by Carol Hodes, for the SBOANJ

Manalapan, NJ — The New Jersey Racing Commission awarded 191 Standardbred racing dates for 2015 with 110 dates at Freehold and 81 dates at the Meadowlands.

The possibility of adding four dates to the Meadowlands live racing schedule will be addressed at the Jan. 14, 2015 meeting of the NJRC.

The Meadowlands schedule, as approved, will begin on Jan. 2 and run through August 8 on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through Feb. 28 and Fridays and Saturdays from March 6 through August 8.

The fall meet will take place on Nov. 27-28, Dec. 4-5, Dec. 11-12, Dec. 18-19 and Dec. 26.

Post time at the Meadowlands will be 7:15 p.m. except for 12 noon on Hambletonian Day, August 8.

Freehold’s two meets run from Jan. 2 through May 16 and Sept. 4 through Dec. 12. Racing days will be Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays in January and February (dark on Monday, Feb. 23); Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from March 5 to May 16 and also Sept. 4 through Dec. 12 (Dark on Thursday, Nov. 26) with the addition of live racing on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 7.

Post time at Freehold is 12:30 p.m.

Thoroughbred racing dates were awarded to Atlantic City Racecourse and Monmouth Park.

Atlantic City’s six dates of racing are April 23, 24, 25, 26, 28 and 29. Post time is 3 p.m.

Monmouth Park’s 49-day season will run from May 9 through Sept. 7 with post time of 12:50 p.m. The Monmouth schedule will be Saturdays and Sundays for May 9 through June 28 (plus Monday, May 25 and Friday, June 26) and then Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from July 3 through Sept. 6 (plus Labor Day, Sept. 7).

The issue of racing Monmouth Park Thoroughbred dates on the Meadowlands turf course was tabled until the January meeting of the NJRC.