Trot Insider has consolidated all of the releases pertaining to payments which are due today
(Tuesday, February 15). Check back with this note, as it will be updated as releases are received. This notice may not contain all stakes with payments due on February 15. Please refer to your stakes guide for more information.
Standardbred Canada would like to remind horsepeople that stakes payments are due on or before Tuesday, February 15, 2011.
Stakes payments can now be paid on the SC website using the new Online Stake Payment Program. The SC online staking service covers the majority of Canadian stakes your horse is eligible to be nominated to such as Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS), Woodbine Entertainment (WEG), and any stakes that SC currently administers including stake programs in Alberta and the Maritimes. PLEASE NOTE THAT PAYMENTS FOR WEG STAKES MUST BE SUBMITTED BY SC TO WEG ON THE STAKE DUE DATE, THEREFORE THESE STAKE ONLINE STAKE PAYMENTS MUST BE MADE ONE DAY BEFORE THE PAYMENT DUE DATE. PLEASE CHECK THE DUE DATE CAREFULLY.
Payment information and stake conditions can be viewed on the Canadian Stakes Guide by clicking here.
If you did not receive a stakes notice in the mail, a generic stake form can be used to submit payments. It can be located by clicking here.
Two & Three-Year-Old Nomination Payments
• NLSBA/SC Stakes $50
Three-Year-Old Sustaining Payments
• Atlantic Sires Stakes $75
• Bill Quigg $100
• Carl & Marg Mackenzie $100
• Donnie & George Turner $100
• Frank & Beth Stanfield $250
• Island Breeders Series $300
• Joe O'Brien Memorial $150
• Lady Slipper Series $150
• Maritime Breeders Futurity $300
• Maritimer $125
• NS Stake $150
Horsemen paying the Atlantic Sires Stakes sustaining payment must also pay the Atlantic Standardbred Breeders Association membership fee of $45 per-owner per-year. If you have not already paid this fee in 2011, please remit it with your February 15 stakes payments.
Please mail and make cheques payable to:
Standardbred Canada - Stakes Department
2150 Meadowvale Blvd.
Mississauga, ON
L5N 6R6
Envelopes must be clearly post-marked on or before February 15 to be accepted, despite inadequacies of the postal system.
For more information, contact Caren Brown, stakes coordinator, at 905-858-3060 (Ext. 242).
Hanover Raceway would like to remind all horsepeople that the deadline for nomination payments to the $100,000 Dream Of Glory for three-year-old trotters is Tuesday, February 15.
The $200 payment is followed by a sustaining payment of $200 which is due on April 15. A starting fee is due the week of the eliminations, which will take place July 23. The $100,000 final is scheduled to take place Saturday, July 30.
This is the 10th anniversary of the Dream of Glory Trot. Entry forms are available on the main page at hanoverraceway.com
For more information, call Gord Dougan at 519-364-2860 (Ext. 2)
(With files from Hanover Raceway)
Grand River Raceway is reminding all horsepeople that nominations for the $300,000 Battle of Waterloo and $150,000 Battle of the Belles must be postmarked by February 15, 2011.
• Battle Of Waterloo nomination fee: $300
• Battle Of The Belles nomination fee: $200
Nomination forms for both events are available here.
For further information, call 519-846-5455 (Ext. 238).
(Grand River Raceway)
Racetracks of Ontario Marketing & Promotions (ROMP) is reminding all horsepeople that nominations for the Slots Cup Series (Ontario-sired pacers four years of age and younger) must be postmarked by February 15, 2011.
The nomination fee is $400.
Nomination forms are available here.
For further information, call 519-482-5270.
(ROMP)
Yonkers Raceway is reminding horsemen that a pair of series nomination deadlines are fast approaching, one faster than the other.
Nominations for both the Petticoat and Sagamore Hill Pacing Series close this Tuesday (Feb. 15), while nominations for Yonkers' premier events for older horses, the Blue Chip Matchmaker and George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series, close Tuesday, March 1.
Forms continue to be available online (www.yonkersraceway.com), in the nightly racing program, in the race office and through various trade publications as well as their respective web sites. Any questions, please contact the race office at (914) 457-2627.
The initial nominating payments for Balmoral and Maywood Park’s biggest stakes events of the 2011 season are due by February 15.
Stake payments that are due by that date include Super Night events for three-year-olds, American National Stakes for aged horses and three-year-olds and Hanover Stakes for three-year-olds. Checks or money orders should be made payable to Balmoral Park and sent to: Balmoral Park, 26435 S. Dixie Hwy, Crete, IL 60417.
Nominating payments for Super Night’s two-year-old events, the Lincoln Land and Lady Lincoln Land Stakes, American National and Hanover Stakes for two-year-olds and the Illinois Southland Festival of Racing at Balmoral Park are due by March 15.
