French American Trotting Club fills
March 27, 2018,from the SOA of New York
Yonkers, NY — The Standardbred Owners Association of New York is pleased to announce that the French American Trotting Club has reached capacity and will move forward with the acquisition of French trotters to race at Yonkers Raceway.
The French American Trotting Club will move forward with 23 or 24 participants, each acquiring a French trotter for $28,000 which includes shipping costs. The horses will be eligible to race without any further entry fee in a series at Yonkers Raceway exclusively for horses brought over in this program with legs carrying a $30,000 purse and a final for $100,000.
We would like to thank all horsemen for their tremendous support and enthusiasm expressed for the program.
Further information will be provided to the participants shortly. Tentative plans call for horses to be selected in France the week of May 28 and shipped back to New York in mid-June.
- SOA of NY organizing opportunity to purchase French trotter to race at Yonkers (Tuesday, February 27, 2018)
The Standardbred Owners Association of New York is organizing an opportunity for interested trainers/owners to purchase a French trotter to race at Yonkers Raceway. This effort is in furtherance of the global racing activities begun at Yonkers.
- SOA of NY optimistic about French import program (Tuesday, March 13, 2018)
Two weeks after announcing an ambitious program that would see 24 French-bred trotters flown to North America to compete at Yonkers Raceway, Standardbred Owners Association of New York Executive Director Alex Dadoyan’s initial nerves have transformed to cautious optimism. With several of the spaces already filled, the program is attracting significant interest from local horsepeople.
- French American Trotting Club Series to carry $100,000 final (Monday, March 19, 2018)
Time is running out for interested parties to register for the purchase of a French trotter with the Standardbred Owners Association of New York in the French American Trotting Club.
- Burke, Lachance and Schnittker to select horses for French American Trotting Club (Tuesday, April 17, 2018)
Although trainer Ron Burke has sent out more than 40,000 starters who have earned more than $194 million in purses, he’s never had the opportunity to work with a French trotter. That will change this spring when Burke, Mike Lachance, and Ray Schnittker travel to France to purchase 24 trotters for the French American Trotting Club, the Standardbred Owners Association of New York’s pioneering effort to bring a contingent of European horses to compete at Yonkers Raceway.