There are two divisions each of $35,000 Progress Pace, $43,213 Matron Colt trot, and $$37,957 filly trot and $38,013 filly pace elim sections plus a strong undercard. Post time is 5:30 p.m.

The Progress Pace elims include John Celii and Teague Inc.'s $1.3-million winner Badlands Nitro with Brian Sears driving had the luck of the draw in one of the two $35,000 Progress Pace elims. Meanwhile Carl Jamieson, J.R. Gilles and George Arthur Stable's stakes winning Santanna Blue Chip has post 8 with Tim Tetrick in the bike. Howard Schneider's Moon Beam with Yannick Gingras, along with KY. Realty Stable and Brittany Farms' Trade Editor driven by Andy Miller and Luc Ouellette driving Uncirculated Stable's Dali are the opposition.

Red Barn Stable's Andy Roo, with George Brennan, John Canceliere's Bettor Sweet handled by Cat Manzi, Hutt Racing Stable's Artic Stretch with David Miller and Tony Domino's MJBudah Baby and Ron Pierce complete the lineup.

In the other Progress Pace elim, Arlene and Jules Siegel's Mystery Chase (David Miller), Elmer Fannin and Teague Inc.' s Rudy Rednose (Sears), Riggins, steered by Ray Schnittker for owners Howard Taylor, Frank Baldassare, Dave Pepin and Buffalo Boys Stable, and Frank Bellino's Southwestern Dream teamed with John Campbell are the leading money winners.

The rest of the field has Roy Williams and Jr.'s Dragon King (Tetrick), Louis Tomczak's Proper Respect (Pierce), Major Hottie with Eric Goodell driving, for owners Tighe, Kutil and No Mercy Racing, and Carl Jamieson and Ken Hartwood's Legacy N Diamonds (Brennan).

In a highly competitive first $38,013 Matron sophomore pace section, Jugette winner Good News Lady and pilot Greg Grismore, A&G Stable's A And G'sConfusion (Sears), Delaware-bred Tug River Princess (Campbell), The Cheyenne Gang's Cheyenne Trish with Jim Mettinis and last year's frosh winner Lomangino Stable's Happy Dreamer and Andy Miller square off.

Peter Heffering's Stylish Artist (David Miller), Marilyn and Heiman Gross' Hannah Isabel with driver Yannick Gingras, Dreamland Farms' Dreamland Latte (Pierce), Alice's Restaurant has Tony Morgan in the bike and Bulletproof Enterprises' Jaded Gal with Daniel Dube are the other starters.

The second filly pace elim is wide open. Artimittateslife, winner of five of her last six starts for Bob Young, Paul Gazzola and Brian Barton and $645,646 this season with Stephane Bouchard driving leads a bulky field of 11 in a second filly division. Jay Sears and TH Stable's Native Bride (Sears) is also on a wining tear with four in a row. Thong (Tetrick), owned by Jerry Silva and North State Street Stable. M&L of Delaware's Ladycino (Morgan), Robert Cooper Stable and Mentally Stable's Knock Three Times (David Miller), and Leonard Hubbard's Cartniverous (Goodell) are the major contenders.

The rest of the field includes Yannick Gingras driving Bulletproof Enterprises' Respectable (Gingras), Berry Stable's Cherry Bomb (Pierce), Lightning Stable's Lightning Glory (Dube), White Creek Stable's Past Lavista (Campbell) and Joe and JoAnn Thomson's Open Book Test (Brennan).

The trotting divisions are just as strong. In $37,957 filly action, Falkbolagen AB's Lantern Kronos with Jimmy Takter looks for her 13th win of the season. Mario Mazza's Diana Hall (Ron Pierce), Poster Pin Up (Sears), owned by Ted Gewertz, Bob Feldman, Martin Frank and Rojan Stables drew the inside among 11 starters with. Arlene and Jules Siegel's Stage Show and Dave Palone, New York standout Parcc Side (Morgan) driving for Allen Tomlinson and Dale Larson, Sholty Stable's JML Stables' Morguns Sweetheart (Brennan) and Shanamphilaniklou Inc.'s Hawaiianphotographer are all multiple (D. Miller) six-figure winners.

Gary Stetson's Kiss The Dice, piloted by Steve Smith, Alvin Katz and Martin Sternberg's Winbak Brat will be driven by Mike Lachance, Richard Jones' Sweetr By The Bone (Campbell) and Tom Jackson drives Broadway Woman for Dr. William Solomon.

A strong field is set for the $43,213 Matron Three-Year-Old Male Trot. Crazed (Tetrick), racing for E.S. Hoffman, R.A. Rudolph and Lindy Racing Stable, and Make It Happen Stable's Make It Happen (Schnittker) finished second and third in the Hambletonian in August. Stall Sixpence, Team Garberg and Asa Farm's Clerk Magistrate with Trevor Ritchie, Napoleon, Stephane Bouchard driving for Tucci, Korn, Thomases and Guarniere, Klaus Rigl's Shaman Hall (Sears) and entry of Bob Anderson, David Wilmot and John Fielding's The Pres with Trond Smedshammer driving and Holiday Credit (Pierce), owned by Christina Takter, John Fielding and Falkbolagen and Order By Stable lead a field of nine to post.

The other contestests are Skad's Winner (D.Miller) for Steve Arak and Bluestone Farms, Leif Alber's Atomic Hall (Goodell) and Meinzinger, Silva and Sampson Street Stables' Kajan Kooker (Lachance). The top four finishers in each elim division return next Sunday, Nov. 9 for lucrative finals. The $390,000 purse is the richest ever Progress Pace. The Matron Stakes ourse are: filly trot-$252,738, colt trot-$253,275 and filly pace-$253,075.

Marv Bachrad