What's in a name? A horse owned by Jeff Gural is in-to-go against his equine namesake on Friday night at the Meadowlands.

As a racetrack owner, Jeff Gural has been a winner at Tioga Downs, Vernon Downs and more recently with the Meadowlands. As a racehorse owner and breeder, Gural has enjoyed plenty of victories including the current nine-race winning streak by his nine-year-old trotting mare Perfect Alliance.

But Gural will experience even a first for him in Friday’s first race at the Meadowlands when Gural the horse-owner faces Gural the horse.

Gural is a part-owner of three-year-old trotting colt Propulsion, a $250,000 purchase by noted pedigree expert Myron Bell. Propulsion, a royally-bred son of Muscle Hill out of Hambletonian Oaks winner Danae, was fifth last week in his first career pari-mutuel start.

Among Propulsion’s eight opponents on Friday is Gural Hanover, a three-year-old Crazed gelding, owned by Jesse and John De Long. Gural Hanover sold for $17,000 at the 2012 Harrisburg sale, but won his only career pari-mutuel start last September at Balmoral Park. He makes his Meadowlands debut on Friday for trainer Heidi Rohr.

“I guess the pressure is on Myron to deliver with our expensive horse,” said Gural, “but I’m looking forward to watching Gural Hanover race too.”

(Meadowlands)