By
Carol Hodes for the SBOANJ
MANALAPAN,
NJ – November 20, 2014 – The New Jersey Racing Commission awarded 191
standardbred racing dates for 2015 with 110 dates at Freehold and 81 dates at
the Meadowlands.
The
possibility of adding four dates to the Meadowlands live racing schedule will
be addressed at the January 14, 2015 meeting of the NJRC.
The
Meadowlands schedule, as approved, will begin on January 2 and run through
August 8 on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through February 28 and Fridays
and Saturdays from March 6 through August 8.
The
fall meet will take place on November 27-28, December 4-5, December 11-12,
December 18-19 and December 26.
Post
time at the Meadowlands will be 7:15 p.m. except for noon on Hambletonian Day,
August 8.
Freehold’s
two meets run from January 2 through May 16 and September 4 through December
12. Racing days will be Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays in
January February [dark on Monday, February 23]; Thursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays from March 5 to May 16 and also September 4 through December 12 [Dark
on Thursday, November 26] with the addition of live racing on Labor Day,
Monday, September 7.
Post
time at Freehold is 12:30 p.m.
Thoroughbred
racing dates were awarded to Atlantic City Racecourse and Monmouth Park.
Atlantic
City’s six dates of racing are April 23, 24, 25, 26, 28 and 29. Post time
is 3 p.m.
Monmouth
Park’s 49-day season will run from May 9 through September 7 with post time of
12:50 p.m. The Monmouth schedule will be Saturdays and Sundays for May 9
through June 28 [plus Monday, May 25 and Friday, June 26] and then Fridays,
Saturdays and Sundays from July 3 through September 6 [plus Labor Day,
September 7].
The
issue of racing Monmouth Park thoroughbred dates on the Meadowlands turf course
was tabled until the January meeting of the NJRC.
