When the FanDuel Championships (formerly known as the TVG) were founded in 2013, Jeff Gural’s vision was a year-end race that would provide a stage for the top 3-year-olds to end their season by facing the best older horses, much as the Thoroughbred racing has done with the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Category: Grand Circuit News
Multiple retirement ceremonies Saturday at Meadowlands
Harness racing’s biggest stars will battle it out on the track on Saturday (Nov. 25) in the Fanduel Championships & Fall Final Four Finals at the Meadowlands Racetrack.
Miraculous Deo follows in ‘Worldly’ hoofprints
For more than two decades, Worldly Beauty has made an appreciable impact on owner Mike Gulotta’s life. First, she was an award-winning racehorse — with her success on the track even contributing to his grandson’s name — followed by her role as the impetus behind Gulotta starting Deo Volente Farms three years after her retirement. On Saturday night at The Meadowlands, her influence will continue to be felt when her daughter, Deo Volente-bred-and-owned Miraculous Deo, competes in the sole elimination for the Three Diamonds Stakes for 2-year-old female pacers.
Grand Circuit to Dover and Meadowlands
The Grand Circuit returns to Dover this Thursday (Nov. 16) for two $35,000 eliminations in the Progress Pace for 3-year-old open pacers.
Two Progress Pace eliminations on Thursday at Bally’s Dover
There will be two Progress Pace elimination races on Thursday (Nov. 16) at Bally’s Dover.
Freshman Fall Final Four entries taken
The box for the Freshman Fall Final Four stakes, last of the 2-year-old Grand Circuit stakes of the season, has closed and the number of entries will necessitate eliminations on Saturday for all divisions to advance to next week’s finals.
Grand Circuit returns to Dover
The Grand Circuit returns to Dover this Thursday (Nov. 9) for four Matron Stakes for 3-year-olds of both sexes and gaits.
Confederate headlines Matron Stakes at Dover Downs
Diamond Creek Racing’s Confederate headlines the 3-year-old Matron Stakes at Bally’s Dover on Thursday (Nov. 9).
Hoosier Park to host four Grand Circuit stakes Friday
On Friday night (Nov. 3), Harrah’s Hoosier Park will host four Grand Circuit Stakes — the $205,000 Carl Erskine for 3-year-old open trotters, the $190,000 Monument Circle for 3-year-old colt pacers, the $115,000 Crossroads of America for 3-year-old filly trotters and the $105,000 USS Indianapolis for 3-year-old filly pacers.
Tactical Mounds a pleasant surprise
After becoming more relaxed on the racetrack, 3-year-old female trotter Tactical Mounds has delivered a good bit of excitement this season for her connections. On Friday, the Megan Scran-trainee will return to Hoosier Park for the $115,000 Crossroads of America for sophomore filly trotters.