2024 Hambletonian Society Stakes March payments

Enclosed are links to the harness racing payment forms and updates for the 157 races currently administered by the Hambletonian Society with payments due March 15, 2024, as well as the changes we have for 2024.

Payment forms are always available at https://www.hambletonian.com/formsinfo or by calling our office for fax and email options. All the forms on the website are pdf fillable. Just type in the form, print as many as you need and return the form with your payments.

Along with checks, ACH bill pay and wire transfers, we accept credit cards for stake payments, which are subject to a 3% service fee which will be added to the payment total.

In March, a majority of the payments for 2-Year-Olds in 2024 have their first payment due, whether that be for a stake race or early closing race. The exception to that would be the Breeders Crown, Peter Haughton, Jim Doherty, and Kentuckiana Stallion Management Pace & Trot which had their first payments due on February 15th.

As a reminder, also due in March for 2-Year-Olds is the Future Eligibility payment for the Breeders Crown in the year 2025. This payment of $500 keeps horses eligible to make the regular payments into the Breeders Crown as a 3-Year-Old next year. Two-Year-Olds who are sired by Breeders Crown nominated stallions and are not currently eligible to the Breeders Crown can be supplemented to the Breeders Crown in 2025 by making a payment of $1,500 this month.

The second payment for many of the 3-Year-Old and Open races that we service are due this March. This includes payments for the new 3-Year-Old races we’re servicing in 2024 (The Bally’s Randy). Updated racing conditions for the races we service, as well as all of the different stakes taking place in 2024, can be found on the USTA website here: 2024 Stakes Conditions.

Please be advised of the Stallion Restriction Condition that applies to the Cane Pace/Shady Daisy, Reynolds and 3-Year-Old Tompkins-Geers races that we service at the Meadowlands and Tioga Downs. An updated list of the foals for stallions who are on that list and aren’t eligible to the above-mentioned races can be found on the Meadowlands website here: Stallion Restriction Condition

Please Remember that the 2-Year-Old Tompkins-Geers have moved to Woodbine Mohawk Park with NO Stallion Restriction.

In all cases only ONE check is ever necessary for each of the four payment periods i.e. February 15, March 15, April 15 or May 15.

For convenience, eligibility lists can be emailed to nominators who request them. Eligibility lists for races whose final payments were due in February are also available on our website here: 2024 Stakes Eligibles.

For further information or to update your status on our mailing list, please feel free to call (609) 371-2211 or email me at nadia@hambletonian.org.

From the Hambletonian Society