The publicity department for the Grand Circuit has sent its weekly recap and preview of racing on the Grand Circuit.
This Week: Battle of Lake Erie, Northfield Park, Northfield, Ohio, and Graduate Series legs, The Meadowlands, East Rutherford, N.J.
Schedule of events: The Grand Circuit heads to Northfield Park on Saturday (June 5) for the $200,000 Battle of Lake Erie for older pacers. Also on Saturday, The Meadowlands has two $50,000 divisions in the second leg of the Graduate Series for four-year-old trotters and two $50,000 divisions in the third leg of the Graduate Series for four-year-old pacers.
Last Time: Three-time Breeders Crown champion Manchego ($4.20) lived up to favored billing in the $100,000 Maxie Lee Memorial Trot on Sunday (May 30), cascading off third-over cover for a 1:51.3 win, the fastest mile ever trotted by a filly or mare in the 16-year history of Harrah’s Philadelphia.