At Maywood Park nominating payments are due by February 15 for the Windy City Pace, Cinderella Stake, Maywood Pace and the Filly Maywood Pace. Checks or money orders should be made payable to Maywood Park and sent to: Eliot Narotsky @ Maywood Park, 8600 W. North Ave, Melrose Park, IL 60160. (Registered mail is recommended).
Payments for two other events at Maywood, the Abe Lincoln Stake and the Galt Stake are due by March 15.
All payment information and nomination forms are available on each tracks website under the Horsemen’s Information tab at: www.balmoralpark.com and www.maywoodpark.com.
Additional information can be obtained by calling the race office at each track. Balmoral Park’s phone number is (708) 672-1414 and Maywood Park’s phone number is (708) 343-4800.
(Balmoral Park)
The initial payment deadline for eligibility to more than 120 stakes events, headlined by the $1.7 million Hambletonian at the Meadowlands and C$6 million Breeders Crown events at Woodbine Racetrack is fast approaching.
Payments for all Hambletonian Society-serviced stakes must be postmarked by midnight on Wednesday, February 16 per USTA rule 12, section 4.
The Hambletonian Society services 121 of harness racing’s richest and most prestigious events.
Race conditions, payment forms and much more information is now available online. For more information call the society offices at 609-371-2211.
For complete information on the list of stakes which appears below, click here and follow the options which appear under the 'staking' tab.
Races with February 15 payments due:
• Delvin Miller Adios (Adioo Volo Filly Division)
• Arden Downs Stakes
• Earl Beal Jr Memorial Trot for three-year-olds
• Breeders Crown
• Cane Pace (Shady Daisy)
• Circle City for three-year-olds
• Cleveland Classic (Courageous Lady)
• Currier & Ives Trot (and Filly Trot)
• Dexter Cup (Lady Suffolk Trot)
• Hambletonian (Hambletonian Oaks)
• Max Hempt Memorial (James M. Lynch Filly Division)
• Historic Series (now raced at Tioga and Vernon Downs)
• Hoosier Cup
• The Horseman
• Indiana Pacing Derby for three-year-olds and up Free For all Pacers
• Keystone Classics three-year-olds
• Landmark Stakes
• Matron Stakes
• Messenger Stake (Lady Maud)
• Monument Circle for three-year-old Colt and Gelding Pacers
• Oliver Trotting Classic for three-year old Colt and Gelding Trotters
• Pride in Progress for three-year-old and up Free For All Trotters
• Progress Pace
• W. N. Reynolds Memorial Stakes
• Art Rooney Pace (Lismore Filly Division)
• John Simpson Memorial Colt & Filly Stakes
• Tompkins Memorial & Geers Stake
• Yonkers Trot
(With files from the Hambletonian Society)
Western Fair Raceway would like to remind all horse owners and trainers that the stakes deadline for its two signature events, the $225,000 (added) Molson Pace and the $150,000 (added) Forest City Pace, are due Tuesday, February 15, 2011.
Eliminations for this year’s Molson Pace, for open pacers, will go postward on Friday, May 20. The final will take place Friday, May 27. A nomination fee of $1,000 is due on February 15, followed by a $2,000 starting fee at time of entry.
The distaff companion event to the Molson Pace, the Forest City Pace, will anchor the track’s fall schedule. Eliminations are scheduled for Saturday, November 19. The final will take place Saturday, November 26. A nomination fee of $750 is due on February 15, followed by a $1,500 starting fee at time of entry.
Nomination fees should be sent to: Western Fair Raceway, Attn: Ian Fleming P.O. Box 7550, London, Ontario, N5Y 5P8. All entries must be postmarked on or before February 15, 2011. Registered mail is recommended. Late entries will not be accepted.
Further information, nomination forms and race conditions are available by clicking here.
(With files from Western Fair)
Nominations for Meadowlands Racetrack's early closing program and the $1 million Meadowlands Pace are due Tuesday, February 15.
Stakes applications are available at MeadowlandsRacetrack.com.
Nominating and sustaining fees for the Meadowlands Pace, to be raced July 16, have been reduced 30 per cent compared with the 2009 fees. The race also features a $100,000 guaranteed consolation to be raced Pace Night. The early closing program consists of the Arthur J. Cutler, Stanley Dancer Memorial, Golden Girls, Graduate, Peter Haughton Memorial, William R. Haughton Memorial, Lady Liberty, Merrie Annabelle, Mistletoe Shalee, Del Miller Memorial, Sweetheart, Titan Cup, US Pacing Championship and Woodrow Wilson.
Mail-in nominations must be postmarked by February 15. Horsemen with questions may contact the Meadowlands race office toll-free at 877-782-2537 or e-mail Andrea Hanley at [email protected].
(Meadowlands Racetrack)
Rideau Carleton Raceway would to remind all horsepeople that nominations for the Frank Ryan Memorial Trot and the Des Smith Classic Pace are due February 15, 2011.
The nomination fee is $1,000.
Nomination forms can be found in Trot Magazine and on Rideau's website.
