East Rutherford, NJ - Live racing returns to
The Meadowlands on Thursday evening (Dec. 22) evening, and brings with it a
$25,874.24 carryover buoying the Pick-5 sequence, which spans the first five
races of the program. It is not unrealistic to expect the total to exceed six
figures with new play added to the pool.
Get the jump on handicapping the
carryover with free program pages courtesy of
The Meadowlands and Trackmaster.
The entry box was overflowing for
the Thursday and Friday card with right at 500 entries, affording Racing
Secretary Pete Koch and his staff the chance to put together a deep and
competitive twelve race puzzler.
New shooters 22 year
old Drew Monti (just in from Batavia Downs) and 23 year old Tyler Smith (a top
Hoosier Park driver) join a very young and hungry driver's colony featuring
east coast based gunslingers like Marcus Miller, Joe Bongiorno and Vinny
Ginsburg.
Brett Miller won an all-time
Meadowlands record tying eight races last Friday and will join John Campbell,
Andy Miller, Steve Smith and Jimmy Marohn, Jr representing the established core.
Speaking of drivers,
the opener and first leg of the aforementioned Pick 5 is the GSY Amateur Series
Winter Final where ten of the best in the division face off for a $12,500
purse. Hannah Miller's star has shone brightly in amateur completion over the
past few seasons and she has a live mount here in Mark Ford's Dream Rocker.
Looking ahead, now's
the time to make those dinner reservations for the gala New Year's Eve
celebration in the track's tiered dining room Pink featuring a special buffet
and fireworks after the races.
Racing again is
confined to Thursday and Friday this week with Saturday Christmas Eve. Next
week it's three live racing days; Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Post time is 7:15 p.m.
