East Rutherford, NJ- The first leg
of the Graduate series for four-year-old trotters, a Grand Circuit
stake, highlights an intriguing twelve race extravaganza on Saturday at
The Meadowlands.
A full field of ten talented
trotters are set to contest the $75,000 first of three preliminary legs. Leg
two is scheduled for June 3 at Mohawk and leg three at Tioga Downs on June
11 leading to the $250,000e final on July 8, also at The Meadowlands.
Dayson has drawn the rail and the
favorites role in Saturday's race, his third seasonal start following a
pair of fourth place finishes in overnight preps. The winner of two thirds of
his career starts and over $665,000 took his 1:51.2 career mark in the
Townsend Ackerman stake over the Meadowlands mile last summer. He will
race with Lasix for the first time on Saturday. Ron Burke trains
Dayson for his own interest as Burke Racing along with partners Our Horse
Cents, J&T Silva and Rossie Smith. Yannick Gingras will drive.
The competition is led
by double Dan Patch award winner Broadway Donna (Dave Miller)
representing the fairer sex, last year's PASS champ Cufflink Hanover
(Andy Miller) and Yonkers invader Taco Tuesday (Jason Bartlett). It should be
an interesting race.
The supporting card is
strong with full and competitive fields the order of the day.
Saturday is Preakness Day so the action will be hot and heavy all day
long with the gates opening at 9:30 a.m.
