Columbus, OH – In Thursday’s (Feb. 15) Daily Racing Form Harness Digest, harness racing editor Derick Giwner reports that certain owners, trainers and drivers excluded by Meadowlands owner Jeff Gural will not be permitted to race in Hambletonian Society-administered stakes at The Meadowlands, Vernon Downs and Tioga Downs.

Hambletonian President John Campbell. USTA photo.

Giwner writes that “According to prominent Standardbred owner Howard Taylor, one of 33 names mentioned in a November 3 release, and corroborated by Hambletonian Society President John Campbell, Taylor’s horses will be prohibited from entering any races at the Jeff Gural-operated tracks except the Hambletonian, Hambletonian Oaks and Hambletonian Maturity. Gural, who serves as Meadowlands president and CEO, additionally confirmed that the entire excluded group will be treated similarly.”

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