The Hambletonian Society has issued a reminder for all those making stakes payments to the 2021 events they administer.

Enclosed are links to the payment forms and updates for the 147 races currently administered by Society with payments due March 15, 2021 (postmarked by Tuesday, March 16), as well as the changes the Hambletonian Society has for 2021.

Payment forms are always available online or by calling our office for fax and email options. All the forms on the website are pdf fillable. Just type in the form, print as many as you need and return the form with your payments.

Along with checks, ACH bill pay and wire transfers, we accept credit cards for stake payments, which are subject to a 3 percent service fee which will be added to the payment total.

In March, a majority of the payments for two-year-olds in 2021 have their first payment due, whether that be for a stake race or early closing race. The exception to that would be the Breeders Crown and Kentuckiana Stallion Management Pace & Trot which had their first payments due on Feb. 15.

Two new two-year-old races the Hambletonian Society is servicing in 2021 have their first payment due in March, the PA All-Stars and the Madison County. The Madison County was restructured to be only a two-year-old colt trot race, while the PA All-Stars remain the same payment schedule-wise for this year. Updated racing conditions for these two races, as well as all races we service can be found on our website under each specified race page.

Also due in March for two-year-olds is the Future Eligibility payment for the Breeders Crown in the year 2022. This payment of $500 keeps horses eligible to make the regular payments into the Breeders Crown as a three-year-old next year. Two-year-olds who are sired by Breeders Crown nominated stallions and are not currently eligible to the Breeders Crown can be supplemented to the Breeders Crown in 2022 by making a payment of $1,500 this month.

The second payment for many of the three-year-old and open races that are serviced by the Hambletonian Society are due this March. This includes payments for the new three-year-old races we're servicing in 2021 (the Phil Langley Memorial, PA All-Stars and Sun Stakes races). Updated racing conditions for the races we service can be found on our website under each specified race page.

Please be advised of the Stallion Restriction Condition that applies to the Cane Pace/Shady Daisy, Reynolds and Tompkins-Geers races that we service at the Meadowlands and Tioga Downs. An updated list of the foals for stallions who are on that list and aren't eligible to the above mentioned races can be found on the Meadowlands website here: Stallion Restriction Condition

The payment schedule for the rest of the races we service is unchanged from 2020.

In all cases only one check is ever necessary for each of the four payment periods (i.e. Feb. 15, March 15, April 15 or May 15).

For convenience, eligibility lists can be emailed to nominators who request them. Eligibility lists are always available on our website.

For further information please, or to update your status on our mailing list, feel free to contact David Janes (609) 371-2211 or email at [email protected].

(Hambletonian Society)