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Pompano Park opened in 1964. [1] It was billed as "The Winter Home of Harness Racing", as its tropical South Florida location made it an ideal alternative for horsemen, when most of the racetracks to the north are subject to racing in snow, ice, and bitter cold conditions. The track operated its live racing meet for about ten months out of ...
The Breeders Crown is an annual series of harness races in the United States and Canada covering each of the sport's twelve traditional categories of age, gait and gender. The series was initiated by the Hambletonian Society, promoters of the Hambletonian Stakes, in 1984 to enhance the Standardbred breeding industry and to promote the sport of harness racing by providing a lucrative high ...
Saratoga Race Course is a Thoroughbred horse racing track located on Union Avenue in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States.Opened in 1863, it is often considered to be the oldest major sporting venue of any kind in the U.S. [2] It is the fourth oldest racetrack after Pleasanton Fairgrounds Racetrack (1858), [3] Freehold Raceway (1854) and Fair Grounds Race Course (1852).
Rumors of the race coming to Saratoga emerged when the New York Racing Association scheduled $455 million renovations for Belmont Park in 2024-25 and needed a new place to host the final leg of ...
The Grand Circuit, also known as the "Big Wheel", [1] is a group of harness racing stakes races run at various race tracks around the United States. [2] Run on one-mile tracks, [ 3 ] it is "the oldest continuing horse-racing series in the United States."
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Pompano Harness 2YO Filly Trot: Armbro Keepsake: John Campbell: Charles Sylvester: 1:58.1: Pompano Harness 3YO Colt & Gelding Pace: Three Wizzards: Bill Gale: Dave Elliott: 1:52.2: Pompano Harness 3YO Colt & Gelding Trot: Giant Victory: Ronald Pierce: Per Eriksson: 1:56: Pompano Harness 3YO Filly Pace: Miss Easy: John Campbell: Bruce Nickells ...
Between 1957 and 1969 the race was restricted to horses four years and older. The race then was open to three-year-olds and older until 2019. In 2020 when Saratoga Race Course was closed to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic, the race was restricted again to four-year-olds and up; the age restriction has remained ever since. [4]