With most divisional titles still in play after the Grand Circuit left Lexington’s Red Mile, the spotlight turns north to Woodbine Racetrack and the $6 million, 12-race Breeders Crown series.
It’s decision week for foreign invitees, supplementals and entries for the races slated for Saturday, Oct. 27 at Woodbine Racetrack.
Invited foreign horses must declare by noon on Saturday, October 13.
Supplemental declarations for the three-year-old and open events are due and payable on Monday, October 15, 2012 by 12:00 noon in the racing secretary's office [905-854-7805] at Mohawk. A one-time supplemental payment makes a horse eligible to subsequent years’ Breeders Crown events under the normal schedule of payments. All amounts below are listed in U.S. dollars and payable as such.
Guaranteed Purse – Event – Supplement
$600,000 – Open Trot - $75,000
$500,000 – Open Pace - $62,500
$300,000 – Mare Pace - $37,500
$250,000 – Mare Trot - $31,250
$500,000 – Three-year-old events - $62,500
There are no supplements for the two-year-old races.
The starting fee is included in the supplemental amounts, and all supplemental money, minus the starting fee, may be added to the purse of the individual events.
Horses eligible to the Breeders Crown events must enter by 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, October 16, also at the Mohawk race office. Eliminations for all two-year-olds, if needed, will occur on Friday, October 19. The three-year-old and open eliminations, if needed, will be raced Saturday, October 20, both nights starting at the regular post time of 7:30 p.m.
The connections of elimination winners may pick their post position for the finals.
Post time for the Breeders Crown finals on Saturday, October 27 will be a special early post of 6:30 p.m. [EDT]. The Breeders Crown finals will be broadcast live from 7 to 11 p.m. (EDT) in Canada on The Score and on MavTV in the U.S. They will also be the feature broadcast on Sirius (channel 93) XM Radio (channel 209) from 8 to 11 p.m. (EDT).
For more information and racing conditions visit www.Hambletonian.org, www.woodbineentertainment.com or call 609-371-2211.
(Hambletonian/Breeders Crown Society)