Florida stakes payments due

Pompano Beach, FL — Payments are due on Feb. 15 for 3-year-olds in the Florida Breeders, Sunshine State and Stallion Stake.

For additional information, go to www.myfsboa.com.

— Rosie Huff

Balmoral and Maywood stakes payments due

Crete, IL — Balmoral and Maywood Park would like to remind horsemen that nomination payments are due on Feb. 15 for several big 3-year-old stakes events and the American-National for older horses.

At Balmoral Park, nomination payments are due for the American-National 3-year-old colt pace, 3-year-old filly pace, 3-year-old colt trot and 3-year-old filly trot. Nomination payments are also due for the American-National for older pacers and trotters. All of these stakes will be contested on Saturday (Nov. 9).

Nomination payments are also due for Hanover Stakes for 3-year-olds pacing and trotting colts and fillies. Those events will be contested on June 29 and July 13.

All Super Night nomination payments for Illinois bred 3-year-olds are due as well. Illinois’ biggest night of racing will be held on Saturday (Sept. 14).

More information and nomination forms can be found under the Horsemen’s Information section at www.balmoralpark.com or by using this link.

Nomination payments for the Maywood Pace and Filly Maywood Pace at Maywood Park are due by Feb. 15 as well. The Filly Maywood Pace will be held on Friday (June 14) while the Maywood Pace will be one week later on Friday (June 21).

The nomination payments for the Windy City Pace and Cinderella Stake, which will be held on Friday (Nov. 15) are also due.

Information and nomination forms for these events can be found on Maywood’s website under the Horsemen’s Information section at www.maywoodpark.com or by using the following link.

For any other questions please contact the race offices at Balmoral Park (708.672.1414) or at Maywood Park (708.343.4800).

— Tom Kelley

February payments for all Hambletonian Society-serviced stakes due

Cranbury, NJ — The initial payment deadline for eligibility to more than 129 stakes events, headlined by the return of heat racing in the $1 million Hambletonian at Meadowlands Racetrack and $6 million Breeders Crown events at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs is fast approaching.

The $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks will be raced with eliminations a week before the final.

New stakes that will be administered by the Hambletonian Society include the Fall Final Four, which consists of a quartet of races for 2-year-olds: The Valley Victory, Goldsmith Maid, Three Diamonds and Governor’s Cup. All four will be raced at the Meadowlands in November.

The Society will also service the Battle of the Brandywine, the Colonial and the Valley Forge which will be raced in 2013 at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.

The Historic Stakes for 2-year-olds are moving to Harrah’s Philadelphia. The Historic Stakes for 3-year-olds will remain at Tioga Downs for 2013.

Payments for all Hambletonian Society serviced stakes must be postmarked by midnight on Saturday (Feb. 16), per USTA rule 12, section 4.

The Hambletonian Society services 129 of harness racing’s richest and most prestigious events and provides one-stop shopping for your staking needs. Our website, www.Hambletonian.org, contains all the tools and information necessary to stake your horse yourself.

Race conditions, payment forms and much more information is now available online. For more information call the Society offices at 609.371.2211.

Races with February 15 payments due: Delvin Miller Adios & Adioo Volo Filly Division, Arden Downs Stakes, Battle of the Brandywine, Earl Beal Jr. Memorial Trot for 3-year-olds, Breeders Crown, Cane Pace & Shady Daisy Filly, Circle City for 3-year-olds, Cleveland Classic and Courageous Lady Filly, Colonial Trot, Currier & Ives Colt and Filly Trot, Dexter Cup and Lady Suffolk Filly Trot, Goldsmith Maid, Governor’s Cup, Hambletonian and Hambletonian Oaks Filly, Max Hempt Memorial and James M. Lynch Filly, Historic Series, The Horseman, Indiana Pacing Derby, Kentuckiana Stallion Management Filly Trot and Pace, Keystone Classics 3-year-olds, Landmark Stakes, Matron Stakes for 3-year-olds, Messenger Stake (Lady Maud), Monument Circle, Oliver Trotting Classic, Pride in Progress, Progress Pace, W. N. Reynolds Memorial Stakes, Art Rooney and Lismore Filly Pace, John Simpson Memorial Colt and Filly Stakes, Three Diamonds, Tompkins-Geers Memorial Stakes, Valley Forge, Valley Victory, Yonkers Trot and Hudson Filly Trot.

— Moira Fanning

DSBF 3-year-old payments due

Dover, DE — Delaware sired 3-year-olds who made a March 15, 2012, $100 continuation payment are required to make a $300 payment to race in 2013.

