East Rutherford, NJ - Friday night at The Meadowlands brings
eleven overnight races led by the $17,500 final of the popular "Dash for
the G-Note" short series. That race comes up as the seventh on the card,
kicking off the $50,000 Guaranteed Late Pick 4 Pool.
Ron Burke sends three entries out in pursuit of the top prize
including ten-year-old class-master Ideal Matters, a recent addition to the
barn. Ideal Matters (PP #9) has raced the best around the East coast for the
past few seasons then finally found the claimers a few weeks ago and eventually
was transferred via a private purchase.
The fresh surroundings apparently agreed with him (a perfect trip
from driver Anthony Napolitano certainly didn't hurt) as he dashed from the
pocket to wear down 1-5 race favorite Kotare Yael N for a comfortable win with
something left.
Ideal Matters now races in the Burke stable colors for the
interests of the trainer as Burke Racing, LLC in partnership with Weaver
Bruscemi, LLC and Napolitano retains the drive on Friday.
Moonlight Ransom collected his first win of the 2017 season in
last week's elim and has drawn well, starting from post three on Friday.
Moonlight has shown steady improvement since joining the Jenn Bongiorno stable
for owner Michael Singer and is poised to contend for driver Simon Allard.
Justified is the third horse returning off a win last week for
trainer-driver Eric Abbatiello. Another "War-Horse" the nine-year-old
winner of nearly a third million dollars went the fastest mile in the elims
when he crossed the wire in 1:52.2. He races in the familiar colors of The Red
Man Stable.
Promotions-wise The Meadowlands is in holiday mode with the
direction being cash for the giving season. Friday it's that old chestnut
"Money
Machine Fever", a true fan favorite, that is not to be missed.
The fun starts at 7:15 p.m.
