Nominations for the 2024 Dan Patch Free-for-all pace at Running Aces are due on Monday (June 24).
Category: Staking
June 15 nominations due to Scioto for Hill and Ewart
Nominations for the Charlie Hill Memorial Trot and Jim Ewart Memorial Pace, held at Eldorado Scioto Downs, must be postmarked by June 15. Both events carry a $250,000 (est.) purse and will be held on Saturday (Sept. 7).
Ocean Downs announces summer late closers
Ocean Downs will offer a quartet of late-closing series — two for 2-year-olds and two for claiming pacers — through the balance of its 2024 meeting.
California Sires Stakes nomination payments due July 1
Nominating and sustaining payments are due July 1 (postmarked) for the California Sires Stakes program.
Last call for May 15 stakes payments
The May 15 deadline is drawing near for many stakes payments. Below are a list of notices that have recently been submitted to the USTA Newsroom.
Two divisions still open for the Next Generation at Scioto
With the first of three deadlines having passed for nominations, both the 2-year-old colt pace and 2-year-old filly trot Next Generation events have filled, with the colt pace being oversubscribed. A lottery drawing will be held during Eldorado Scioto Downs’ opening week, on Saturday (May 11) to see who will secure each of the nine available spots for the colt pace.
DSBF nominating payments for yearlings due May 15
DSBF nominating payments for yearlings are due to be postmarked by May 15.
Maine Sire Stake program sustaining and yearling nomination deadline is May 15
The deadline for the Maine Sire Stake program 2- and 3-year-old sustaining and yearling nomination forms is May 15.
Running Aces nominations due soon; condition sheets and barn assignments posted
Running Aces management would like to remind owners and trainers that nominations for the first three late closing events of the 2024 season are coming due in May.
New payment format for Next Generation races at Scioto
Eldorado Scioto Downs has a new nomination structure for the Next Generation events that will be held on Saturday, July 6. The Next Generation is for Ohio sired 2-year-olds with all four divisions represented.