The principal meet, which
officially begins Friday, December 28, 2012, will run through Saturday, August
3. Racing
is slated for three nights a week, Thursday – Saturday, through March 16. The schedule then reverts to Friday and
Saturday until the Championship Meet finale on Hambletonian Day, August 3. Fall harness racing will return to the
Meadowlands calendar in 2013, with a brief engagement from November 23 –
December 28.
Trainers who wish to race at the Meadowlands in 2013 must complete a racing application and submit it to the race office for approval by December 10, 2012. The application is available online at MeadowlandsRacetrack.com (http://www.meadowlandsracetrack.com/content.aspx?id=555).
Nominations are also being taken
for the January and February late closing program. Stakes applications are available under the
Horsemen’s section of MeadowlandsRacetrack.com (http://www.meadowlandsracetrack.com/content.aspx?id=1509).
An official stakes schedule will
be released after the racing secretaries’ meeting in December.
