Meadowlands Media Relations
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – A huge Pick-5
payoff, a huge Pick-4 pool and a huge total handle highlighted Saturday’s (June
1) happenings at the Meadowlands.
One lucky player wagering into the
Western New York OTB hub held the lone winning ticket with winner’s odds of
15-1, 11-1, 58-1, 6-1 and 1-5 and hit the 50-Cent Pick-5 for a whopping
$32,091.10.
The 50-Cent Pick-4 – which has a
guaranteed pool of $50,000 – went well beyond double that figure, as a total of
$120,505 was poured into the pot. The $134,614 wagered on March 2 was the only
time more was bet on a Pick-4 this year.
Total wagering on the 13-race card
came close to reaching the magic $3-million mark, but fell approximately
$33,000 short after an all-source total of $2,967,772 was bet. Two weeks prior
saw another close call, as $2.947M was put in play. The last time action
exceeded $3 million – which has happened nine times in 2019 – was on Kentucky
Derby Day (May 4), when a total of $3.273M was pushed through the windows.
GET A LITTLE ACTION IN
On Saturday (June 8), the Big M’s
featured Preferred Handicap for 4-year-olds on the pace has the latest star
from the Jenn Bongiorno barn, Albergo Hanover, going for his fifth straight
win.
For simulcast fans, the featured
event will be the Belmont Stakes.
Big M gates will open at 10:30 a.m.
The first of 13 races at Belmont is at 11:35 a.m. with the Belmont Stakes (Race
11) scheduled to go at 6:37 p.m.
Preakness winner War of Will is the
2-1 morning-line second choice taking on Wood Memorial champion – and early 9-5
choice – Tacitus in the mile-and-a-half test over Big Sandy.
Canada’s biggest harness race, the
North America Cup, will have two eliminations – slated as the third and eighth
races – at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The Cup has huge Meadowlands Pace
ramifications as seven of the horses in the Big M Media Relations Department’s
“Road to the Crawford Farms Meadowlands Pace” will be on the track.
The North America Cup Final is on
Saturday (June 15).
At Cleveland’s Northfield Park, open
pacers will slug it out for a $200,000 pot in the Battle of Lake Erie. The
other red-hot horse from the Bongiorno barn, None Bettor A, will look for a
sixth straight win facing the likes of Camluck Classic winner The Wall.
On Sunday (June 9), check out the
third leg of the Graduate Series for 4-year-old pacers and trotters at Tioga
Dows.
Many of the series’ stars will be in
action. On the pace, Lather Up, Courtly Choice, Done Well and Thinkbig Dreambig
are in to go, while on the trot, Muscle M Up, Phaetosive and Six Pack will line
up behind the gate.
Leg Four of the Graduate will be at
the Meadowlands on June 28 before the Big M also hosts the July 6 series’
finals.
Live racing at the Meadowlands will
be conducted this week on Friday and Saturday with a first-race post time of
7:15 p.m.
On Friday (June 7), 20-Cent Jackpot
Super High-Five fans will be fired up for the fifth race, when a carryover of
$102,608 will be up for grabs.
As always, free program pages for the
20-Cent Can-Am Pick-4 (Friday only) and 50-Cent Pick-4 (Friday and Saturday)
are available at www.playmeadowlands.com and www.ustrotting.com.
BURGER BATTLE: Do you make a good burger? Then come
out to the Meadowlands on Saturday (June 8) and participate in the fourth
annual “Battle for the Best Burger” contest. You could win $1,500.
The contest begins at noon and is
open to area food trucks and restaurants. For complete details and the entry
form, go to http://meadowlandsracetrack.com/uploadedFiles/burger%20battle_sign%20up%20sheet.pdf?_ga=2.178949665.422530968.1558563081-565511049.1524064426.
HORSEPLAY
CAR GIVEAWAY: Every live race night from now until Aug. 2, you could win a
brand-new Toyota C-HR by participating in the Big M’s “Horseplay Giveaway”.
Just grab a
free toy horse at the Players Club Desk or official Horseplay table and if you
can throw your horse into a moving car at the conclusion of the sixth race, it
will give you a chance at winning a $100 betting voucher and put you in the
drawing for the C-HR.
In addition,
for each horse that makes it into the car, the Meadowlands will donate $10 to a
designated monthly charity. The drawing for the car will take place on Aug. 2,
and to win, one must be present.
TITLE
CHASES: The FanDuel Sportsbook is the place to watch and wager on the NHL
Stanley Cup Final, in which the St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins are tied at
two games apiece, and the NBA Finals, where the defending champion Golden State
Warriors trail the upset-minded Toronto Raptors two games to one.
Game 5 of the
NHL series is tonight (Thursday, June 6) at 8 p.m. while Game 4 of the NBA
matchup is Friday (June 7) at 9 p.m.
The FanDuel
Sportsbook offers plenty of comfortable seating with a full-service bar and
plenty of tasty food choices.
