from the Meadowlands Media Relations Department

East Rutherford, NJ — Several more stakes stars of last season will make their return to the races on Saturday night (April 29) at The Meadowlands. With the first of three Graduate Series pacing legs set for May 6, Boston Red Rocks, Check Six and Western Fame gather in the evening’s eighth race to get their 4-year-old seasons underway with an eye on that target.

USTA/Mark Hall photo

2015 Dan Patch Award winner Boston Red Rocks will be in action Saturday at Meadowlands Racetrack.

Boston Red Rocks was the top freshman of the 2015 class and had a successful if not spectacular sophomore season, picking up more than $400,000 and edging past $1 million in career earnings for owners Peter Blood and Rick Berks. Trainer Steve Elliott put three qualifiers into him, the most recent a solid closing 1:50.1 win from off the pace for regular driver Tim Tetrick.

Check Six had a million dollar season last year, dominating the Pennsylvania program while winning 11 times including the PA Sire Stakes final and PA Classic and having a presence on the Grand Circuit for owners Burke Racing, Weaver Bruscemi, William Switala and James Martin. He’s had two preps going in for trainer Ron Burke with Yannick Gingras at the lines, his latest a 1:52.2 score with a :26 kicker.

Western Fame was virtually unraced at two but blossomed into a major stakes winner last summer for trainer Jimmy Takter. He won a heat of the Little Brown Jug and a division of the Bluegrass, earning nearly a half million dollars for Brittany Farms with Mark MacDonald doing the bulk of the driving.

They’ll sort it out on Saturday while gaining form toward future Grand Circuit engagements.

Saturday also marks the $50,000 final of the World Harness Handicapping Championship and it is not too late to enter the competition.

Post time is 7:15 p.m.