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

17 QUALIFIERS SET FOR TUESDAY
A total of 17 qualifying races will be held on Tuesday morning (June 18) at The Meadows, starting at 10:30 a.m. Thirteen of the races will be for 2-year-old trotters and pacers. Brooklyn Wolf, a Sweet Lou colt out of the Tim Twaddle Stable, is the highest-priced yearling purchase from last fall making his debut. He was a $130,000 purchase at the Standardbred Horse Sale in Harrisburg last November. As always, all qualifiers can be viewed live on the Meadows Standardbred Owners Association Facebook page, and are archived the next day at www.youtube.com/themsoa.

FIRST FRESHMEN MAKE PARI-MUTUEL DEBUT
Wednesday’s card will feature the pari-mutuel debut of Skyline Sanddollar, who has drawn post one in a non-winners of one pace, race three on the card. The filly will be the first freshman to compete in a wagering event at The Meadows this year, and will face a field of 3- and 4-year-old fillies and mares. Dan Altmeyer trains the daughter of Sweet Lou, a $75,000 yearling purchase last fall at Lexington. Hunter Myers is scheduled to drive. Two races later, a full field of eight freshman filly pacers will compete in a 2-year-old filly maiden. Ava’s Remy, a homebred daughter of Papi Rob Hanover’s first crop, is the morning line favorite for the Ron Burke Stable. Ronnie Wrenn Jr. will drive the filly from post six. Thursday afternoon, a full field of trotting fillies will make their first wagering starts in the second race. Seven different sires will be represented in the eight-horse field.

POP-UP SERIES START THIS SATURDAY
The Meadows’ Race Office announces that the first Pop-Up Series of the summer will begin this coming Saturday (June 22) with the entry box closing this Wednesday for 2-year-old filly trotters. On Thursday (June 27), the first round will take place in a Pop-Up Series for freshman filly pacers, while the Friday (June 28) card will feature Pop-Up Series events for freshman colt pacers and colt trotters. There is no starting fee, and preliminary legs will go for $10,000 with finals set for $15,000. Contact The Meadows Race Office for additional information.

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE
The Meadows will race Wednesday and Thursday at 12:45 p.m., Friday evening at 5:10 p.m. and Saturday at 12:45 p.m., with 13-race cards planned daily this week.