Tioga/Vernon
2014 stakes schedule announced
from
Tioga Downs Racing Media
Nichols,
NY -- Horsemen are now able to access all information for Tioga
& Vernon Downs live and stakes racing season on each track's website.
The 2014 season at Vernon Downs
will begin on Friday, April 11 and conclude with a stakes-laden card on
Saturday, November 1. The $200,000e Artiscape (mare pace), Muscle Hill (mare
trot) and $200,000e Kindergarten Trotting Classic final have been scheduled for
the closing night card as a logical springboard to the 2014 Breeders Crown
at The Meadowlands.
Friday, August 29 is another
red-letter day at Vernon, with the $700,000e Zweig Memorial three year old trot
and the newly christened $200,000e Crawford Farms Open Trot (formerly known as
the Credit Winner) sharing the spotlight. The first leg of the 2014
$50,000 Tioga/Vernon Drivers' Challenge is scheduled for that evening, as well.
Tioga will begin, as has been
the custom each year, on Kentucky Derby day (Saturday, May 3). Season
highlights include the $200,000e Roll With Joe Open Pace on Sunday, June 1 and
the $350,000e Cane Pace—the first jewel of pacing’s Triple Crown—on Labor Day,
September 1. The second half of the Drivers' Challenge is set for that Labor
Day card at Tioga as well.
Visit tiogadowns.com and vernondowns.com for
stakes nomination forms, live racing calendars and other pertinent information.
