The race office at Running Aces has received and processed 20 nominations for the 2023 Ron Banks Memorial, which is a free-for-all event for pacing fillies and mares.

The annual event honours the memory of Mr. Banks, who was a popular figure in the sport in the region and was also instrumental in helping to get a pari-mutuel harness track license approved for north-metro Minnesota, an initiative that helped to pave the way for the opening of Running Aces.

The action in the 2023 Banks event will get underway with elimination races on Sunday, June 18.

Each elimination division will go for a purse of $20,000 and the top nine mares from the eliminations will advance to the $35,000 final on Sunday, June 25.

Here is a complete list of this year’s nominees, in alphabetical order (with trainer):

• Always Be Lucy (Nick Roland)
• Always Choose Chip (Brady Jenson)
• Arrival (Sean Smith-Peters)
• Bettor Trix N (Nick Roland)
• Crazy Cute (Kathleen Plested)
• Disaronno Hill (Williams Hernandez)
• Divine Art (Gerald Longo)
• Gias Surreal (James Graham)
• Give Me This Dance (Justin Anfinson)
• Gottalovemyshadow (Williams Hernandez)
• Graceful Horizon (Nick Roland)
• Hottieonthehorizon (Rick Lancaster)
• JK My Girl (Bob Lems)
• Lady Rocknrolla A (Edwin Quevedo)
• Love Me Hill (Justin Anfinson)
• Maggie Rhee (Tim Wilson Jr.)
• Raise The Ante (Edwin Quevedo)
• Scorecard Dandy (Greg Kain)
• Tempura Hanover (Justin Anfinson)
• Wonder Of Love (Kimberley Hines)

(Running Aces)