Jason Settlemoir

Horses tails and saddlepads

The Big M Spices Up Its Wagering Menu Saturday

In an effort to titillate players' palates, The Meadowlands will increase the minimum bet on two existing wagers as well as adding a new one altogether to its wagering menu.

Horses behind the starting gate at The Meadowlands

Big M Updates Wagering Menu, Discontinues Pick 8

When live harness racing resumes on Friday, April 24 at The Meadowlands, patrons will have an extra 20-cent Pick-5 as well as an additional 10-cent Hi-5 (or Pentafecta, if you prefer) to titillate the...

Rodeo Drive Deo winning the Jugette

Rodeo Drive Deo Prevails In Battle Of Jugette Elim Winners

September 17, 2025

Rodeo Drive Deo defeated Odds On Chesapeake in a battle of the elimination winners to take the 55th edition of the Jugette for three-year-old pacing fillies on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at Delaware County F...

Harness racing at The Meadowlands

More On Meadowlands Handle

February 22, 2024

It was September of 1976 when The Meadowlands opened, and it was then that the sport of harness racing changed forever.

Buglers introduce the races in front of the Meadowlands grandstand

Settlemoir Comments On Big M's Super Saturdays

February 15, 2024

The extraordinary has now become commonplace at The Meadowlands, as once again, Saturday night business last week at The Big M was over the top, leaving no reason to believe that the string of super S...

A view of the Meadowlands signage on the grandstand

Settlemoir Comments On Big M Handle And Big Game

February 08, 2024

The Meadowlands is always the place to play because of the many action options offered at the multi-faceted facility that offers sports betting, horse race simulcasting and, of course, live world-clas...

A view of the Meadowlands signage on the grandstand

Settlemoir Comments On Big M's 2024 Season Opener

January 11, 2024

Talk about a great time to be a fan of both racing and sports.

Brittany Farms and Jason Settlemoir

Proximity Award To Brittany Farms, Settlemoir

December 27, 2023

For the second time in the last four elections, the voting of the members of the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) for the Stan Bergstein Proximity Award, given for outstanding achieve...

Horses tails and saddlepads

Big M To Host Heavyweight Battle For The Ages

November 22, 2023

As if eight big-money stakes events – with purses totalling over $2.7 million – wasn’t enough, Saturday night (Nov. 25) at The Meadowlands may bring some history as well, when the three-year-old male ...

Big M Management Reflects On Big Pace Night

It wasn’t late December back in ’63, but just last Saturday (July 15) when Meadowlands management, fans and horsepeople might have been heard singing “Oh, What a Night.”

Betterinpinehurst winning at The Meadowlands

Settlemoir On Big M's Strong First Quarter

Any naysayer talk of harness racing’s demise has been reduced to a barely audible whisper these days, as The Meadowlands has seen a solid increase in business during the first quarter of 2023.

Horses tails and saddlepads

Meadowlands Adds Hi-5 To Wagering Menu

Effective this Friday (March 3), The Meadowlands will celebrate its own March Mania after an extremely memorable February with the addition of a second 10-cent Hi-5 to one of the most popular wagering...

The Meadowlands team at the 2022 USHWA Awards

Meadowlands Crew Celebrates Big Awards Night

February 23, 2023

It was a good night for The Meadowlands at the 2022 Dan Patch Awards Banquet at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida this past Sunday (Feb. 19) as Edison Hatter walked away with the Lew ...