Racing resumes at The Meadowlands next Friday with the
kickoff to the 2013 Championship Meet.
The weekend will feature Grand Circuit racing
with the John F. Simpson Memorial stakes for three-year-old pacing fillies on
Friday and the colts on Saturday. Friday's conditions also offer prep races for
Simpson trotting colts & fillies in anticipation of those stakes on Friday,
May 10.
Also on Saturday is the $100,000G Meadowlands
Maturity, a brand new stake for four-year-old trotters. The Maturity is open
to all comers of that age, there were no nomination payments required. The
top ten lifetime money winning horses at the time of entry that are declared
will race. The entry fee is $2,500.
The new condition sheet is available on The
Meadowlands website.
Friday's draw will be conducted on Monday morning with the box closing at
9:00am.
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Summer Survivor Late Closer
The next
deadline for Meadowlands Late Closers is May 15 for the Summer Survivor and Ima
Lula series'.
The Summer
Survivor offers an option for both trotters and pacers three years of age that
are Non Winners of 2 Pari-Mutuel races or $30,000 lifetime as of May 15. The
races encompass weekends through the month of June.
The Ima
Lula provides a few races for four-year-old trotting mares to race against their own division in late July with a $73,000 estimated
final on Hambletonian Day.
Contact the Racing Office with any questions.
Nomination
forms are available here.
