by Nick Salvi, for Meadowlands Racetrack

East Rutherford, NJ — Nominations to the three series written at the Meadowlands to accommodate the Freehold horsemen through the month of June require a payment of $100 which must be received by the Racing Office by Tuesday (May 28).

There will be two $10,000 legs and a $20,000 added final for trotters, pacing mares and pacing horses and geldings with the conditions for all reading: All ages with six or more starts at Freehold Raceway in 2013 or horses classified C-2 as of May 27, 2013 (winners over $30,000 in 2013 Ineligible).

Meadowlands Race Secretary Peter Koch and Rick Kane of Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs have agreed to alternate weekly writing a class for older trotting mares. As a result, a $25,000 Mare Open Trot will be on the Meadowlands condition sheet for Saturday (June 1).

That night is already filled with stakes including all four $150,000 NJSS finals for 3-year-olds, the $200,000 (est.) Golden Girls and another $50,000 TVG Open.

Looking forward to the start of 2-year-old races on Saturday (June 1), there will be some changes to the schedule.

Qualifying races will be moved to Friday and the box for those will close at 9 a.m. on Tuesdays. The 2-year-old races will go on Saturday mornings and have a box close of 4 p.m. on Friday.

That schedule begins with next week’s qualifiers.

As always, further information is available on the web or by calling the office at 877.782.2537.