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The second leg of the Graduate Series for our-year-olds of each gait will be contested Friday night, June 14 at The Meadowlands, and despite the lack of a fireworks show (that comes on July 6), there will be plenty of firepower getting behind the starter car.
This Saturday, May 18 will mark the first time this year that stakes racing from The Meadowlands will be shown to a national television audience as FOX Sports will broadcast live The Big M's first major event of the season, the $145,150 USD Arthur J. Cutler Memorial for open trotters.
Things are starting to heat up at The Meadowlands, and what better way to kick off the 14-week Championship Meet this weekend than with the top simulcast event in all of horse racing serving as a prelude to the beginning of the harness stakes season with the opening leg of New Jersey Sire Stakes action on Saturday, May 4.
Meadowlands Racetrack management is never afraid to make changes when they think they’re warranted. With the 20-cent Pick-8 not quite creating the level of expected excitement since its inception seven months ago, The Big M has decided to discontinue the wager while adding a second 20-cent Pick-5 to its popular low-takeout laundry list of multi-leg puzzles.
Racing Secretary Jason Bluhm has a problem, but as he says, “it’s a good one to have.” The 42-year-old lifelong harness racing enthusiast has taken over the helm at both of Ohio’s southwestern harness tracks, with terrific results. This past December, Dayton Raceway’s handle scored a single night record of $1.286 million on Dec. 28, and