Graded Stakes

Canadian harness racing at Woodbine Mohawk Park

2026 Graded Stakes Schedule To Kick Off Thursday

The 2026 Graded Stakes schedule kicks off on Thursday, April 23 with four finals of the Restricted 3 James K. Hackett Memorial for Ohio-sired three-year-olds at Miami Valley Raceway. Each has a purse ...

Sweet Lovin Lou winning at Woodbine Mohawk Park

Graded Stakes Program Expanded For 2026

December 22, 2025

The United States Trotting Association (USTA) announced Monday, Dec. 22 that the Standardbred Graded Stakes Committee has approved the addition of eight new graded stakes races for the 2026 harness ra...

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2026 Graded Stakes To Be Released In December

November 28, 2025

Harness racing’s Graded Stakes Committee met Nov. 18-19 at the Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame in Goshen, N.Y., to review graded stakes from 2025 and assign provisional grades for 2026.

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Graded Stakes Committee Meetings Set

November 03, 2025

The Graded Stakes Committee will be meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 18 and Wednesday, Nov. 19 to review the committee’s guidelines, 2025 race results and grade the 2026 races.

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2025 Stakes Schedule Announced For Mohawk

January 16, 2025

Woodbine Entertainment today announced the schedule for its lucrative 2025 stakes season at Woodbine Mohawk Park, featuring three $1 million races and the return of the Breeders Crown.

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Graded Stakes Introduced To North American Harness Racing

January 06, 2025

For the first time ever, harness racing in the United States and Canada will have a schedule of Graded Stakes and Restricted Graded Stakes races in 2025. The list of Grade 1, 2 and 3 stakes was announ...