The Grand Circuit's weekly overview highlights its upcoming races at Meadowlands Racetrack.

This Week: Meadowlands Pace, William Haughton Memorial, Hambletonian Maturity, Stanley Dancer Memorial, Delvin Miller Memorial, Jerry Silverman Memorial, Dorothy Haughton Memorial and Miss Versatility leg, The Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Schedule of Events: Grand Circuit action will be held on Saturday, July 13 as The Meadowlands has multiple stakes led by the $650,000 USD Meadowlands Pace for three-year-olds. Also on the card will be the $428,000 USD William Haughton Memorial for older pacers, the $425,000 USD Hambletonian Maturity for four-year-old trotters, two divisions in the $270,000 USD Stanley Dancer Memorial for three-year-old male trotters, two divisions in the $250,000 USD Delvin Miller Memorial for three-year-old filly trotters, two divisions in the $200,000 USD Jerry Silverman Memorial for three-year-old filly pacers, the $140,000 USD Dorothy Haughton Memorial for older pacing mares and a $40,000 USD division in the fourth leg of the Miss Versatility for older trotting mares.

Complete entries for the races can be found by clicking here.

Last Time: Pepsi North America Cup winner Nijinsky stamped himself as the likely favourite in the $650,000 USD Meadowlands Pace final with a determined 1:47.3 score over rival Funtime Bayama in the second of two $68,493 eliminations of the summer classic for three-year-old male pacers on Saturday, July 6 at the Meadowlands. Legendary Hanover captured the first elim, giving trainer Anthony Beaton a sweep of the preliminary dashes. Click here to read the complete recap.

For a list of 2024 race winners on the Grand Circuit, click here.

Grand Circuit Standings: In 2024, the Grand Circuit leaders in three categories (driver, trainer and owner) will once again be tracked on a points system (20-10-5 for the top three finishers in divisions/finals and 10-5-2 for the top three finishers in eliminations/legs). Winbak Farms is the sponsor for the 2024 Grand Circuit awards.

Here are the leaders (through the races on July 6, 2024):

Drivers: 1. Dexter Dunn – 339; 2. Yannick Gingras – 338.5; 3. Tim Tetrick – 182; 4. Scott Zeron – 173; 5. Matt Kakaley – 167.

Trainers: 1. Ron Burke – 284; 2. Ake Svanstedt – 187; 3. Travis Alexander – 182; 4. Nancy Takter – 173; 5. Anthony Beaton – 129.

Owners: 1. Burke Racing Stable – 68.8; 2. Guy Corbeil – 57; 3. Weaver Bruscemi – 51.9; 4t. Kathy Cecchin – 50; 4t. Symmetry Stables – 50.

Looking Ahead: Grand Circuit action will take place next week at Saratoga Casino Hotel, Plainridge Park, The Meadowlands and The Meadows. Saratoga will host the Joe Gerrity for older pacers, Plainridge has the Spirit of Massachusetts for older trotters and the Clara Barton for older pacing mares, The Meadowlands has the Tompkins-Geers for three-year-old trotters and the Meadows has the eliminations for the Delvin Miller Adios for three-year-old male pacers.

(Grand Circuit)