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 179th season of exciting harness racing and 2016 will mark
the 106th year of Grand Circuit Racing at “the Cradle of the
Trotter”.
Racing
action this season at Historic Track commences with three consecutive Sundays
of matinee racing programs beginning June 5th and continuing on the
Sundays of June 12 and June 19. Post times for all three matinee race cards
will be at 1p.m.
This
year will be the 55th consecutive season of matinee racing over the
historic double-oval.
Grand
Circuit Racing begins on Friday, July 1 and will feature pacers in the New York
State Excelsior Series followed on Saturday, July 2nd with the
Landmark Stakes for 2 and 3 year olds along with the C.K.G. Billings Amateur
Trots and the Catskill Amateur Drivers Club Pace.
Featured
on Sunday, July 3rd will be sophomore trotters in the New York State
Excelsior Series along with a race under saddle for horses and riders that have
qualified during any of the June matinees.
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 that race the
Hall of Famers will be available for photos and autographs.
Then
that evening the annual Hall of Fame Banquet will again be held under the tent
on the lawn of the Harness Racing Museum.
The
2016 racing season in Goshen ends on Monday, July 4th featuring the
New York County Fair Stakes.
