Meadows Monday Memo
MEADOWS MONDAY MEMO
THREE DAY RACING SCHEDULE The Meadows is now into its fall racing schedule, with 3 days of racing per week. This week we are racing Wednesday, Thursday at Friday afternoons at 12:45pm.
9-FOR-9 Distant Drums, a 5YO son of Trixton that did not race at all in 2023, returned from a 2-month layoff this past Wednesday and kept his winning streak intact. Driven by Mike Wilder for trainer Sarah Andrews and owner Matthew Miller, Distant Drums won in 1:54.2. He is now 9-for-9 this season.
BARGAIN PURCHASE ROLLS ON The first horse in the program on Thursday – Race 1, post 1 – is Always Bet On Me, who has accomplished quite a bit despite his more humble beginnings. In the fall of 2022, he was one of the lowest-priced horses in the Standardbred Horse Sale in Harrisburg, bringing just $3,000. The son of Betting Line was purchased by trainer Randy Neal and his son, Eric, who drives. Always Bet On Me has now won 11 of 31 career starts, with more than $67,000 in earnings. He has a lifetime mark of 1:54 but paced in 1:52.2 in a second place finish last month at The Meadows.
If you would like additional information at any point, please reach out to track announcer Jeff Zidek (jeff.zidek@pennentertainment.com<mailto:jeff.zidek@pennentertainment.com>).
THREE DAY RACING SCHEDULE The Meadows is now into its fall racing schedule, with 3 days of racing per week. This week we are racing Wednesday, Thursday at Friday afternoons at 12:45pm.
9-FOR-9 Distant Drums, a 5YO son of Trixton that did not race at all in 2023, returned from a 2-month layoff this past Wednesday and kept his winning streak intact. Driven by Mike Wilder for trainer Sarah Andrews and owner Matthew Miller, Distant Drums won in 1:54.2. He is now 9-for-9 this season.
BARGAIN PURCHASE ROLLS ON The first horse in the program on Thursday – Race 1, post 1 – is Always Bet On Me, who has accomplished quite a bit despite his more humble beginnings. In the fall of 2022, he was one of the lowest-priced horses in the Standardbred Horse Sale in Harrisburg, bringing just $3,000. The son of Betting Line was purchased by trainer Randy Neal and his son, Eric, who drives. Always Bet On Me has now won 11 of 31 career starts, with more than $67,000 in earnings. He has a lifetime mark of 1:54 but paced in 1:52.2 in a second place finish last month at The Meadows.
If you would like additional information at any point, please reach out to track announcer Jeff Zidek (jeff.zidek@pennentertainment.com<mailto:jeff.zidek@pennentertainment.com>).
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