Woodbine Entertainment today announced the draw to determine the slot owners for the 2024 Mohawk Million will take place on Wednesday afternoon (March 20).
Category: Grand Circuit News
2024 Grand Circuit season opens this weekend
Blue Chip Matchmaker and MGM Borgata Pacing series opening legs, MGM Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, N.Y. This is the opening event of the 2024 Grand Circuit season.
Opening leg of the Borgata Pacing Series drawn
Four $50,000 divisions of the first of five preliminary rounds of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series, for horses and geldings, are set to take place on Monday (March 18) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
Blue Chip Matchmaker Series begins Friday at Yonkers
The Grand Circuit stakes season for this year kicks off on Friday night (March 15) with three $40,000 divisions of the opening round of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series for pacing mares at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
Big M ban to prevent Howard Taylor, others from certain Hambletonian Society stakes
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.
Nadia Lobell and Moni Maker move to Scioto
Eldorado Scioto Downs will host two new $120,000 events during the 2024 racing season. Both the Nadia Lobell, for 3-year-old pacing fillies, and the Moni Maker, for 3-year-old trotting fillies, will move to Scioto and be held on Saturday (July 6).
Tompkins-Geers to be hosted by Woodbine Mohawk Park in 2024
Canadian horsemen will enjoy a bolstered schedule of stakes races for 2-year-olds at Woodbine Mohawk Park in 2024. The management of WEG has added the Tompkins-Geers freshman stakes, one of the oldest and most venerable of the Grand Circuit races, to the June calendar, as a launch pad for millions in summer and fall purses.
Woodbine releases schedule for 2024 Standardbred stakes season
Woodbine Entertainment today released the schedule for its lucrative 2024 Standardbred stakes season at Woodbine Mohawk Park, featuring three C$1 million races for the first time since 2012. The Pepsi North America Cup (June 15), Mohawk Million (Sept. 21) and Metro Pace (Sept. 21) will all be contested for a guaranteed purse of C$1 million, headlining a stakes season with more than C$12 million in Grand Circuit stakes.
Meadowlands 2024 stakes to approach $25 million
The Meadowlands is proud and excited to announce that the entire 2024 stakes program at the industry’s leading racetrack will offer nearly $25 million in purses. Greatly enhancing the Grand Circuit stakes presence this year will be the return of the Breeders Crown to the Garden State.
Woodbine announces changes to Mohawk Million
Woodbine Entertainment management has announced changes for the 2024 Mohawk Million. Following a review of the Mohawk Million format, Woodbine has reduced the price of purchasing a slot in the race for 2-year-old trotters from C$100,000 to C$50,000 and will offer all 10 slots in the race for purchase.