East Rutherford, NJ — The $600,000 Meadowlands Pace highlights a sensational 14-race card Saturday (July 16) at The Big M that is so huge, all of the major events on the program will be shown live to a national television audience on Fox Sports 2 (FS2).

“The FS2 show enables us to showcase the very best in harness racing on the sport’s biggest night,” said Meadowlands Chief Operating Officer and General Manager Jason Settlemoir. “All of us at The Meadowlands appreciate the efforts of the TV team at The New York Racing Association, who will be joining forces with our own crew, to bring big-time harness racing to what otherwise would be a Thoroughbred audience.”

The show will be broadcast from 8-11 p.m.

During the night, a total of eight stakes races — with purses totaling $2.34 million — will be sprinkled throughout the card.

“Bettors, get ready for an enormous buffet of action on Meadowlands Pace Night,” said Settlemoir. “With the card being broadcast to an international audience, we have significantly raised the stakes for the players on our signature night.

“We have doubled the guaranteed Pick-4 pools and given the players an enormous menu of non-stop wagering action. The 20-cent Pick-6 and Late 50-cent Pick-4 will both have The Meadowlands Pace as their final leg, a race on which the fortunes of horsemen and players on the greatest night in harness racing will be determined.”

The Big M will offer seven wagers with a low 15 percent takeout on Pace Night. Here is when those wagers — along with the increased guarantees — will take place:

Race 1: 20-cent Pick-5
Race 3: 20-cent Survivor Pick-7
Race 5: 50-cent Early Pick-4 ($75,000 guaranteed pool)
Race 7: 20-cent Pick-6
Race 9: 50-cent Late Pick-4 ($125,000 guaranteed pool)
Race 12: 10-cent Hi-5/Pentafecta (Meadowlands Pace)
Race 14: 10-cent Hi-5/Pentafecta

Pace Night, aka “The Biggest Party in Harness Racing,” sports a long list of major events, which includes the $600,000 Meadowlands Pace, $500,000 William Haughton Memorial, $250,000 Stanley Dancer Memorial, $200,000 Del Miller Memorial, $150,000 Mistletoe Shalee, $175,000 Dorothy Haughton Memorial and $432,000 Hambletonian Maturity.

On-track festivities will include a t-shirt giveaway (to the first 5,000 guests), food trucks, a DJ in the Backyard, a handicapping contest for those 30 years of age and younger for $5,000 in prize money, carnival rides and games plus a promotion where five lucky fans will get to place a $500 wager on a designated race for free.

Get Your Pace Action: Wagering on Meadowlands races is always available on many platforms. Whether it’s on track, at your favorite simulcast venue, or an ADW (Advance Deposit Wagering) site.

One of the more popular ADWs is TVG.com (Television Games Network). It’s easy to sign up and start betting immediately. As for those who can make wagers but need a place to view the action, they can go to rtn.tv (Racetrack Television Network) for a low-cost way to not only see Meadowlands races, but races at tracks all over the world.

Beach Glass Favored: Off an impressive victory in the first of two eliminations last week, Beach Glass has been installed as the 7-5 morning-line favorite for The Pace, which has a post time of 10:44 p.m. Saturday night.

Beach Glass is a son of Somebeachsomewhere — whose only career loss came in the 2008 Pace — and will try to accomplish what his sire could not. Beach Glass’ elimination win was of the dominant variety, a brilliant 5-1/4 length score in a lifetime-best 1:48.1 as the 3-5 favorite.

The other elimination resulted in an upset as 11-1 chance Market Based scored by a neck over 1-5 public choice Night Hawk.

In the final, Beach Glass has drawn post six. Market Based has post four and is 5-1 on the early line while Night Hawk has post three and will start out at 4-1.

Beware Of The Bulldog: The hottest horse in harness racing is back at The Meadowlands on Pace Night, as Bulldog Hanover shoots for his sixth straight win in the William Haughton Memorial from post position seven.

The 4-year-old son of Shadow Play has been on a three-race roll never seen before in the history of the game.

He arrived at The Big M from Woodbine Mohawk Park and won a leg of the Graduate in 1:47 on June 25. One week later, he rocked the clock in a division of the Roll With Joe, winning in 1:46 to equal the all-time fastest mile in the history of the sport, first established by Always B Miki (at The Red Mile in 2016) and later equaled by Lather Up (at The Big M in 2019). He then upped his New Jersey winning streak to three a week ago after stopping the clock in 1:46.1 in the Graduate final.

Hambo Countdown: The biggest day on the harness racing calendar is closing in as the $1 million Hambletonian highlights a gigantic program on the sport’s greatest day on Saturday (Aug. 6). Post time is noon.

Free Programs: Free past performances for every race of every Meadowlands program are available 48 hours before a given card. To access the no-cost official program pages, go to playmeadowlands.com.

Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad: Little proved masterful last weekend in the track’s “Battle of the Masterminds” handicapping contest, where one lucky fan can walk away with $10,000.

Last Thursday (July 7) and Saturday (July 9), Little won the nightly competition, while Ken Warkentin grabbed the brass ring on Friday (July 8).

On-track patrons can enter every racing night, selecting the handicapper they think will win that night’s edition of the tournament. If that handicapper wins and that patron’s name is drawn from the entry box, they win a $200 betting voucher plus a $50 gas gift card.

That patron is then also entered into the grand prize drawing, which takes place on Hambletonian Day, one day after the conclusion of the competition.

Good Ol’ Boys In The Bike: On Friday night (July 15), The Big M will host the talented men of Tratter Co. in the Tratter Co. Pace Off.

Nick Luciano, Blake Moore, Caden McGuire and Roy Dinges will take to the track to see who is the top driver among their group of “Good ‘ol boys.”

Nick, Blake, Caden and Roy will team up with a top Meadowlands driver in the half-mile pacing event, so come on out and cheer for your favorite social media star.

The Tratter Co. Pace Off takes place after the fourth race.

Insideharness.Com: Marty Marsh’s insideharness.com provides bettors with insights from trainers and drivers on many Meadowlands races every night.

All one has to do is go to the website and sign up to access the inside dope.

Live Racing Schedule: Racing at The Big M will be conducted on a Friday-Saturday basis for the remainder of the meeting, which concludes on Hambletonian Day, Aug. 6.

Post time is 6:20 p.m., except for Hambo Day, when the first race heads to the gate at noon.

There is one exception to the racing sked, when there will be an additional night of racing, on Thursday (Aug. 4).

The track’s live “Racing from The Meadowlands” pregame show kicks off nightly at 5:47 p.m. On Hambletonian Day, the show will begin at 11:30 a.m.