Pre-orders for the 2023 Stakes Conditions Guide and/or Stakes Event Guide were mailed out last week Thursday and Friday (Jan 26-27). With the Feb. 15 deadline nearing for 3-year-old and some 2-year-old payments, there is still time to get your copy.
Category: Staking
Woodbine introduces New Holland Pacing and Trotting Series
Woodbine Entertainment today announced a new late-closing series, featuring a C$60,000 added money final, for this March at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
New Jersey Classic Series in September at The Meadowlands
The Meadowlands, in cooperation with the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey, will host and sponsor the New Jersey Classic Series in September 2023 for purses estimated to be in excess of $2 million.
Graduate Series information for 2023
The $1 million Graduate Series for 4-year-old trotters and pacers returns to The Meadowlands stakes schedule this summer, with a stop at Woodbine Mohawk Park to kick things off. The mare divisions tried in 2022 have been discontinued. Mares may be nominated for and race in the open divisions of the Graduate.
Discounted entry fees for Tompkins-Geers at The Meadowlands
The Meadowlands, in concert with the Hambletonian Society, will again offer discounted entry fees to those 2-year-olds eligible to the Tompkins-Geers Grand Circuit stakes that have also paid into the Kindergarten and Freshman Fall Final Four.
2023 Kentucky Proud Series nomination deadlines and fees announced
The deadlines and fees to nominate 2- and 3-year-olds to the Kentucky Proud Series are as follows.
“Golden Ticket” for Kindergarten winner into Freshman Fall Final Four
A new incentive has been added for those 2-year-olds that are made eligible to both the Kindergarten Series and Freshman Fall Final Four at The Meadowlands in 2023.
New York Sire Stakes eligibility payments due Feb. 15
The New York Sire Stakes 2023 eligibility payment forms for 2- and 3-year-olds must be completed and mailed by Feb. 15.
Woodbine releases schedule for 2023 Standardbred stakes season
Woodbine Entertainment has released the schedule for its 2023 Standardbred stakes events at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The stakes program at Woodbine Mohawk Park remains the most lucrative in Standardbred racing. More than C$15 million in stakes races will be contested in 2023 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Massachusetts stakes continuation payments due Feb. 15
The connections of Massachusetts Sire Stake eligible 2- and 3-year-old horses who intend to race in the series in 2023 should take note that continuation payments for both are due no later than Feb. 15.