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The Saturday (June 24) session of two-year-old qualifiers at The Meadowlands featured 98 horses; 68 were sold at public auction for more than $10.7 million an average of $158,200, with 30 home-breds sporting pedigrees that would easily demand another $3-5 million.
On a perfectly dreadful morning with temperatures in the high 40s (48°F / 9°C) with rain but little wind, the qualifiers got a 9:00 a.m. early start at The Meadowlands. The track was listed as “sloppy” but that was not an issue for a number of harness racing's top trotters from 2022.
Meadowlands qualifiers were off at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday (April 22) with temperatures in the mid teens (57°F / 14°C) and a trace wind aiding the horses in the homestretch.