The Meadows: Wrenn Jr. reaches 9,000 win plateau

Ronnie Wrenn Jr. reached a milestone at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows on Thursday afternoon (February 5), making it to the winner's circle for the 9,000th time in his career.

The 39-year-old driver entered the day with 8,997 victories, then won two of the first four races on the card. In race six he sent trotter Green Meadow to the front just past the quarter and held on for a narrow victory in 1:58 2/5 for career win #9,000. Justin Mullett trains Green Meadow for owners Courtney Gramlich and Gabriel Miller.

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Wrenn Jr. finished the day with five wins and now sits at 9,002 in his career, which started in 2008 with two wins in nine starts. Six years later he had a career-best 847 wins and has won more than 500 races every season since 2013.

Wrenn Jr. and the rest of the driving colony at The Meadows will be back in action on Friday with a 14-race card slated for a 12:45 p.m. (EST) start.

--press release (The Meadows)--