March sustaining and nominating payments for Hambletonian Society stakes events are due Tuesday, March 15, and per USTA Rule 12 section 2, must be postmarked by midnight on Wednesday, March 16.
The Carl Milstein Memorial at Northfield Park, Northfield, Ohio has been changed from a stakes to an Invitational event, open to three-year-old pacers regardless of gender.
The field will be limited to eight starters and race for a minimum of $300,000 on Saturday, August 13. Any stakes payments received for this race will be refunded by the Hambletonian Society.
Please note that there is a separate Breeders Crown two-year-old future eligibility payment of $500 due March 15 that maintains eligibility for the Breeders Crown three-year-old events of 2017, hosted by Hoosier Park in Indiana.
The Hambletonian Society services 129 of harness racing’s richest and most prestigious events and provides one-stop shopping for your staking needs. The website (hambletonian.org) contains all the tools and information necessary to stake your horse yourself.
All forms are available on the website and are PDF ‘fillable.’ Race conditions, payment forms and much more information are now available online, as well as eligibility lists for races that had a final payment on Feb. 15, 2015.
For additional information call 609-371-2211.
Listed below are the stakes with payments due for all ages due March 15.
MARCH 2016
• Delvin Miller Adios (and Adioo Volo Filly Division)
• Arden Downs Stakes
• Battle of Lake Erie
• Breeders Crown
• Cane Pace (and Shady Daisy)
• The Carl Erskine
• Centaur Stakes
• Circle City
• Cleveland Trotting Classic
• Courageous Lady Filly Pace
• Currier & Ives Trot (and Filly Trot)
• Dan Patch
• Dayton Derby Trot and Pace
• Dexter Cup (and Lady Suffolk Trot)
• The Elevation
• Fox Stake
• Hambletonian (and Hambletonian Oaks)
• Hoosier Stakes
• Hoosier Park Pacing Derby (previously the Indiana Pacing Derby)
• The Horseman
• Kentuckiana Stallion Mgt. Filly Pace & Trot (for 2YO Fillies)
• Keystone Classics
• Landmark Stakes
• Liberty Bell (Early closer 3-year-olds)
• Liberty Bell 2-year-olds
• Madison County (previously the Circle City for 2-year-olds)
• Matron Series
• Meadows Maturity
• Miami Valley Distaff
• Messenger Stakes (and Lady Maud)
• Monument Circle
• Progress Pace
• W. N. Reynolds Memorial Stakes
• Art Rooney Pace (and Lismore Filly Division)
• John Simpson Memorial Early Closer Colt & Filly
• The Crossroads of America
• The USS Indianapolis Memorial
• Tompkins Memorial & Geers Stake
• Ralph Wilfong
• Yonkers Trot
Stakes payments to these stakes can also be made through SC Stakes Online. Click here for more info on how to get started.
(With files from the Hambletonian Society)