Meadows Monday Memo

SERIES FINALS SET FOR THIS WEEK

The first round of Spring Series harness racing events will conclude this week at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.  Wednesday will be the final of the Donna Dunn Memorial Series, carded as the 10^th race on the 13-race card.  Paper Heart, a 3YO Heston Blue Chip filly, has been installed as the 2-1 morning line favorite from post 1 for trainer Jason Shaw and driver Dave Palone.  There will be one series final on Thursday and two on Friday, posts have yet to be drawn.

PALONE, WRENN STILL TIED

Drivers Dave Palone and Ronnie Wrenn entered last week tied in wins, and ended the week the same way.  Both drivers won 9 races over three cards.  Aaron Merriman won six races last week, to remain in third place.  Wrenn and Palone each have 74 wins, while Merriman has 66.  Merriman (336), Palone (306) and Jeremy Indof (301) are the most active drivers in terms of number of starts in 2024 at The Meadows.

TUESDAY QUALIFIERS

A total of 7 qualifying races will take place at The Meadows on Tuesday morning, as many horses that took the winter off are returning to action for the season.  Among this week’s entrants is Flite Craft, an Adios pacer in 2023 for the Norm Parker Stable.  Qualifying races are shown live on the Meadows Standardbred Owners Association Facebook page each Tuesday at 11:00AM and archived at www.youtube.com/themsoa.

A DIFFERENT VIEW

Meadows award-winning track photographer Chris Gooden has been expanding his coverage of the sport in recent months.  He has been shooting drone footage and using GoPro cameras to give fans an opportunity to view the sport from angles rarely seen.  His footage from The Meadows can be found on multiple social media platforms by searching Chris Gooden Visuals.

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