Twenty-one enter $1 million Hambletonian – 23 for Oaks

Cranbury, NJ – A total of 21 horses entered Tuesday for the 100th edition of the Hambletonian Stakes for 3-year-old trotters, resulting in three $83,550 harness racing eliminations on Saturday (July 26) at The Meadowlands.

Twenty-three horses entered the Hambletonian Oaks, restricted to 3-year-old trotting fillies, also resulting in three $50,000 eliminations Saturday at The Big M.

The top three finishers from each elimination plus the fourth-place finisher with the highest lifetime earnings will advance to their respective finals on Aug. 2 at The Meadowlands. The purse for the Hambletonian final is $1 million. The purse for the Hambletonian Oaks final is $500,000.

Elimination winners will draw for posts one through six.

A complete draw story will be sent later this afternoon.

Following are the horses, in alphabetical order, entered for the Hambletonian and Hambletonian Oaks:

HAMBLETONIAN

Blank (Gimpanzee)

Emoticon Legacy (Walner)

Fashion Green (Greenshoe)

Gap Kronos S (Face Time Bourbon)

Gimpanzee Dancer (Gimpanzee)

Go Ahead Makemyday (Walner)

Go Dog Go (Greenshoe)

Grande Via (Muscle Hill)

Greenma (Greenshoe)

Hidalgo (Muscle Hill)

Landing On Time (Tactical Landing)

Maryland (Chapter Seven)

Maximus Mearas S (Chapter Seven)

Meshuggah (Greenshoe)

Monserrate (Chapter Seven)

Mr Mouton (Chapter Seven)

Nordic Catcher S (Six Pack)

Onajetplane (Walner)

Super Chapter (Chapter Seven)

The Rogue Prince (Walner)

Variegated (Chapter Seven)

HAMBLETONIAN OAKS

Aperfect Annie (Googoo Gaagaa)

Champagne Problems (Tactical Landing)

Conversano (Muscle Hill)

Dearly Beloved (Greenshoe)

Deja Blu (Muscle Hill)

Delaney Hanover (Muscle Hill)

EL Nightwish (Chapter Seven)

Goodgirl Bi IT (Greenshoe)

Grand Reserve (Walner)

Kadena (Gimpanzee)

Lady Landia (Tactical Landing)

Lasting Dream (Cantab Hall)

Luna Lovegood (Gimpanzee)

Miss Belmar (Muscle Hill)

R Cee Cee (Googoo Gaagaa)

R Charm (Propulsion)

R Dutchess (Father Patrick)

R Lady W (Walner)

Sound Judgement (Muscle Hill)

Torrisi (Walner)

Voguish (Gimpanzee)

Walspea (Walner)

What A Bid Hanover (Muscle Hill)

by Ken Weingartner, for the USTA