Meadowlands: Scott Warren named Racing Secretary

Scott Warren has been named Racing Secretary at The Meadowlands beginning March 1, succeeding Peter Koch who departs to pursue another opportunity.

Mr. Warren hails from Berlin, Maryland where he began working in the Racing Office at Ocean Downs as a teen. This venture led to a 17-year stint on the Maryland Standardbred circuit; first as a Race Office Assistant followed by track announcer at the aforementioned establishment prior to taking over as Racing Secretary at Rosecroft Raceway. He relocated his skill sets to Vernon Downs to serve as the Racing Secretary in 2011 and was eventually named Director of Racing handling many racing related responsibilities including calling the races since the 2015 season. During his new assignment with Meadowlands Racing and Entertainment, Warren will continue serving as the race secretary at Vernon Downs.

Scott has been in the Meadowlands office since January 1, working with Pete Koch to become familiar with the horsemen and the racing product.

"I would like to thank Jeff Gural and Jason Settlemoir for giving me this opportunity to work at The Meadowlands. It is a dream come true,” said Warren. “There are numerous people that have been influential along the way, but this wouldn’t be happening now if it wasn’t for Rick Bonekemper giving me the chance as a teenager for a couple summer meets at Ocean Downs and bringing me along to Rosecroft in 1995 and Jason Settlemoir for hiring me at Vernon Downs, which ultimately has given me the opportunity now to work at the biggest track in harness racing.

“It also wouldn't be possible to take on this position without the talented supporting cast I will work with over the course of the year in the Meadowlands Racing office. It is an exciting time right now at The Meadowlands with the increased money for purses that will hopefully make racing even better than it already is.”

-edited release (Meadowlands)