week through the Christmas holiday. Be advised that live racing
will be on Thursday and Friday the 15th & 16th and 22nd & 23rd of
December due to a Jets game on December 17th and Christmas eve falling on
a Saturday this year. The last week of December will see Thursday added as a
third live date and there will be live racing on New Year's Eve.
On Friday, the GSY
Amateur Series returns with a strong presence, fielding two full
divisions going to post as races one and three.
The Friday feature is
the seventh race, a high level condition/optional claimer for pacing mares.
It's an interesting mix, as six of the ten show no Meadowlands lines in their
past performance making the race a real head-scratcher.
Icommandmyspirit has
recent Meadowlands form that is hard to fault with a second and third her last
two, both at this level, for trainer John Bavosi and owner Cheryl Costello.
Inittowinafortune faced the sport's best mares in the TVG Championship Final
her last and gets considerable class relief this week for Mike Russo and owner
Michael Pagonas.
Owner Eric Cherry has a
pair going forth under his nom de course of Let It Ride Stables. Gweneeee J and
Totally Rusty will start side by side from posts 4 and 5 and both are
in good form. Gweneeee J, trained in the Linda Toscano stable, loves the big
track and has a strong closing kick while Totally Rusty comes in off a
forwardly placed win at Harrah's Philly for the Ross Croghan barn.
The standard wagering
options apply all weekend and you'll be able to download free Pick 4 program pages from
the web.
Saturday brings the
annual Meadowlands calendar giveaway
where 1000 lucky fans will receive the 2016-2017 version filled with memories
of the 2016 racing season, courtesy of track photographer Mike Lisa Photos. The
giveaway begins at 6:30 pm @ the Players Club Desk in the Clubhouse Lobby.
1 per person
Post time is 7:15 p.m.
