The Meadowlands Racetrack will host 11 live races this Friday (December 15). Twin $11,000 features with competitive fields have been carded as Races 6 and 7.
Patti and Rob Harmon do a lot of racing at the Meadowlands through the winter months, and on Friday they will send out no fewer than eight horses to battle, including a pair that will perform as an uncoupled entry in Race 6.
Quick Deal, who is one of the aforementioned Harmon charges, has been tabbed as the morning line favourite for the contest. The speedy yet erratic nine-year-old has been to the mountaintop earlier in his career with a fast 1:51.4 record and $400,000 in the bank. He faced the top trotters in the game during his most productive years, but breaks – particularly at the gate – have been his undoing on many occasions. Owners Our Horse Cents Stable and Rossie Smith have had Quick Deal in several top barns trying to unlock the mystery behind his self destructive tendencies, and thus far the Harmon experiment has gone well.
In last week's race Jim Marohn, Jr settled Quick Deal into the pocket until the stretch and when called upon the old horse had plenty to record the 1:55.1 score. The pair has drawn Post 6 and move up a class on Friday, but if he's on his game Quick Deal appears to be the one to beat.
Post time for the card is 7:15 p.m.
(Meadowlands Racetrack)