Meadowlands: World Harness Handicapping Championship qualifier heads weekend action

For those craving action this weekend, The Meadowlands will be the center of the universe in the greater metropolitan area with a plethora of options for players, with live harness action on Friday and Saturday at 6:20 p.m. along with the first World Harness Handicapping Championship Qualifier.

Friday (Jan. 21) night will serve as the appetizer to Saturday's (Jan. 22) WHHC qualifier which will offer a $10,000 total prize pool (based on 50 entrants) and four seats in the Sept. 10 WHHC Final.

The Big M will be the place many of the top players on the east coast will head as they try to qualify for the final and make some big green in the tournament that offers a live wagering format.

Saturday's tournament is the first of six scheduled qualifiers for the main event. For complete WHHC information, go to https://playmeadowlands.com/event/2022-january-400-whhc-qualifier/

This weekend, the live harness action will feature a pair of 15-race programs.

The Friday night Preferred for trotters includes a pair of Dover Downs shippers who get to renew their rivalry about 140 miles north of that five-eighths-mile track as Warrior One takes on Crystal Fashion.

The last time the pair hooked up, Warrior One held on by a nose in 1:53, holding off the pocket-sitting Crystal Fashion, who, unlike his main foe, has a Meadowlands tightener under his belt since, a fifth-place finish to repeat winner Get Legs last week.

Saturday night's Preferred for pacers features Backstreet Shadow, who seeks a second straight score in the weekly feature after a 1:50 2/5 wire-to-wire win on a night where the real feel temperature was 2 degrees.

-edited release (Meadowlands)