from the Freehold Raceway publicity department

Freehold, NJ — Freehold Raceway, America’s oldest pari-mutuel harness track, will open its summer/fall meeting with a 13-race card of live harness racing action on Thursday afternoon, August 9.

The meeting will be highlighted by the $300,000 (est.) Cane Pace and the $275,000 (est.) James B. Dancer Memorial.

Some of the other major stakes events on the Freehold summer/fall schedule include the $160,000 (est.) Shady Daisy, the $130,000 (est.) Battle of Freehold and the $110,000 (est.) Molly Pitcher.

Races for New Jersey sired horses are well represented on the schedule. In addition to such renowned events as the Lou Babic final ($140,000 est.), The Harold Dancer final ($100,000 est.), the Helen Smith final ($90,000 est.), the Lou Babic filly final ($75,000 est.) and the Charles I. Smith final ($110,000 est.), Freehold will also host the New Jersey Sires Stakes fall championship series, which culminate in eight $85,000 guaranteed divisional finals for 2- and 3-year-old pacing and trotting fillies and colts. Also, the Green Acres series features eight $35,000 (est.) divisional finals and there will be four open divisions of the New Jersey Futurity held at Freehold during the fall.

As an added attraction on Opening Day, free t-shirts will be given to all patrons with the purchase of a Freehold live program, while supplies last.

After an abbreviated three-day, Thursday through Saturday schedule for the opening week, Freehold will conduct live racing Tuesday through Saturday.

First post for the meeting will be at 12:30 p.m. and admission to daytime racing is always free of charge.