Hi, this is Fred Wallace with ” Off the Wire “. Hanover Raceway recently announced their race dates for the 2021 harness racing season along with an adjusted start time. The opening race date at Hanover is scheduled for Saturday June 5th After a one year experiment that was highly successful running their race program at 2 pm, Hanover has made a tiny alteration and post time for race days is now 1:30 pm Track General Manager Steve Fitzsimmons relates the altered start time is to allow a window of opportunity for those who wager on multiple tracks on a Saturday afternoon. The betting handle at Hanover Raceway was the highest in 29 years last season which puts the bar very high for this season and while the operators don’t anticipate another 29 % jump they think they can juice it bit more with races that are scheduled to start a few minutes earlier or later than other tracks around North America.