Plainridge Park kicks off 2023 racing season on Monday
At 0h25, on April 10, 2023 • By PLAINRIDGE
Massachusetts welcomes back live harness racing on Monday (April 10) at 4 p.m. when Plainridge Park begins its 24th season of live racing action featuring the best horses, drivers and trainers from New England who will compete for the next eight months over the lightning fast five-eighths-mile oval.
The live racing schedule for 2023 starts with a Monday-Tuesday-Thursday rotation from April through September, except for Tuesday (April 11) and Tuesday (July 25) which are both dark. There is also a special 2 p.m. matinee card on Sunday (July 23) for Spirit of Massachusetts Day.
Racing expands to four days a week for the last two months of the meet when Friday is added on Oct. 6. The one exception for that stretch is the track will be dark on Thursday (Nov. 23) in observance of Thanksgiving.
Post time for all race days from April through August is 4 p.m. (except for Sunday, July 23). In September and October post time rolls back to 2 p.m. and in November, moves back one more time to 1 p.m.
