Tioga Downs will host the first Grand Circuit stakes event of the 2020 season when the first leg of the Graduate Series for four-year-old trotters comes to the southern tier of New York on Sunday, June 14.

The draw for the June 14 card will be conducted on Thursday, June 11. The entry box will close at 9:00 a.m.

Electronic entry for the Graduate Series is now available on etrack.

Be advised that post time for all Tioga Downs race cards will be at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday and Monday for the month of June.

Horses shipping in for stakes will be assigned stalls in a ship-in barn and will remain in those stalls through the race. There is no detention and Tioga is asking that horsepeople ship up the day of the race and ship back out as soon as practically possible.

The NY COVID-19 Protocol is available on the web and the practices are much like they are at the Meadowlands Racetrack. Tioga is pleased to host the Graduate Series and its other stakes, but it is insisting that racing participants follow the guidelines explicitly as to not jeopardize the track's status.

The Graduate Pacing Leg #1, Roll With Joe Open Pacing stakes and New York Sire Stakes for three-year-old trotting fillies will all be raced on Sunday, June 21.

Questions should be directed to the racing office at 607-699-7688.

(Tioga Downs)