The initial payment deadline for eligibility to more than 153 stakes events at 13 different tracks, headlined by the $1 million Hambletonian at The Meadowlands on Aug. 5 and the $7 million Breeders Crown events at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Oct. 27 and 28, is fast approaching.
Payments for all Hambletonian Society serviced stakes are due Wednesday (Feb. 15) and must be postmarked by midnight on Thursday (Feb. 16), per USTA Rule 12.02.
WHAT'S NEW?
The $40,000 (est.) Colonial Trot and $40,000 (est.) Colonial Oaks are two new Grand Circuit events for Three-Year-Old Trotting Colts & Fillies. They will be raced Monday, Oct. 9 at Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville, Mass.
Plainridge has also added the W.N. Reynolds for Three-Year-Old Pacing Colts and Fillies, both estimated to race for $40,000 on the same day of Monday, Oct. 9. These Reynolds divisions were at Yonkers in 2022.
WHAT’S MOVED?
The John Simpson Sr. Memorial eight races for all gaits, ages and sexes moved from Harrah’s Philadelphia to Pocono Downs at Mohegan Sun Pennsylvania and will be raced in Mid-October.
The $300,000 (est.) Peter Haughton Memorial for Two-Year-Old Trotting Colts and the $300,000 (est.) Jim Doherty Memorial for Two-Year-Old Trotting Fillies have moved from The Meadowlands to Harrah’s Hoosier Park
THE $7.2M BREEDERS CROWN – 40th Anniversary
The Breeders Crown will be celebrating its 40th birthday at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Oct. 27 & 28. The Crown has enjoyed robust participation from all segments of the industry and the guaranteed purses for 2023 reflect that.
Friday, Oct. 27: All Two-Year-Old Races: $700,000
Saturday, Oct. 28: All Three-Year-Old Races: $600,000, Mare Trot & Pace: $400,000 Gtd., Open Trot & Pace: $600,000 Gtd.
A win in the Jim Doherty Memorial or Peter Haughton Memorial guarantees an invitation to Breeders Crown events for those same divisions.
The winner of the 2023 Hoosier Cup (Indiana-sired three-year-old pacers) at Harrah's Hoosier Park will receive an automatic nomination to the 2023 Jennas Beach Boy.
As a reminder, the Stallion Restriction Condition at The Meadowlands affects 2020 & 2021 foals. Please check The Meadowlands website for the full Stallion restrictions applicable to the Cane Pace, Shady Daisy and Tompkins-Geers, as well as the Reynolds two-year-olds and three-year-old trotters, but not the three-year-old pacers at Plainridge Racecourse.
The payment schedule dates are unchanged. Current racing conditions for the races we service can be found on our website under each specified race page or on the USTA.
In all cases only one check is ever necessary for each of the four payment periods i.e., Feb. 15, March 15, April 15 or May 15. For further information please, or to update your status on our mailing list, feel free to call (609) 371-2211 or email [email protected].
(Hambletonian Society)