Hippodrome 3R announced on Thursday, March 6 that it has changed the eligibility for the 2025 edition of its signature Grand Circuit stakes event, the Prix d’Été.

The Grade 2 stakes event for four-year-old pacers was renewed last year after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hippodrome 3R has expanded the eligibility for the 2025 Prix d’Été to four-year-olds and up. The Prix d’Été will be held on Aug. 17, 2025 with a purse of $200,000.

Horse owners can register their horse by paying the $1,000 nomination fee due on March 15, 2025. The sustaining payment is $1,000 due on April 15, 2025 and another one on May 15, 2025. Click here for the nomination form.

If not paying with a credit card via SC Stakes Online, please mail and make a cheque payable to:

Standardbred Canada - Stakes Department
2150 Meadowvale Blvd.
Mississauga, ON
L5N 6R6

If you have any questions about nomination and sustaining payments for the Prix d’Été, contact Standardbred Canada at 905-858-
3060.

(Hippodrome 3R & Standardbred Canada)