by
john manzi for Goshen Historic Track
Goshen
Historic Track, where it all started and where it still is today, is gearing up
for it 178th season of exciting harness racing and 2015 will mark
the 105th year of Grand Circuit Racing at “the Cradle of the
Trotter”. This year will also be the 54th consecutive season of
matinee racing over the famed double oval at Historic Track.
Matinee
racing commences Sunday, June 7th with the first of three matinee
programs and matinee racing will continue on the consecutive Sundays of June 14
and June 21.. Post times for all three matinee race cards will be at 1p.m.
.
Grand
Circuit Racing begins on Thursday, July 2nd and will feature New
York Sire Stakes County Fair Races followed on Friday, July 3rd with
the New York State Excelsior Series for pacers.
Then
on Saturday, July 4th the Landmark Stakes for 2 and 3 year olds
along with the C.K.G. Billings Amateur Trots and the Catskill Amateur Drivers
Club Paces will be presented.
Featured
Sunday, July 5th are sophomore trotters in the New York State
Excelsior Series along with a race under saddle for horses and riders that have
qualified during any one of the three June matinee programs.
Also
slated on the card that afternoon is the annual Hall Of Fame Trot with various
members of Harness Racing’s Hall of Fame at the controls which has always been
a fan favorite. And after the race the Hall of Famer's will be available
for photos and autographs.
Post
times for Grand Circuit action will also be at 1pm.
Then
that evening the annual Hall of Fame Banquet will again be held under the tent
on the lawn of the Harness Racing Museum.
Once
again, Historic Track will sponsor a golf outing, this year on Monday, June 29,
at the Golf Club at Mansion Ridge on 1292 Orange Turnpike in nearby Monroe, NY.
For further information on the golf outing or to sign-up please call the
Historic Track office at 845-294-5333.
