Fort Washington, MD — Rosecroft Raceway will be celebrating 75 years of harness racing this fall with 26 days of racing starting Monday (Sept. 16), continuing through Dec. 18.
Rosecroft will be racing every Monday and Wednesday with the usual 7:15 p.m. post time. The one exception is this year’s edition of the $125,000 Potomac Pace, which will be raced on Sunday (Nov. 17) with a special 3 p.m. post time.
Pre-meet qualifiers will be held on Wednesday (Sept. 11) at 11 a.m. The track will also be open that day for training from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Qualifiers during the meet will be on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m.
The draw schedule will be Thursday for Monday, scratch time 9:30 a.m. Friday, and Friday for Wednesday, scratch time 9:30 a.m. Saturday. The first draw will be on Thursday (Sept. 12). All horses need to have a current negative Coggins on file with the racing office prior to entering.
The two $10,000 preliminary legs of the Maryland Sire Stakes for 2-year-olds will be conducted on Wednesday (Sept. 25) and Wednesday (Oct. 2), followed by the $87,500 finals on Wednesday (Oct. 10).
Stall applications are available at www.rosecroft.com and are due Sept. 10.
“We are thrilled to be celebrating 75 years of harness racing here at Rosecroft,” stated Director of Operations Lisa Watts. “We recently signed a new five-year contract agreement with the Maryland Breeders Association and the Cloverleaf Standardbred Owners’ Association. We would like to thank both organizations, and all the horsemen, for their continued support year after year. We are looking forward to what the future may bring.”