Cranbury, NJ… The
initial payment deadline for eligibility to more than 137 stake events at 16
different tracks, headlined by the $1 million
Hambletonian at The Meadowlands on August 2 and the $5 million Breeders Crown
events at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, NJ, on November 21 and 22, is
fast approaching.
Because of the
federal holiday on Monday, payments for all Hambletonian-Society serviced
Stakes must be postmarked by midnight on Tuesday, February 18, per USTA rule
12, section 4.
A host of new stakes in Ohio will be
administered by the Hambletonian Society, including the $400,000 Carl Milstein
Memorial at Northfield Park for three-year-old colt pacers, and a pair of open
events for both gaits at Miami Valley Gaming & Racing and Hollywood at
Dayton Raceway.
The inaugural $400,000 Hambletonian
Maturity for four-year-old trotters at the Meadowlands is new on the stakes
calendar this year and the four Historic races for sophomores are moving to
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.
Yonkers Raceway has guaranteed purses
of $500,000 each for their Triple Crown events of the Messenger Stakes for
3-year-old colt pacers and the Yonkers Trot for 3-year-old colt trotters.
The Hambletonian
Society services 137 of harness racing’s richest and most prestigious events
and provides one-stop shopping for your staking needs. The web site,
Hambletonian.org, contains all the tools and information necessary to stake
your horse yourself.
Race conditions,
payment forms and much more information is now available online. For more
information call the Society offices at 609-371-2211.
Races with February 15 payments due:
• Ben Franklin Free
For All
• Tompkins Memorial & Geers Stake
• Yonkers Trot &
Lady Suffolk Filly Trot