This payment must be accompanied by the correct form and be postmarked by Friday (Feb. 15). Certified mail is highly
recommended.

There is only one payment for 3-year-olds with a declaration of $500 due for each track when they declare to start. The first leg will begin at Dover Downs on Monday (March 25). Please check with the Race Office (302.674.4600) for a draw schedule.

For further information e-mail Judy.Davis-Wilson@state.de.us.

— Judy Davis-Wilson

Pa-resident mares with 2013 foals must be registered with Harness Commission

Harrisburg, PA — Just as important as a stakes payment for breeders who own Pennsylvania-resident mares: owners of these mares in foal to Pennsylvania-registered stallions who hope to see their 2013 foals eligible to generate Pennsylvania Breeders Awards must have their registration paperwork on this year’s foalings to the Pennsylvania Harness Commission with a postmark or reception by this Friday (Feb. 15).

The form is available at this link.

Owners of the mares, not the farm agents, must sign these forms. Any questions should be directed to the Commission offices at 717.787.5539 or 717.214.9053; our fax is 717.787.2291.

In other news, Pennsylvania does not have stakes payments due on Feb. 15; the next PA payment for 2- and 3-year-olds is March 15. Sustaining forms are available at this link.

There are no yearling payments due until May 15.

— Gerry Connors

Payments due in Maryland

Union Bridge, MD — Three-year-old payments (foals of 2010) are due to the Maryland Standardbred Fund and the Maryland Sire Stakes on Feb. 15.

All 3-year-old payments must bear a postmark of Feb. 15, 2013 or earlier. No late payments will be accepted.

We recommend that all payments be sent by certified mail.

Staking forms and regulations can be found on our website at www.msrfonline.com or you may call 410.775.0152 or 240.285.0326.

— Cheri Stambaugh

Meadowlands payments due Feb. 15

East Rutherford, NJ — Many of the marquee events at Meadowlands Racetrack have a nomination deadline of Feb. 15.

Chief among them, the Meadowlands Pace, offers a 33 percent increase in the added money over last year’s race.

The new and exciting $1 million Free For All races scheduled for the opening of the fall race meet in the brand new Meadowlands grandstand also require a Feb. 15 nomination payment.

All pertinent info may be accessed by visiting the Meadowlands website.

— Nick Salvi

2013 Delaware Grand Circuit payments due Feb. 15

Delaware, OH — Sustaining payments for the sophomore pacing classics Little Brown Jug and Jugette are due Feb. 15. These payments are for foals of 2010.

Sustaining payments are also due for the Old Oaken Bucket (3-year-old open trot) and the Buckette (3-year-old filly trot). Also, nominations for the Winbak Farm Pace for 4-year-olds and up, the Delaware Open Series and the Ohio Breeders Championships are due.

The estimated purse for the 2013 Little Brown Jug is $550,000 and the estimated purse for the Jugette is $300,000. The Little Brown Jug, Old Oaken Bucket and Winbak Farm Pace will be raced Thursday (Sept. 19) and the Jugette and Buckette on Wednesday (Sept. 18).

The 2013 Delaware Grand Circuit meet opens Sunday (Sept. 15) and will continue Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. There will be no racing on Monday (Sept. 16).

Make checks payable and send all entries to: The Delaware County Fair, Tom Wright, P.O. Box 1560, Powell, OH 43065.

For the latest news, information and nomination forms, visit the Little Brown Jug website: www.littlebrownjug.com.

Feb. 15 Sustaining Fees: Little Brown Jug No. 68 (3-Year-Old Open Pace) $750; Jugette No. 43 (3-Year-Old Filly Pace) $500; Old Oaken Bucket No. 46 (3-Year-Old Open Trot) $500; and Buckette No. 46 (3-Year-Old Filly Trot) $400.

Feb. 15 Nomination Fees: Winbak Pace (4-Year-Old and Up Open Pace) $500; Delaware Open Pace (2- and 3-Year-Olds) $100; and Ohio Breeders Championships (Ohio Bred 2- and 3-Year-Olds) $200.

— Jay Wolf

Simcoe and SBOA sustaining payments due Feb. 15

Toronto, ON — Woodbine Entertainment Group has announced that the sustaining payments for the 2013 Simcoe Stakes divisions and SBOA Stakes, which are to be contested at Mohawk, are due Friday (Feb. 15).

The fees that are due are as follows:

2013 WEG/SBOA Stakes–pacing and trotting fillies (foals of 2010)–3-year-old sustaining fee: $300; 2013 Simcoe Stakes–open pace and trot divisions–3-year-old sustaining fee: $500; 2013 Simcoe Stakes–filly pace and trot divisions–3-year-old sustaining fee: $500.

