Here is this week’s Meadows Monday Memo.
Low Inside to step up into NYSS at Buffalo Raceway
After winning a pair of $20,000 Excelsior Series races, Low Inside will step up on Wednesday afternoon (July 17) at Buffalo Raceway and tries his luck in the $106,300 New York Sire Stakes for the 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters.
Ohio Sires Stakes and Buckeye Stallion Series highlight Monday card at MGM Northfield Park
The Ohio Sires Stakes and Buckeye Stallion Series take center stage at MGM Northfield Park Monday night (July 15). Four $50,000 divisions of 2-year-old colt trotters are on tap in OSS action with five $20,000 divisions in the BSS to be contested for freshman filly pacers.
Maine trotters invade Bangor
Four divisions of Maine Sire Stakes visited historic Bass Park in Bangor for a trotting extravaganza, with each division represented by the Downeast faithful.
DP Freedoms Chrome and Baby Flash repeat winners in top sophomore trots at Aces
The Sunday night (July 14) harness racing program at Running Aces featured three divisions of Minnesota-sired sophomore trotters with a total purse of $42,500.
Page and Burke dominate Sires Stakes action at MGM Northfield Park
The duo of Chris Page and Ron Burke continued their domination of the freshman ranks of the Ohio Sires Stakes by winning three of the four $50,000 divisions for filly trotters on Sunday (July 14) at MGM Northfield Park.
Plainridge Park moves Tuesday post time to 5 p.m.
Due to the heat advisory posted for Plainville, Mass., for Tuesday (July 16), post time at Plainridge Park has been pushed back to 5 p.m., from the originally scheduled 4 p.m., to facilitate starting the races after the expected peak temperatures of the day.
Adios entries close this Wednesday
The Meadows’ Race Office would like to remind horsemen that the entry box for Saturday’s Delvin Miller Adios Pace will close this Wednesday (July 17) at 9 a.m. (EDT).
Sophomores continue streaks at Hastings (Mich.)
A trio of Michigan-sired 3-year-olds — Kaa Dee Archie, Guns A Brazen and Forever A Flirt — kept their undefeated seasonal records in Michigan Colt Stakes competition intact through Saturday’s (July 13) Blue Division events at the Barry Expo, in Hastings, Mich.
Tony Babe rebounds, Geralds A Keeper repeats in Maryland Sire Stakes
Maryland Sire Stakes spring champions Tony Babe and Geralds A Keeper both found their way back to the Ocean Downs winner’s circle in Sunday’s (July 14) $10,000 second-round splits of the Maryland Sire Stakes for 3-year-old colds and geldings — the former after tasting defeat in round one; the latter on the strength of a building win streak.