Meadows Monday Memo

60 YEARS OF HARNESS RACING

The Meadows opened on June 28, 1963, and this week the track is celebrating 60 years of racing.  We will mark the occasion this Friday night, June 30 during our 5:10 post time card.

 THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE

Hollywood Casino at The Meadows will be racing our regular summer schedule this week.  Wednesday and Thursday afternoons at 12:45, Friday evening’s card will begin at 5:10PM, and Saturday’s card will begin at 12:45.

WEDNESDAY VALUE

The card this past Wednesday featured some large prices to start the week.  Three winners paid $20 or higher, including a $186.40 win ticket on 90-1 Quinndelynn.  Despite finishing second the previous week, the Wilbur Yoder trained/driven filly was lightly regarded by the bettors and went wire-to-wire despite pressure the entire mile.  Even with five favorites winning for the afternoon, the lowest exacta payoff was $12.20, with only two exactas returning lower than $20.  The highest was the $770 exacta keyed by Quinndelynn.  Overall, exacta payoffs for the day averaged $109.

POP UP SERIES BEGIN WEDNESDAY

The Meadows will be hosting Pop Up Series races for freshmen starting this week.  Each series will feature two $10,000 legs and a final.  Two divisions of 2YO filly pacers will compete on Wednesday, with two divisions of rookie colt trotters on Thursday.  The draw has not yet taken place for Friday, but 2YO colt pacers will be featured on the Friday card.  The pop up series for 2YO filly trotters will begin a week later, as the first stake races of the summer for freshmen will take place this Saturday, with PA Sire Stake and Stallion Series action for that class.

If you would like additional information at any point, please reach out to track announcer Jeff Zidek (jeff.zidek@pennentertainment.com).

by Jeff Zidek, for The Meadows