Feb. 15 is also the deadline for the late nomination fee of $1,000 for the 2014 WEG/SBOA Stakes for pacing and trotting fillies, who were foals of 2011.

If sending nominations by mail, envelopes must be clearly postmarked no later than the said due date or payment will not be accepted. Registered mail is recommended.

For more information contact Kim Neelands, 905.854.7805.

— Ashley Mayotte

Smith payments due Feb. 15

Manalapan, NJ — The first sustaining payments for this year’s editions of the Charles and Helen Smith Trots are due by Feb. 15.

The fee is $200 for the Charles Smith open and $200 for the Helen Smith for fillies. Both stakes, restricted to 3-year-old New Jersey-sired trotters, are sponsored by the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey.

The $60,000 (est.) Helen Smith Final is scheduled for Sept. 6 and the $80,000 (est.) Charles Smith for Sept. 20, both at Freehold.

— Carol Hodes for SBOANJ

NJSS payments due Feb. 15

Trenton, NJ — The Feb. 15 deadline for New Jersey Sire Stakes first sustaining payments is the last chance for owners of NJ-sired 2-year-old and 3-year-old pacers and trotters to be kept eligible to the 2013 Premier and Green Acres racing programs.

The NJSS Premier Division will be contested exclusively again at Meadowlands Racetrack in 2013, starting in May for 3-year-olds and in late June for 2-year-olds. The Green Acres Division begins August 29 at Freehold Raceway.

Once again this year, the NJSS rule is that the Green Acres Program is limited to horses that have earned less than $25,000 in New Jersey Sire Stakes Premier Division earnings during the current calendar year.

The NJSS Premier Division’s first sustaining payment remains $300 for both 2-year-olds and 3-year-olds. The initial Green Acres Division payment remains $100 for both 2- and 3-year-olds.

Also on Feb. 15, a $650 supplemental yearling nomination (for foals of 2011) can be made for eligibility to the New Jersey Sire Stakes. That fee is in addition to the sustaining payments for 2-year-olds also due. If the foal is produced by an out-of-state breeding, the supplemental fee is $850.

The 2-year-old sustaining payment must be made in order to keep the horse eligible as a 3-year-old in 2014, even if the horse does not race in 2013 as a 2-year-old.

Supplemental yearling nominations are also due Feb. 15 for the NJSS-sponsored 2013 Lou Babic Open Pace ($500) and Babic Filly Pace ($400).

These payments must be in U.S. funds. No late payments will be accepted and no billing notices will be mailed. Certified mail is strongly recommended to NJSS, P.O. Box 330, Trenton, NJ 08625.

— Christopher Castens

Several important payments due at The Meadows

Washington, PA — The Meadows Racetrack & Casino wishes to remind horse owners, trainers and staking services that sustaining payments for the 2013 Delvin Miller Adios and Quinton Patterson Adioo Volo — as well as payments for other 2013 3-year-old events including the Currier & Ives (Open and filly divisions), Arden Downs Stakes and Keystone Classics — are due. Please send payments postmarked by midnight on Saturday, Feb. 16 to the Hambletonian Society, which services these stakes.

Eliminations for the 47th “Pace for the Orchids” are set for Saturday, July 20, with the final and Adioo Volo to go the following Saturday.

Also, nominations and payments are due for The Meadow’s March and April early- and late-closing series. Please make payments directly to The Meadows postmarked no later than Feb. 15.

Each series features three qualifying legs with purses of $15,000 and a $20,000-added final. The series schedule:

• The Walter Russell Memorial Pace. PA-owned or –sired 3- & 4-year-old colts & geldings. First leg — March 5. Final — March 26;
• The Donna Dunn Memorial Pace. PA-owned or –sired 3- & 4-year-old fillies & mares. First leg — March 8. Final — March 29;
• The Ken Weaver Memorial Trot. PA-owned or –sired 3-& 4-year-old colts and geldings. First leg — March 4. Final — March 25;
• The Mary Wohlmuth Memorial Trot. PA-owned or –sired 3- & 4-year-old fillies & mares. First leg — March 6. Final — March 27;
• The School Kids Pace. PA-sired 3-year-old colts & geldings. First leg — April 9. Final — April 30;
• The My Drag Queen Pace. PA-sired 3-year-old fillies. First leg — April 12. Final — May 3;
• The Trotslikethewind Trot. PA-sired 3-year-old fillies. First leg — April 10. Final — May 1; and
• The Winning Mister Trot. PA-sired 3-year-old colts & geldings. First leg — April 8. Final — April 29.

— Evan Pattak