After The Meadowlands takes a break for the holiday there is no racing or simulcasting on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day live action will return to The Big M with a bang this Saturday (Dec. 26) night with a gigantic 15-race program that will begin at the track’s new early post time of 6 p.m. (EST).
Like a true holiday feast, the card comes with all the trimmings. All 15 races have full 10-horse fields and the track’s betting menu offers all the goodies Big M players have grown accustomed to, with a 20-cent Pick 5 (Race 1), 20-cent Survivor Pick 7 (Race 3), 20-cent Pick 6 (Race 8), 10-cent Pentafecta (Race 15) and a pair of 50-cent Pick 4s (beginning in Race 6 and Race 10). Both Pick 4s will have guaranteed pools of $50,000 and all the wagers offer a low 15 percent takeout.
HAVENâT I SEEN YOU HERE BEFORE? Driver Dexter Dunn makes one of his 128 trips to the winnerâs circle at The Meadowlands during 2020, this time with Franco Totem N, who took the feature at the mile oval on Nov. 28.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - On the final day of the Championship Meet at The Meadowlands on Hambletonian Day, harness racing driver Yannick Gingras won four races to catch Dexter Dunn for the driver s title, defeating the defending United States Harness Writers Association Driver of the Year, 86 wins to 85.
That s about the only time anything went wrong during 2020 for Dunn, who is an overwhelming favorite to win DOTY for a second straight season as 12 of the 13 USHWA chapters have nominated the native New Zealander to take home the award as the sport s top pilot.
On the final day of the Championship Meet at The Meadowlands on Hambletonian Day, Yannick Gingras won four races to catch Dexter Dunn for the driver’s title, defeating the defending United States Harness Writers Association Driver of the Year, 86 wins to 85.
That’s about the only time anything went wrong during 2020 for Dunn, who is an overwhelming favourite to win DOTY for a second straight season as 12 of the 13 USHWA chapters have nominated the native New Zealander to take home the award as the sport s top pilot.
At the current Fall Meet at The Meadowlands, which kicked off Sept. 5, Dunn is on his way to taking home the leading driver trophy. With just three race cards remaining in the calendar year, the 31-year-old reinsman has 43 wins, which puts him six ahead of Todd McCarthy in the standings.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - Temperatures may be falling, but many popular harness racing wagers at The Meadowlands have seen payoffs on the rise of late, much to the delight of those playing at the mile oval.
The 20-cent Pick-5 did not pay anything special - $141.10 - on Nov. 27, when the first three winners in the sequence went off at odds of 3-5, 8-5 and 5-2, but since then, it has been a big-payoff bonanza in the multi-leg wager that begins the card on a nightly basis.
On Saturday, Nov. 28, one sharp player raked the pot (being the only winner), cashing in for $55,157. That bettor may have been helped by the all button in the fourth race when a 75-1 shot scored, but the other four legs - despite none being won by the favorite - did not have any winner score at odds in excess of 9-2.
Temperatures may be falling, but many popular wagers at The Meadowlands have seen payoffs on the rise of late, much to the delight of those playing at the mile oval.