2023 STATS: 44 - 214 / $353.00 (-$75.00) BEST BETS: 10 - 16 / $29.90 (-$2.10) SPOT PLAYS: 1 - 16 / $103.40 (+$71.40) BEST BET - FLIP MY CHIP (13th) SPOT PLAY - MANSAI (14th) Race 1 - 10000-12500CLM HCP Pace (6) ROJAN'S WAY slides down a notch on the claiming ladder out of the $15,000 level and gets post relief to go with it. Hopefully he can get a better trip here than he had last Saturday when he had to do the first-over work. (9) ROBBIE BURNS N is another horse who was first-up and tired a week ago. He drops out of the $15,000 claimers and had a recent two-race win streak. (5) RACING MONEY has been outside the top three just once in his last five outings and drew better than he did in his last two tries where he was stuck in the nine-hole and the ten-hole. [DRF HARNESS: Get Harness Eye PPs for this card] Race 2 - Play Meadowlands Final/Top Money Winners from 12-9-23 NW5000L4 Divisions Pace (8) LYRICAL GENIUS A has certainly looked the part thus far with a rallying second-place finish and a win in his two U.S. tries. He was also a Group 1 race winner in Australia, so I think he's got plenty of class to him. (4) IT'S IN THE STARS was game from first-up and was second to my top pick when they met a week ago. He has a post advantage here. (2) ALWAYS B SWEET took advantage of an off-the-pace trip in a quick tempo last Saturday and rallied to score at a nice price. This barn is very hot. [DRF BETS: Wager on tonight's Meadowlands card at DRF Bets.com!] Race 3 - TrackMaster Rating 80 or Less as of 12-12-23 Pace (2) MAXIMUM IDEAL turned in a good effort to finish a gaining second to a heavy favorite last Saturday and took his lifetime mark at the Meadowlands last year. (5) BRAZEN BRAZILIAN finds a softer class and gets a good deal of post relief tonight, probably making him the one to beat. (4) OREGON TRAIL won last time out at Saratoga and posted a runner-up result at the Meadowlands back in late October. Race 4 - NW3000L4/Not 3rd or Better in L4 Starts Pace (3) MARCUS SEELSTER finds the bottom level tonight and was second in a NW7500L4 event on 11-25. (6) REVOLT wound up on excess cover and had to settle for a closing third-place finish at odds of 3-5 last Saturday. He recently added Lasix and makes his third start for trainer/driver Pat Lachance. (9) YNOTTHISHOS drew outside but double-drops out of the NW7500L4 class and has had pace in the final quarters of all of his local tries. Race 5 - 15000CLM Pace (1) TOPVILLE OLYMPIAN shows racing in higher level claimers at Dover and Harrah's Philadelphia lately and invades for a barn that is always capable of having one ready for a big effort. (3) SPORTS ADVISOR comes in riding a two-race streak of second-place finishes, and I'll slot him in that spot again tonight. (6) CONBOYVILLE won in his second start back after a layoff a week ago, holding off SPORTS ADVISOR late. I'll include. Race 6 - NW10000L4/NW Starters This Class Last Start/TrackMaster Rating 86.5 or Less as of 12-12-23 Pace **$50,000 Guaranteed Pick 4 Pool** (6) WHOLE LOTTA LOU gets to drop a level in his second start off the bench tonight and also switches to a catch driver. (7) STONE HANOVER exits the NW14000L4 class and has had success at the Meadowlands before. (4) GOOD DEAL saw his two-race win streak end in an amateur event last Friday but had to go three-wide early off dull cover in that test. I'll toss him in the mix. Race 7 - NW7500L4/TrackMaster Rating 83.5 or Less as of 12-12-23 Pace (4) DA DELIGHTFUL continues to work his way down the class ladder in this spot and has had 27 and change final quarters in both of his tries off the bench so far. He's won at much higher levels than this in the past, and hopefully he'll fire off a big mile tonight. (2) CAVIART CAMDEN closed out his qualifier on 12-9 with a solid kick in the stretch and won in 1:49 and change at The Red Mile in September. He couldn't race on Lasix in the Kentucky Sires Stakes at Cumberland Run but has that medication back tonight. (5) AS ALWAYS takes a second shot at