What: On Preakness Day, Saturday, May 17th
join Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment at the fifth
annual Lisa Photo Stride For The Cure race and fundraiser, hosted by
award-winning Meadowlands Racetrack photographer Michael Lisa and his wife,
Annette.
The festivities kick off at 3pm with a 5K around the
racetrack for guests to participate in. The 5K is just $25 to enter
including an event t-shirt, post-race party with live music by the Past
Masters, prize drawings and other activities. The Stride For The Cure horse race will then take place during the live
race card, featuring horses and drivers wearing pink equipment to raise
awareness. All proceeds benefit the American Cancer
Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer program.
The 5K is a sanctioned event and prizes will be awarded for
the top runners in each division.
Registration can be done online
athttp://www.active.com/east-rutherford-nj/running/distance-running-races/meadowlands-racing-and-entertainment-wplj-stride-for-the-cure-5k-2014
or on site at the Meadowlands beginning at 1 pm on Saturday.
Following the 5k, guests are invited to stay for live harness
racing beginning at 7:15pm. The festivities include the Allerage Farms
Presents Roosevelt Raceway Legacy Night honoring the historic New York
City-area racetrack that closed in 1988. There will be an autograph session
with many of the legendary Roosevelt horsemen, $1 food and drink specials, and
the running of the $180,000 Arthur J. Cutler Memorial Stakes.
When:
Preakness Day, Saturday, May 17, 2014
Where:
Meadowlands Racing &
Entertainment
1 Racetrack Drive
East Rutherford, NJ 07073
