Fort Washington, MD – Rosecroft Raceway will be celebrating 75 years of harness racing this fall with 26 days of racing starting Monday September 16, continuing through December 18th . Rosecroft will be racing every Monday and Wednesday with the usual 7:15 pm post time. The one exception is this year’s edition of the $125,000 Potomac Pace will be raced on Sunday November 17th with a special 3pm post time.
Pre-meet qualifiers will be held on Wednesday September 11 at 11am. The track will also be open that day for training from 10am – 2pm. Qualifiers during the meet will be on Wednesday’s at 5:30pm.
The draw schedule will be Thursday for Monday. Scratch time 9:30am Friday. Friday for Wednesday. Scratch time 9:30am Saturday. The first draw will be on Thursday September 12. All horses need to have a current negative Coggins on file with the racing office prior to entering.
The two $10,000 preliminary legs of the Maryland Sire Stakes for 2-year-old will be conducted on Wednesday, September 25, and Wednesday, October 2, followed by the $87,500 finals on Wednesday October 10.
Stall applications are available here and are due September 10th .
“We are thrilled to be celebrating 75 years of harness racing here at Rosecroft” stated Director of Operations Lisa Watts. “We recently signed a new 5-year contract agreement with the Cloverleaf Standardbred Owners’ Association and Maryland Standardbred Breeders Association. We would like to thank both organizations, and all the horsemen for their continued support year after year. We are looking forward to what the future may bring.”
