Hoosier Park will highlight its 2013 standardbred season on Saturday, July 20 with Indiana’s finest trotters and pacers convening on Hoosier Park’s seven-eighths mile oval for the annual Hoosier Champions Night, an evening with purse totals topping the $1.1-million mark.

The action-packed Saturday night of racing will feature a celebrity-filled charity exhibition race, 14 regularly scheduled races featuring $200,000 Indiana Sire Stakes finals, and the third annual Guns ‘N Hoses event. The first race will line up behind the starting gate at 5:30 p.m.

All three-year-old Indiana Sires Stakes events will go for purses of $200,000 while a duo of aged events will race for $50,000, respectively. Also, four $40,000 Indiana Silver Sire Stakes finals for three-year-olds will be contested. The 14-race card includes four current track record holders that will be competing for their shot at an Indiana Sire Stakes title. Under the new racing format in 2013, Hoosier Park will offer three Hoosier Champions Nights throughout the season where purses will catapult past the $1-million mark once again on September 11 and October 19.

Racing fans will have the opportunity to participate in an exciting special wagering opportunity offered for the Hoosier Champions Night with the announcement of a $15,000 Guaranteed Pick-4 pool. As part of the special strategic wagering program through the United States Trotting Association and Hoosier Park partnership, the Pick-4 offers a 50 cent minimum wager and will be featured on races six through nine. The estimated post time for race six, the first leg of the $15,000 Guaranteed Pick-4, is 7:32 p.m. EST.

(With files from Hoosier)