Filly Trot News Today

It’s unlikely the horsemen will be headless, so be not afraid to make your way to The Meadowlands this Halloween weekend and check out some frighteningly good stakes racing, sports action and entertainment, with the Kindergarten Series on track.

Plainville, MA --- The Grand Circuit makes another stop at Plainridge Park on Monday (Oct. 9) when the $123,000 Reynolds Stake and $51,100 Colonial Trot tops the card. The Reynolds goes in two divisions. The $61,550 Tar Heel for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings and the accompanying $61,450 Leta Long for 3-year-old pacing fillies. The

The Michigan Fair Stakes Finals, worth $20,000 each, were contested on Saturday evening (Sept. 23) at the Northville, Michigan oval where one track record was established and another was equalled.

With the first major events of the 2022 Grand Circuit season now complete, many of harness racing's top performers from 2021 will soon be returning for the upcoming stakes season.

Two-year-old sustaining payments for the 78th edition of the Little Brown Jug, the 53rd Jugette, the 71st Old Oaken Bucket (3-year-old open trot) and the 71st Buckette (3-year-old filly trot) are due March 15. These payments are for foals of 2020 and will be raced in 2023.

Selling in the first of the two sessions, Bourbon Courage brought the highest bid of the Hoosier Classic Sale while becoming the highest-priced Indiana-sired yearling in history on Friday (Oct. 22).

Sustaining payments for two-year-olds for the 77th edition of the Little Brown Jug, the 52nd Jugette, the 70th Old Oaken Bucket (three-year-old open trot) and the 70th Buckette (three-year-old filly trot) are due March 15. These payments are for foals of 2019 and will be raced in 2022. Two-year-olds not nominated in the May 15, 2020 yearling payment, may be made eligible through a supplemental nomination fee of $400 due on or before the March 15, 2021 payment. This supplemental payment is in ad...