EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. –  Forty-five horses were entered for the six races for the start of the Monmouth at Meadowlands meet on Friday as the boutique all-turf meet gets underway.

First race post time is 7 p.m.

The nine-race meet runs on Fridays and Saturdays from Sept. 18 through Oct. 16 with six-race cards.

The opening-day program features four mile and a sixteenth races and a pair of five-furlong maiden sprints.

The first of those maiden sprints is for New Jersey-bred 2-year-olds with a $40,000 purse. It will go as the second race. It will be immediately followed by a $34,000 filly and mare maiden race.

The Pick 6 encompasses the entire card.

Luis Rivera, Jr., coming off a second-place finish in the jockey standings during the recently-completed Monmouth Park meet, is listed to ride in all six races. Charlie Marquez, who was third in the Monmouth Park standings, has four mounts.

Jorge Delgado, coming off a second straight Monmouth Park training title, has Taraj entered in the fourth race.