Columbus, OH — The USTA is now taking pre-orders for the 2024 Stakes Guide.

The Stakes Event Guide will have the upcoming 2024 race schedule, as submitted by tracks and race sponsors, listed chronologically and separated by each age/sex/gait division. It also will include payment schedules and the 2023 race results for features races, including purses, number of divisions and fastest win time for the event.

The Stakes Condition Booklet is an alphabetical listing of race conditions for both open and state restricted stakes, followed by conditions for many of the North American early and late closers, also sorted alphabetically. An index by track will help you find the early and late closers you want to race in.

Both the Event Guide and Conditions Booklet will go to print in mid-January, with the goal of having it in purchaser’s hands by Feb. 1.

Also available for purchase is the 2024 Stakes Calendar, sponsored by the Hambletonian Society. The calendar has colorful images, race dates, sale dates and helpful USTA closure dates and deadlines. The calendar will run March 2024-February 2025 and is scheduled to go to print mid-February.

All publications are available to purchase through your USTA MyAccount by clicking Online Services and choosing “Click here to view products available from the USTA Store”, then “Publications” and the product you would like to order.

A USTA MyAccount is available for free to both USTA members and non-members. Don’t have a MyAccount set up? If you are a member, quickly set one up here using your USTA number, name and zip code. This will tie your MyAccount to your membership so you can utilize all its great features, including owner’s dashboard (free program pages for horses you own), online foal registrations and eligibility ordering and so much more. If you have never done business with the USTA before, you can simply “skip this step” to sign up for a MyAccount.