from the Meadowlands Media Relations Department

East Rutherford, NJ — The $2.7 million Meadowlands Pace card leads a stakes-laden weekend of Grand Circuit racing at The Meadowlands with a special 6:35 p.m. post time on Saturday (July 14).

The $701,800 Meadowlands Pace has ten of the finest sophomore colts heading postward led by last week’s elimination winners Courtly Choice and Stay Hungry.

The supporting stakes pretty much all filled up to the max with the WR Haughton Memorial, Golden Girls and Mistletoe Shalee all fielding a dozen horses at the route distance of a mile and one eighth. Virtually all of the division leaders are listed among the entrants.

The Hambletonian Maturity has drawn nine led by Ariana G, fresh off her amazing 1:50.2 world record romp in last week’s Graduate final.

The leading preps for the upcoming Aug. 4 Hambletonian and companion Oaks stakes are filled with the logical contenders.

The Stanley Dancer Memorial for colts will split at 16, boasting both O’Brien Award winner Alarm Detector and Dan Patch Award winner Fourth Dimension, with Wolfgang fronting a half dozen from Jimmy Takter’s loaded barn.

The Del Miller for fillies drew 14 featuring Manchego’s return to racing against the girls. She’ll face the potent duo of Phaetosive and Seviyorum coming off track record efforts at Harrah’s Philadelphia. For the record, Atlanta was not eligible to the Miller.

Last, but certainly not least, comes the Miss Versatility with 13 (two divisions) older trotting mares including the magnificent Hannelore Hanover, competing for money and points toward the final on Jug Day in Delaware.

Friday’s card features the New Jersey Sires Stakes finals with full fields of 10 in both trots and the first leg of the Kindergarten Series for trotters.

Complete information will be available later today on The Meadowlands website.