For more information, contact the Rideau race office at 613-822-0247.
(With files from RCR)
With the calendar now turned to February, the Woodbine Entertainment Group would like to remind all horse owners and trainers that nominations for its major stakes events, including the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup and the $1 million Canadian Trotting Classic, close Tuesday, February 15, 2011.
Also, sustaining payments are due for the 2011 Simcoe Stakes, Simcoe Filly Stakes and SBOA Stakes for three-year-olds.
For more detailed information on all WEG events which close February 15, click here.
(WEG)
The February 15 deadline for New Jersey Sire Stakes first sustaining payments is the last chance for owners of New J-sired two-year-old and three-year-old pacers and trotters to be kept eligible to the 2011 Premier and Green Acres racing programs.
The NJSS Premier Division will be contested exclusively at the Meadowlands in 2011 starting in June. The Green Acres Division begins in September at Freehold Raceway.
One new NJSS rule this year is that horses which qualify for the Premier Division finals at the Meadowlands will not remain eligible to compete in the Green Acres series at Freehold Raceway
The NJSS Premier Division’s first payment has been reduced this year to $300 for both two-year-olds and three-year-olds. The Green Acres Division payment remains $100 for both two and three-year-olds.
Also, on February 15, a $650 supplemental 2010 yearling nomination (for foals of 2009) can be made for eligibility to the NJ Sire Stakes. That fee is in addition to the sustaining payments for two-year-olds also due on February 15.
The two-year-old sustaining payment must be made in order to keep the horse eligible as a three-year-old in 2011, even if the horse does not race in 2010 as a two-year-old. Supplemental nominations are also due February 15 for the NJSS-sponsored 2011 Lou Babic Open Pace ($400) and Babic Filly Pace ($300).
These payments must be in U. S. funds. No late payments will be accepted and no billing notices will be mailed. Certified mail is strongly recommended to NJSS, P.O. Box 330, Trenton, NJ 08625.
(NJSS)
New York Sire Stakes officials have sent out a reminder to horsemen that continuation payments are due February 15. These payments are required to be eligible to race in the 2011 NYSS season.
Cheques or money orders must be in U.S. funds, postmarked by February 15, 2011, and made payable to the Agriculture & New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund. Mail to 90 State Street, Suite 809, Albany, NY 12207. The NYSS Payment Form is available for download by clicking here.
The NYSS 2011 February Payments are per horse and are as follows:
Two-Year-Old Payments
• Sire Stakes: $200
• State Fair: $100
• County Fair: $25
Three-Year-Old Payments
• Sire Stakes: $250
• State Fair: $100
• County Fair: $25
Please note that the $200 two-year-old sire stakes payment must be paid for the horse to be eligible to stake to the sire stakes and late closers as a three-year-old if your horse is not racing this year as a two-year-old. Both of the sire stakes February and April payments must be paid prior to staking your horse to race in the NYSS late closers. This applies to both age groups.
For more information, visit nysirestakes.com or contact the Agriculture & New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund at 518-436-8713 or [email protected].
(With files from NYSS)
The Ontario Sires Stakes administration would like to remind everyone that the deadline for OSS three-year-old sustaining payments is fast approaching. The $700 payment must be postmarked on or before Tuesday, February 15, 2011.
All cheques should be made payable and mailed (registered mail is recommended) to:
Ontario Sires Stakes
10 Carlson Court, Suite 400
Toronto, ON M9W 6L2
The $500 OSS sustaining fee for two-year-olds is due March 15/10 and reminder notices are being mailed this week.
(ORC)
The Ontario Sires Stakes Administration will be printing two-year-old sustaining payment notices for OSS eligible colts and fillies on Feb. 8. Therefore, anyone who purchased an OSS eligible yearling last year should
ensure that the transfer is completed by that date in order for the proper owner to receive the notice.
The two-year-old sustaining payment is $500 and is due by March 15, 2011.
Reminder notices for the three-year-old sustaining payment of $700 were mailed earlier and the payment must be postmarked by February 15, 2011.
All cheques should be made payable and mailed (registered or Express mail is recommended) to:
Ontario Sires Stakes
10 Carlson Court, Suite 400
Toronto, ON M9W 6L2
For more information please contact Karen Hauver, OSS Administration Coordinator, at 519-369-3545 or [email protected].
(ORC)
The first of two sustaining payments for the Charles I. Smith and Helen Smith Trots are due on February 15, 2011.
The $200 fee should be forwarded by check or money order payable to the SBOANJ to the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey, 64 Business Route 33, Manalapan, NJ 07726.
The second payment of $300 is due on April 15.
The $80,000 (estimated) Charles Smith and its filly companion race, the $70,000 (estimated) Helen Smith with both be contested on September 9 at Freehold Raceway. Eliminations are the prior week.
The Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey sponsors the two stakes which are restricted to New Jersey-sired three-year-old trotters. For forms and details, visit sboanj.com.
(SBOANJ)