The Meadowlands Racetrack will offer just two nights of live racing this week, as the Saturday card has become a casualty of a NY Jets late afternoon game in Met Life stadium. Although, as a result, the track has been left with a particularly strong Thursday program (Dec. 13) which will feature ten full fields of what would be the usual Friday fare.
The twin features on the Thursday card will be $15,000 conditioned races for pacing mares (Race 6) and trotters (Race 7), both of which will be competitive blends of veteran performers.
Fan favourite Meladys Monet (to be driven by David Miller) will make his return to the races in the latter event. He is heading into the tilt off of a pair of impressive qualifiers which have come after a five-month hiatus. Hermann Heitmann is now training the $1.3 million winner, who is just a few weeks from his 10th birthday, for Melady Enterprises.
Meladys Monet, pictured victorious at the Meadowlands Racetrack
"Borrowing Ken's Binoculars" for this Thursday's card will be the Meadowlands GM Jason Settlemoir. He'll be followed by Pete Kleinhans next Thursday. Dave Little will close out the month at the mic.
Thursday may also be "Your Lucky Day." The lead promotion returns gambling losses for the day to one fortunate Players Club member and double points on all live harness wagers.
The usual array of guaranteed wagers will be in place and free program pages for some of those are available on the Meadowlands’ website.
(With files from the Meadowlands Racetrack)