by Dave Little for Meadowlands Media Relations

East Rutherford, NJ – Lovineveryminute worked out a perfect cover trip and got up on the wire in a furious three-way battle to the finish to win the featured $25,000 Mares Open at Meadowlands Friday night (June 10).

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Lovineveryminute capitalized on a perfect journey to best her foes at the Meadowlands.

The Richard Johnson trainee picked up cover from Gweneeee J at the five-eighths, swung to the outside as soon as she straightened up in the stretch, and got up in a driving finish, nosing out Sheeza Shark N, who was behind the deep-stretch fading 8-5 favorite Totally Rusty before finding a small seam and closing with a rush to miss by a nose for the second straight start.

Inittowinafortune almost did just that for her backers, closing well along the rail at odds of 32-1, to finish another nose back in third. Totally Rusty was fourth.

Lovineveryminute, driven by Joe Bongiorno, returned $10.40 as the fourth choice in the wagering for owners Brian & Ira Ross Wallach. She paced the mile in a lifetime-best 1:50.3.

CARRYOVERS CARRY ON: The carryovers for the two 20-cent Jackpot Super High Five wagers continued to climb. In the fifth race, the finish of 7-2-4-1-3 failed to yield a single-ticket winner, upping the carryover to $14,017.39. The 11th race combination of 5-10-3-6-1 also failed to yield a single-ticket winner, increasing that carryover to a whopping $250,288.64. Both jackpots will be up for grabs on the next Big M card(June 11).

Driver Tim Tetrick had the hot hand on the evening with four winners.

Racing resumes at the Big M Saturday (June 11) at 7:15 p.m.