Washington, PA – Here is this week’s Meadows Monday Memo.
QUALIFIERS MOVED TO 11 A.M.
Tuesday morning (Oct. 20), four qualifying races will take place at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. All are advised that beginning this week, post time for qualifiers has been pushed back to 11 a.m. This week, two stakes winners from this summer are in to qualify. Thai Hanover, trained by Mitchell York, is in prep race No. 1. In the third, pacing filly Sandyboots Yankee, trained by Ron Burke, is entered. All qualifiers can be watched live on the Meadows Standardbred Owners Association’s Facebook page, and are archived at youtube.com/themsoa.
MEADOWS DRIVER TO MAKE BREEDERS CROWN DEBUT
Meadows regular Brady Brown will make his first-ever Breeders Crown drive this weekend at Scioto Downs, sitting behind Little Road for veteran trainer Roger Hammer. Little Road won her elimination race this past Saturday for Brown, in his first Crown elimination start. The 33-year-old Brown has 95 local driving wins this year with more than $1.2 million in purses won. Hammer is perhaps best known nationally for his training and driving win in the 2005 Hambletonian behind Vivid Photo. The 80-year-old veteran has long been a force not only on the Pennsylvania Fair Circuit, but also in the Mid-Atlantic region. He continues to race regularly at The Meadows.
THREE DAY RACING
Hollywood Casino at The Meadows will host racing on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week, with post time each day at 12:45 p.m. (EDT). Thirteen races are carded for both Wednesday and Thursday. Friday’s draw will take place on Tuesday morning (Oct. 20).
GLADA DRIVERS FEATURED THURSDAY
The Great Lakes Amateur Drivers Association will host another event at The Meadows on Thursday afternoon. A field of six will face the starter in Race 2 on the card. The purse for the event is $9,000.