Meadowlands Media Relations
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – With
calendars about to flip from 2018 to 2019, Meadowlands fans – in addition to
resolving to stop smoking, lose weight and pick more winners – can look forward
to a bit of a shakeup in the track’s wagering format.
Effective Friday, Jan. 4 –
the first card of 2019 – these will be the changes for bettors to take note of:
·
The 50-Cent Pick-5 will get underway in
Race 1
·
There will only be one Pick-3 offered,
and it will be available on the final three races of the night
·
Something popular at mainly thoroughbred
tracks will now be offered at the Big M as rolling Daily Doubles will be on the
menu, meaning the bet will be available on Races 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, etc.
·
The “Survivor Wager” will now begin in
Race 3, thus, for a 10-race card, it will be a 20-Cent Survivor Pick-8, and on
an 11-race card, it will be a 20-Cent Survivor Pick-9, etc.
“Here at the Meadowlands,”
said track Chief Operating Officer and General Manager Jason Settlemoir, “every
so often we like to provide our fans with some new challenges with a fresh
look. While the Pick-5 and Survivor wagers are merely moving to new spots in
the order, we are optimistic that the new Rolling Doubles will be a hit with
our players.”
Settlemoir also had a message
for all of those about to sing “Auld Land Syne”: “I’d like to take this
opportunity to wish all of our employees, horse owners, trainers and drivers
and, of course, our loyal fans, a healthy and prosperous Happy New Year.”
MILLER’S GOT AN
EIGHT-PACK: The hot hands for last
week’s (Dec. 20-22) programs belonged to David Miller, who recorded eight
victories. Yannick Gingras also had the touch, scoring seven times. Miller and
Gingras did as well as they did despite not racing on the Thursday program.
Ron Burke led the trainers
with four winner’s circle trips.
BOZICH TO CO-HOST: Mike Bozich, one half of the “Post time with Mike
& Mike” team that can be heard every Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. at www.posttimewithmikeandmike.com,
will serve as co-host of the live “Racing from the Meadowlands” simulcast show
alongside Dave Brower Thursday (Dec. 27) night. In addition to his podcast,
Bozich also serves as the track announcer at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
STILL THREE CARDS TO GO: Before players can dig in to the new wagering format,
there is still the business of closing out the current year. Live racing at the
Meadowlands will be conducted this Thursday through Saturday (Dec. 27-29) with
a post time of 7:15 p.m.
The opportunities to make a
score will be plentiful, as during the course of the 38 races, 36 will offer at
least nine betting interests while 25 with have the full 10 wagering
possibilities.
The track’s 50-Cent Pick-5
will have its usual $25,000 guaranteed pool while the 50-Cent Pick-4 will offer
a $35,000 promise on Thursday and $50,000 on Friday and Saturday.
Free program pages are
available at www.ustrotting.com
and www.playmeadowlands.com.
