Meadows Monday Memo

PALONE REACHES 21,000 WINS

Driver Dave Palone reached yet another milestone this past week at The Meadows, with career driving win #21,000.  Harness racing’s all-time win leader continues to add to his record, as he is once again leading the driver standings at The Meadows this season with 338 wins in 1423 drives, a 23.85 clip.

FAST NOVEMBER MILE

Benjamin Hanover, a Sebastian K trained by Sarah Andrews, went wire-to-wire in the Open Trot at The Meadows this past week in 1:51.3.  The mile equaled his own track record, set last month, for 4-year-old trotting geldings.  The mile also equaled the second fastest in track history, just 2/5 of a second behind Jujubee’s 1:51.1 all-time track standard.  It was by far the fastest mile ever on the trot at The Meadows during the month of November.

FINAL GLADA RACE OF THE SEASON

The last Great Lakes Amateur Driving Association event of the season has been carded as Race #1 on Wednesday, and drew a field of six.  Tequila Talkin, driven by Mickey Burke, Jr for his brother, trainer Ron Burke, has been installed as the 8-5 morning line favorite, over 5-2 Mass Market, driven by Lauren Harmon for trainer Johnny Yoder.

REGULAR 3-DAY SCHEDULE THIS WEEK

The Meadows will be racing Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week at 12:45PM.  There will be 13 races each afternoon.

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