Meadowlands: Two eliminations for the Hambletonian Oaks tops weekend action

The penultimate weekend of The Meadowlands Championship Meet comes up on Friday and Saturday with a 7:15 PM post time each night.

Friday's features are the elimination races for the Championship stakes for the freshman trotting fillies and colts, the Jim Doherty and Peter Haughton Memorials. Those rich finals will be part of the August 3 Hambletonian card.

Twenty-four fillies were declared for the Doherty, requiring three eight-filly $20,000 elimination races with the top 10 returning for the $350,000e final.

The Haughton drew 17 precocious males which will split into a pair of $20,000 eliminations toward next week's $425,000e final.

Also on the bill for the weekend, racing on the Saturday card, are the Hambletonian Oaks eliminations which will see 19 3-year-old filly trotters battling for the 10 berths available in the $500,000 final.

In alphabetical order, the Oaks starters include: American Kronos, Asiago, Beautiful Sin, Cloud Nine Fashion, Evident Beauty, Golden Tricks, Grimmie Hanover, Millies Possesion, Miss Trixton, Personal Paradise, Princess Deo, Queen Of Trixs, Seaside Bliss, Sonnet Grace, Southwind Casha, Starita, Sweet Chapter, The Ice Dutchess, and When Dovescry.

The WN Reynolds stake for 3-year-old males is the very last prep for the upcoming Hambletonian and a dozen have entered the fray for that contest.

Last, but certainly not least, is the $60,000 final for the Golden Receiver FFA pace.

Post positions will be drawn on Tuesday afternoon.

-edited release (Meadowlands)