The Meadows Monday Memo

The Meadows Monday Memo remains in their winter 3-day-per-week harness racing schedule, Wednesday through Friday afternoons at 12:45 pm.  This schedule will remain in place through the end of March.

LARGER FIELDS

Field sizes at The Meadows continue to trend upward.  For the two cards drawn so far for this week (Wednesday and Thursday), the average field size is 8.92.  Three races each day – all of which offer a Pentafecta – feature 10-horse fields, 9-wide with a trailer.

TOP 3 DRIVERS REMAIN THE SAME

Drivers Dave Palone, Ronnie Wrenn Jr and Jeremy Indof remained in the top three spots among drivers through last week.  Palone (19), Wrenn (13) and Indof (10) lead the way in victories.  Both Palone (.414) and Wrenn (.406) are above the .400 mark in the Universal Driver Rating System.

CURRIE, SOKOL OFF TO FAST START

Trainer Stacey Currie, who moved her base of operations near The Meadows late in the fall, is off to a fast start this season among trainers.  She is third in wins behind Ron Burke (10) and Dirk Simpson (8), but Currie’s 5 wins have come in just 12 starts.  Her UTRS rating is .472.  Trainer Sandy Sokol is also off to a quick start for the year, winning three of six starts with a UTRS of .593.

FILLING THE ENTRY BOX

Trainers Burke and Simpson, along with Scott Betts, have been helping to keep The Meadows entry box full.  Burke, who traditionally leads the way in number of starts, has sent 33 to the gate so far this year, but both Simpson and Betts have raced 30+ starters as well.

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