Meadowlands: Post time and wagering changes starting Friday

Post time for the Meadowlands will move to 6:35 P.M. starting this Friday, December 22 and continue through February 24, 2018.

"Our entry box is overflowing and to accommodate the horsemen we are going to move post time to 6:35 p.m.," said General Manager & COO, Jason Settlemoir. "We will card 10 races next Thursday, December 28 and will be carding 14 races on Friday and Saturday nights, which gives the horsemen additional opportunities to race their horses through the winter.”

There are also a few changes to the wagering format starting on Friday, December 22. The Survivor Wager which begins in Race 1 will no longer carry a $10,000 guarantee.

“The Survivor Wager is well above the guarantee and we now believe we can do better,” Settlemoir noted. “The Survivor Wager just last week on Friday handled $18,157 and on Saturday handled $19,533. We want to give the Survivor Wager a chance as we think it is a fun bet and we believe over time it can attract more interest in our racing product. However, having said that, it appears that the Survivor Wager has negatively impacted some of our other pools. Therefore we are going to try, as an experiment, making some changes to our wagering format. These changes should drive some additional handle and incremental dollars to benefit the customer and horsemen.”

The Early Pick 4 will be removed from the wagering format which will allow the focus to return to the Late Pick 4 and allow the pool for this wager to increase.

The final change will move the Super High Five wager from Race 5 to the second leg of the Late Pick 4 each night.

14-RACE WAGERING FORMAT:

1 WPS EX TRI DD P10

2 WPS EX TRI SUP P3

3 WPS EX TRI P5

4 WPS EX TRI SUP P3

5 WPS EX TRI SUP P3

6 WPS EX TRI SUP P3

7 WPS EX TRI SUP P3

8 WPS EX TR P4

9 WPS EX TRI SUP P3 PEN

10 WPS EX TRI SUP P3

11 WPS EX TRI SUP P3

12 WPS EX TRI SUP P3

13 WPS EX TRI SUP DD

14 WPS EX TRI SUP PEN

-edited release (Meadowlands)