this class after rallying and coming up just a nose short of victory last Saturday. Race 8 - NW14000L4/TrackMaster Rating 88 or Less as of 12-12-23/NW10000L4 Drawn Inside Trot (4) NEXTROUNDSONME couldn't get involved from an outside draw last Saturday but moves inside on the gate this week. He might be one level too high up, but he did finish second versus NW14000L4 company on 11-18. (8) INAMINUTE HANOVER has two third-place results in this class since coming back off the bench. He's wrapping up a very productive 5-year-old campaign that's included several victories at The Big M. (6) LINDYS IRISHCREAM flashed good trot in the stretch a week ago and rallied to finish second to a heavy favorite. Trainer Blake MacIntosh is doing well at the meet overall, too. Race 9 - 20000-30000CLM HCP Pace (2) SOUTHPORT BEACH came first and second against $20,000 claimers at Harrah's Philadelphia two and three starts back, and I'll hope lightning can strike twice for this barn as I also went with his stablemate back in race five. (10) SUGAR ME N has two wins and two seconds in his last four starts, and although he has post ten, I can't see him not getting involved in his first try for these connections off the claim. (8) HEREITTIZ was second to SUGAR ME N a week ago and has been outside the exacta just once in his last five appearances. Race 10 - F&M Winners Over 10000L4 or 50000LT Pace **$50,000 Guaranteed Pick 4 Pool** (7) SILK CLOUD A was racing just below the F&M Open level over at Yonkers and gets to stretch her legs out on the big track tonight against a wide-open group. (6) TALK CURDY TO ME is the lone 3-year-old in here but has been racing well both before and since trainer Jeff Cullipher picked her up. (9) QUEEN OF SUCCESS took a little time off after the Cumberland Run meet ended out in Kentucky and flashed strong speed in her qualifier over the oval last Saturday. Race 11 - 15000CLM Pace We have a face-off here between horses from barns that have done well very this meet, especially with newcomers like (5) WESTERN PERCH and (6) SAULSBROOK RAPTOR are to their respective stables. I think WESTERN PERCH has been keeping better company at Dover and will give him the nod as he also gets post relief off his last effort in Delaware. (4) BETTER THAN SOME was racing at a higher claiming level at the Meadowlands back in the summer and should be ready off two qualifiers at Dover. Race 12 - TrackMaster Rating 74 or Less as of 12-12-23 Pace (5) MAXIMUS uses Lasix for the third time tonight and was an even fourth in this class last week. Note he'd been off since 11-7 coming into that event, so hopefully he'll be sharper tonight. (1) CLAYTONS BETTOR N moves from post nine to the pole position after finishing second in the same race my top pick exits. (4) ARCHETTO HANOVER didn't fire last Friday night but was a solid second prior to that and his trainer is sending out his share of live horses. [DRF HARNESS: Sign up for our FREE DRF Harness Digest Newsletter] Race 13 - NW2000L4 Pace (1) FLIP MY CHIP invades from Dover where it looks like he's been racing in much higher classes than the one he finds tonight. Add in that he starts from the pole, and I'll use. (2) BIONIC has had nothing but difficult trips in amateur races in recent efforts. The one time he did have a smooth journey, he won by open lengths at Harrah's Philadelphia back in late October. (7) HIGH BALLER couldn't deliver as the favorite on December 1 but remains at the same level and could offer more value here. Race 14 - NW2 Ext. PM Races or 20000LT Pace (7) MANSAI doesn't have great form and also has gaps in his racing lines, but hopefully he'll be another horse who has turned his form around on a change to this barn. (4) OAKWOOD ARDAN IR qualified twice for his U.S. debut out of a high-percentage barn. He added Lasix for the qualifier last week here at the Meadowlands and is on the medication tonight. (5) THE GOOD DOCTOR takes a second shot at NW2 foes after finishing second as the favorite a week ago.