Sunday night racing in February and March at the Meadowlands at 5:00pm in 2025!

[rainman2]

I lived 1 mile from Brandywine and was there every night and Herve raced full time for a few years. He didn't move to New York fulltime until the early 70's. Back in those days Brandywine ran from mid-May to Labor Day which almost mirrored when Freehold would be closed. Herve didn't have alot of Grand Circuit horses, his best was Nansemond who beat Albatross in the Little Brown Jug.

You only need 1 good grand circuit horse to get more grand circuit horses to drive!

[Scooteroo]

That's true, but back in those days most horses on the Grand Circuit were driven by their trainers, and picking up a drive in those races was rare.

[wizardofoz]

Change of dates finalized and NO Sunday racing in February or March: The second calendar is the updated one: https://playmeadowlands.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-Stakes-Calendar.pdf

[PIGLAND]

Change of dates finalized and NO Sunday racing in February or March: The second calendar is the updated one: https://playmeadowlands.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-Stakes-Calendar.pdf

nice

[Sunmoon 1219]

Told you the swamp dates vanished. Sell those garbage cans that keep showing up from Freehold . Really ?

[kantseeback]

Those noon Saturdays look interesting.

[Scooteroo]

Unless they updated their calendar, the only 12:00 Noon Saturday I see is on Hambo Day which is normal.

[kantseeback]

Unless they updated their calendar, the only 12:00 Noon Saturday I see is on Hambo Day which is normal.

You are correct, I made that post in the wee hours while rubbing my eyes.

[seen2much]

DRF article explains what happened to  Sunday race dates. The Meadowlands gets the 1.6 million that was allocated to Freehold.
https://www.drf.com/news/meadowlands-freeholds-16-million-state-funds-approved-big-m-use?fbclid=IwY2xjawITfZpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbsoZ9JYvaPGaTmcpw87zvRuvwzo3JkzoDk0dG3TH8d4jlflvvPsBktPJg_aem_UjU4mknvtGToSbjW6RPi1Q

[Papillon]

The other major changes in the schedule is that they will NOT close on Hambletonian day as is tradition but will now race the entire month of August into mid-September.  The Monmouth TB meet at the Meadowlands might be 10 weeks on both the turf and the grass this year, from the mid-September through the end of November which will definitely affect the fall stakes season there, if there will even be one now.  Once the $1.6 million for Freehold is re-routed to the Meadowlands, additional race dates will be added as well.

they will race on turf and grass--interesting