by Nick Salvi, executive director, The Classic Series

Nominations to the 2007 edition of The Classic Series (TCS) must be postmarked by February 15 and mailed along with payment to The Hambletonian Society at 109 South Main St., Suite #18, Cranbury, NJ 08512.

The Series returns to a spring/early summer schedule this season, beginning with the first $85,000 ($60,000 div.) preliminary leg at Dover Downs on Monday, April 9. From there, it’s off to The Meadowlands for Leg #2 on Saturday, May 5, then north to Canada for the third leg on June 9 and the $250,000 final for each division on June 16 at Mohawk Racetrack.

A new perk for those fortunate enough to make it all the way is that there will be no entry fee for TCS finals this season, which will save the connections of the finalists $5,000 as compared to previous seasons. The entry fee for all preliminary legs will remain 2% of the purse for each.

The complete schedule, nomination level information and forms are available at the series website, www.theclassicseries.com or contact Nick Salvi at (954) 871-6013.