Andy Miller stole the night early on at the Meadowlands on Saturday winning four races on the card, including the $17,500 Dash For The C Notes Final for C-2 pacers with Arezzo Hanover.

Making the lead in :27.2, Arezzo Hanover rebuffed an early challenge from longshot Line Officer blazing through a :54.1 half-mile. Hurrikane Anthony was tracking in the pocket through three-quarters of 1:22.2, but couldn’t keep pace in the stretch. Arezzo Hanover held off the belated rally from Corky Baran to score in 1:51.2. He is trained by Nick Surick for the J L Benson Stables Inc.

Callahan put together a natural hat trick covering races nine, 10 and 11, including a sterling rally from Domethatagain in The Hudson River Prep. He won the night cap as well to make it another grand slam. Domethatagain was far back at the half-mile pole, which was reached in :55, but put together an eye-opening back-half to chase down Mr Dennis and Take It Back Terry and win going away in 1:50.2. Domethatagain is trained by Erv Miller and owned by the Mystical Marker Farms LLC along with Peggy Hood and Paymaq Racing.

In the $20,000 C-1 final, Digital Z Tam rewarded his sparse legion of backers with a 23-1 score, capitalizing on a smart steer by trainer-driver Pat Lachance. Lachance used the quick early foot of his charge to secure a forward position from post nine, then burst through to open a considerable lead in the stretch. The wire arrived just in time, as Fantaddy's late rally fell just a nose short in 1:51.1. The Z Tam Stables, LLC of New York City owns the career winner of over $650,000.

Several long-shots on the night led to large payouts in the popular guaranteed pools at The Meadowlands. The combination of Preferred Pace winner Transcending ($18.20) and Pence Hanover ($67.00) sparked a Pick 5 payout of $7,934.70 for a $.50 cent wager. Pence Hanover also kicked off the Early Pick 4, which returned $3,043.70. The Late Pick 4, which had a pool of $97,684, featured the victory from Digital Z Tam, who returned $48.20 to win. That Pick 4 returned $2,869.90.

Despite Kentucky Derby prep races and the NCAA Men’s Final Four, the Meadowlands still not only hit $3 million, but showed a remarkable 49 per cent increase over the same Saturday in 2012. In fact the total handle of $3,086,391 was $1,014,001 more than one year ago. In addition, the on-track handle showed an increase of 22 per cent.

Racing resumes on Friday with the second round of the Night Styles Series. Post time is 7:15 p.m.

To view Saturday's harness racing results, click on the following link: Saturday Results - Meadowlands Racetrack.

(With files from Meadowlands Racetrack)