Freehold Raceway, America’s oldest parimutuel harness track, will resume live harness racing action on Wednesday, August 12 when the raceway opens for its summer/fall meet.
The meet will be highlighted by the $300,000 (est.) Cane Pace and the $145,000 (est.) Shady Daisy. Eliminations for the Cane Pace will be contested Saturday, August 29 with the final set for Labour Day, Monday, September 7. The Shady Daisy will also be contested on Labour Day.
Races for New Jersey-sired horses are well represented on the schedule. In addition to such renowned events as the Lou Babic ($120,000 est.), the Harold Dancer ($80,000 est.), the Helen Smith ($85,000 est.), the Lou Babic filly ($75,000 est.), the Harold Dancer filly ($70,000 est.) and the Charles I. Smith ($100,000 est.), Freehold will also host the New Jersey Sire Stakes fall championship series, which culminate in eight $100,000 guaranteed divisional finals for two and three-year-old trotting fillies and colts, and two and three-year-old pacing fillies and colts.
Also, the Green Acres series features eight $35,000 divisional finals and there will be four open divisions of the New Jersey Futurity held at Freehold during the fall.
Freehold will conduct live racing four days per week, Wednesday through Saturday. Special holiday racing will be offered on Labour Day and Columbus Day.
First-race post time for the meet will be 12:30 p.m.
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