With Monmouth Park’s 2023 meet concluded, racing will shift to the Meadowlands after Monmouth showed gains in daily average handle.
The all-turf Monmouth-at-the-Meadowlands meet is slated to begin October 1 and will include seven evening cards.
The seven-day Monmouth-at-Meadowlands meet, featuring evening six-race programs, will feature nothing but turf racing and kick off October 1.
Pending approval, Monmouth Park will add nine racing days in October to the racing schedule in what is billed as a Meadowlands-at-Monmouth meet.
The Meadowlands will not run its Friday evening all-turf Thoroughbred card, leaving the track with just five dates on the flat this year, starting with Saturday, Sept. 15.
The Garden State racing industry welcomed the opening of the new FanDuel Sportsbook at the Meadowlands Saturday — but said more must be done to put racing on firm footing.
Monmouth Park will race 52 days in 2018 — up from 50 this year — and an additional six all-turf cards will take place at the Meadowlands.
It was a solid meet for the Big M as the all-turf Monmouth-at-Meadowlands meet showed solid wagering gains this year.
The all-turf meet at the Meadowlands will, because of early success, expand to eight races per day, up from six.
A referendum to allow expanded casino gambling in New Jersey was crushed Tuesday. But Monmouth Park operators weren’t surprised and say the hunt for new revenue continues.