Washington, PA — Here is this week’s Meadows Monday Memo.

GEOCENTRIC TO QUALIFY TUESDAY
Geocentric, the sport’s top 2-year-old pacing filly last season, is set to make an appearance at The Meadows Tuesday (April 30). She is entered in the fifth qualifying race for trainer Brian Brown, with Tim Tetrick listed to drive. Qualifiers begin at 11 a.m. and can be seen live on the Meadows Standardbred Owners Association Facebook page.

STAKE RACING SEASON BEGINS SATURDAY
The first stake races of the 2024 season will take place this Saturday (May 4). Three-year-old colt and gelding pacers will be in action in PA Sire Stake and PA Stallion Series events. Saturday’s card will have a special early post time, 11:30 a.m. The post position draw for Saturday will take place this Wednesday morning.

TWO MILESTONES REACHED
Hollywood Casino at The Meadows would like to congratulate two of our regular drivers, Hunter Myers and Ronnie Wrenn Jr. on recent milestone wins. Hunter Myers was honored this past Wednesday for reaching 2,000 career wins. He earned win 2,000 in Ohio a few days earlier. Ronnie Wrenn Jr. won his 8,000th career race on Thursday afternoon at The Meadows with The Last Song for trainer Jack Smith.

TOP MARES FEATURED ON WEDNESDAY
The Wednesday afternoon feature this week will be a tough Open pace for mares, carrying a purse of $21,200. Marloe Hanover, out of the Virgil Morgan Jr. barn, will be back in town to defend her title from last week with driver Dave Palone. The Randy Bendis-trained Lydeo, a second place finisher last week, is also back, along with Bill Bercury’s Always Gonna B You, last week’s third place finisher. The rest of the field, however, is new. Waitforever N, trained by Bill Rhoades, will see Justin Irvine getting his first Meadows drive. Racin Hungry, making her first start as a 4-year-old, is in from New Jersey for trainer Jennifer Bongiorno. Beach Cowgirl, trained by Ron Burke, joins the field from New Jersey, while Think Of Galaxies, a Cory Kreiser trainee, is up in class after winning last week in her Meadows return. The other newcomer is Rockin Bambi, marking trainer Craig Stein’s first Meadows start in many years. The Open Mares Pace is slated as race six on the Wednesday card.