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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

M! - Meadowlands Racing Information


  Nomination to the three series' written at The Meadowlands to accommodate the Freehold horsemen through the month of June require a payment of $100 which must be received by the Racing Office by Tuesday, May 28.

  There will be two $10,000 legs and a $20,000 added final for trotters, pacing mares and pacing horses and geldings with the conditions for all reading:

ALL AGES with 6 or MORE STARTS at FREEHOLD RACEWAY in 2013 or HORSES CLASSIFIED C-2 as of MAY 27TH, 2013 (Winners Over $30,000 in 2013 Ineligible).

  Meadowlands Race Secretary Pete Koch and Rick Kane of Pocono have agreed to alternate weekly writing a class for older trotting mares. As a result, a $25,000 Mare Open Trot will be on the Meadowlands condition sheet for Saturday, June 1.

  That night is already filled with stakes including all four $150,000 NJSS finals for three year olds, the $200,000e Golden Girls and another $50,000 TVG Open.

  Looking forward to the start of Baby Races on Saturday, June 1, there will be some changes to the schedule.

  Qualifying races will be moved to Friday and the box for those will close at 9am on Tuesdays. The Baby Races will go on Saturday mornings and have a box close of 4pm on Friday. That schedule begins with next week's qualifiers.

  As always, further information is available on the web or by calling the office at 877-782-2537.