East Rutherford, NJ - The Meadowlands puts up eleven live races on
Friday with twin-features coming up as races 6 and 7, full and competitive
fields of trotters and pacing mares each for a purse of $11,000.
Patti and Rob Harmon do a lot of racing at The Meadowlands through
the winter months, on Friday they bring no fewer than eight horses to race
including a pair that go as an uncoupled entry in the sixth race.
Quick Deal is one of those and has been tabbed as the morning line
favorite for the race. The speedy but erratic nine-year-old has been to the
mountain top earlier in his career with a fast 1:51.4 record and $400,000 in
the bank. He faced the top trotters in the game during his most productive
years but breaks, particularly at the gate, have been his undoing on many
occasions. Owners Our Horse Cents Stable and Rossie Smith have had Quick Deal
in several top barns trying to unlock the mystery behind his self destructive
tendencies and thus far the Harmon experiment has gone well.
In last week's race Jim Marohn, Jr settled Quick Deal into the
pocket until the stretch and when called upon the old horse had plenty to get
the 1:55.1 score. The pair had drawn post six and move up a class on Friday but
if he's on his game Quick Deal appears to be the one to beat.
The usual array of dining options are
available to you should you choose to attend live and if not free program pages and
a plethora of guaranteed pools await your remote wagering dollars.
Post time is 7:15 p.m.
