Meadowlands Racetrack will hold 82 dates of live harness racing in 2013, as approved by the New Jersey Racing Commission at its meeting today.
The principal meet, which officially begins Friday, December 28, 2012, will run through Saturday, August 3. Racing is slated for three nights a week, Thursday – Saturday, through March 16. The schedule then reverts to Friday and Saturday until the Championship Meet finale on Hambletonian Day, August 3. Fall harness racing will return to the Meadowlands calendar in 2013, with a brief engagement from November 23 – December 28.
Trainers who wish to race at the Meadowlands in 2013 must complete a racing application and submit it to the race office for approval by December 10, 2012. To download the application, click here.
Nominations are also being taken for the January and February late closing program. To download stakes applications, click here.
An official stakes schedule will be released after the racing secretaries’ meeting in December.
(Meadowlands Racetrack)