by Nick Salvi, Meadowlands Media Relations
EastRutherford, NJ – The Meadowlandsweekend racing picks up on Friday evening with a dozen solid overnight eventspresented for your pari-mutuel pleasure.
Friday’s cardis the standard fare of pacing mares, trotters and a single divisionof the GSY amateur series.
The twin $17,500features are the mare condition pace in race six and the G-Note trotting finalin the seventh.
Inittowinafortune andDelightful Dragon, a pair of mares that do their best work over the mile oval,are among the top contenders in the sixth.
Inittowinafortune losta heartbreaker last week, nailed in the shadow of the wire after Corey Callahanhad urged her to an open stretch lead. Mike Russo trains the career winner ofmore than $600,000 for owner Michael Pagonas.
Delightful Dragon,formerly a Grand Circuit winner having annexed the 2013 Three Diamonds at TheMeadowlands, is reunited with David Miller who was aboard for that win. Thatand the return to the mile oval may be enough to overcome her assigned outsidepost. Delightful Dragon will eclipse the half-million dollar mark in careerearnings for owner and trainer Noel Daley with a good check on Friday.
David Miller also has aleading contender in the G-Note final in Midfield Magic, a short priced 1:54.2winner in last week’s elim. Jody Reidel trains Midfield Magic, another withample back class, for Super Mile, LLC.
The lead promotion isthe popular Black Friday Gift Card Sweepstakes where$1,500 in major department store cards will be meted out after races 3-10.
Post time is 7:15 p.m.