The Quebec Jockey Club is proud to announce that their signature race, the Prix d’Ete, will return at the Hippodrome 3R for the 2024 race season with a purse of C$200,000 for 4-year-old pacers plus a C$50,000 consolation race if 14 or more horses enter.
Category: Staking
New York Sire Stakes releases 2024 directory of eligible stallions
The Agriculture & New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund has released its list of eligible stallions for the 2024 breeding season. The digital-only directory is now available online and can be found here.
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.
Canadian Graduate Series and New Holland Series nominations due Feb. 1
Woodbine Mohawk Park management would like to remind all owners and trainers that nominations for this year’s Canadian Graduate Series and New Holland Series close Feb. 1.
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.
2024 Maryland stallion pedigrees, stake dates and forms available
All stallion pedigrees, staking forms, and stake dates are now available online including a printable calendar. Please use our website (www.msrfonline.com) for all your current MSRF info and any updates as they become available.
Metro Pace returns to C$1 million purse for 2024
Woodbine Entertainment management has announced that the 2024 Metro Pace for 2-year-old pacers will have a guaranteed purse of C$1 million. The 2024 Metro Pace, to be held on Saturday (Sept. 21) at Woodbine Mohawk Park, will be the 13th edition to have a purse of C$1 million and the first since 2012.
19 stallions scheduled to stand in Virginia for 2024 breeding season
The Virginia Harness Horse Association, which introduced a lucrative Sire Stakes program in 2022, announced that 19 stallions will be standing in the state for the 2024 breeding season.