The Feb. 15 deadline is drawing near for many stakes payments. Below are a list of notices that have recently been submitted to the USTA Newsroom.
Category: Staking
Ohio Stakes Guide now available online
The 2023 Ohio Stakes Guide is now available at the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association website, www.OHHA.com.
Plainridge Park’s $3.27 million stakes slate is richest in state history
The continuously improving harness racing program in Massachusetts will hit another milestone this year after Plainridge Park management announced they will add two new stakes to the already stellar schedule.
2023 Stakes Guide is now online
The 2023 Stakes Guide, including race conditions, payment schedules and race schedules, is available online at http://horsemen.ustrotting.com/stakes/.
Stakes Guide pre-orders mailed
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.
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.