The ongoing return of last year’s stars to the racetrack will resume on Saturday night at the Meadowlands Racetrack.

A $25,000 Open Handicap Pace (Race 11) will be the stage for Always B Miki’s seasonal debut. He’s set to face six talented foes.

Always B Miki got a very late start to his 2015 campaign, but made the most of the time he had. ‘Miki’ won all four starts of his 2015 starts in sub-1:50 fashion, including the Breeders Crown and American National. He amassed over $300,000 for owners Bluewood Stable, Roll The Dice Stable and Christina Takter.

Trainer Jimmy Takter and driver David Miller have handled some of the best over the course of their careers, and both seem absolutely giddy with the possibilities Always B Miki presents for the upcoming season.

The race is by no means an exhibition. A couple of the division’s more formidable performers – double millionaire JK Endofanera and emerging star Rockeyed Optimist, who is fresh from his 1:48.2 Dover Downs track record – are posted just to the inside of the favourite.

Atta Boy Dan and Smart Rokker have been plying their trade at Dover and were in close attendance to Rockeyed Optimist in his record mile last week. McArdles Lightning and Dovuto Hanover have caught fire lately and were just a head apart in their last Meadowlands feature appearance.

First-race post time for the Meadowlands’ Saturday program is 7:15 p.m.

(With files from the Meadowlands)