from the Meadowlands Media Relations Department

East Rutherford, NJ — Live racing resumes on Friday (April 29) at The Meadowlands with seven pacing mares featured in a $25,000 Open Handicap event, the eighth race on the program.

Last week’s winner Katie Said (post seven) and bridesmaid Divine Caroline (post six) are back for a rematch. Both mares came from off the pace with Katie Said peeling off the cover of, then sprinting by Divine Caroline in a :26.2 close to the 1:50.4 mile in her first outing of the season.

Always fast but a touch erratic at times, Katie Said has matured nicely from age four to five. She races out of the Jimmy Takter barn and Brett Miller has the drive for owner Black Horse Racing on Friday.

Divine Caroline took the uncovered route in a game effort for David Miller and wore down the good Table Talk before Katie Said went by. The 4-year-old Rock N Roll Heaven mare makes her third start of the season for trainer Joe Holloway and owners Val D’Or Farms, Ted Gewertz, Rojan Stable and Michael Ouriel.

Table Talk will make her third start back off the layoff and took a lot of play last week as the post time favorite. Request For Parole and Lovineveryminute return as well with Empress Deo and Inittowinafortune new shooters in the class.

In the wagering department, the last race Jackpot Super High 5 carryover is $194,741 to start the weekend. As always, you may download free program pages for the Late Pick-4 compliments of TrackMaster.

You can enter to win a trip to the Preakness Stakes on Friday evening and the Meadowlands Summer Survival challenge is still open to entry. Saturday night is the final of the World harness Handicapping Challenge with the prize pool estimated at $50,000. It’s not too late to enter the tournament and the details are here.

We’ve got action and lots of it this weekend at The Meadowlands. Post time is 7:15 p.m.