The California Harness Horseman’s Association, in partnership with Watch and Wager LLC, will offer a new horse incentive program for the 2013/2014 fall/winter meeting at Cal Expo that gets underway on October 5 and runs through May 17.

Under the program, each new horse will receive $1,000 in bonus money upon making its first start, with a new horse being defined as a trotter or pacer that has not started at Cal Expo since June 14, 2012.

All new horses must be approved by the racing office to be eligible for the bonus. The program is limited to the first 100 approved new horses and they must start prior to January 15, 2014 to be eligible.

“Last year we paid new horse incentive money to 175 new horses," said Watch and Wager LLC General Manager Chris Schick. "We are very pleased to partner once again with the CHHA to offer this enhanced vital program.”

A complete list of California Harness Legends late-closing events will be released next week, with such events as the Alan Kirschenbaum, Stan Bergstein and Lloyd Arnold Series highlighting that schedule.

Plenty of stalls are still available with no stall rent. For more information, go to calxharness.com or email [email protected].

(Cal Expo)