Meadows Monday Memo

NO HARNESS RACING THIS WEEK

The Meadows is taking this week off for scheduled track maintenance.  There will be no qualifying or pari-mutuel races, but the casino and racebook are operating as usual.  Qualifying races will be held on Tuesday, April 9 at 11AM.  Parimutuel racing resumes on Wednesday, April 10, which will be the first day of our Spring schedule, with 4-day/week racing every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 12:45.

WORK RESUMES TODAY ON VIDEO BOARD PROJECT

In addition to maintenance of the racetrack surface itself, work resumed this morning on the replacement of the infield video board (photo attached).  The new, larger video board is being installed in front of the current video and tote board.

PALONE, BURKE LEAD THROUGH MARCH

Driver Dave Palone (91 wins) has a 10-victory lead over Ronnie Wrenn (81), with Aaron Merriman in third place (79) through the end of March.  Among trainers, Mickey Burke Jr leads the way with 63 wins, while Brandon Presto and Dirk Simpson are tied for second with 27 each.

BLACKSMITH NEEDED

Hollywood Casino at The Meadows is in search of a part-time paddock blacksmith to help cover 1-2 racing days per week during the summer, and fill-in as needed.  Interested parties can contact the Human Resources office, 724-503-1200.

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