First-ever harness racing Graded Stakes list for 2025 announced
4 days ago · The list of Grade 1, 2 and 3 races was announced Monday (Jan. 6). During the inaugural year of the program, there will be a total of 171 Graded Stakes, including 47 Grade 1, 47 Grade 2 and 77 Grade 3 races. Graded Stakes for the harness racing industry had been a topic of discussion for more than 20 years when, at the request of the major sales ...
Stakes are set for 2025 with 4 upgrades, 33 downgrades
Dec 18, 2024 · The American graded-stakes committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association upgraded four graded stakes and downgraded 33 for 2025. One race was upgraded from Grade 2 to Grade 1 status for 2025, the American Turf at Churchill Downs.
First-ever North American graded stakes list released
3 days ago · Columbus, OH — For the first time ever, harness racing in the U.S. and Canada will have a schedule of Graded and Restricted Graded Stakes races in 2025.The list of Grade 1, 2 and 3 was announced Monday (Jan. 6). During the inaugural year of the program, there will be a total of 171 Graded Stakes, including 47 Grade 1, 47 Grade 2 and 77 Grade 3 races.
Harness: First-ever harness racing Graded Stakes list for 2025 …
3 days ago · The list of Grade 1, 2 and 3 was announced Monday (Jan. 6). For the first time ever, harness racing in the U.S. and Canada will have a schedule of Graded and Restricted Graded Stakes races in 2025.
Graded Stakes - U.S. Trotting
For the first time ever, harness racing in the U.S. and Canada will have a schedule of Graded and Restricted Graded Stakes races in 2025. The list of Grade 1, 2 and 3 was announced Monday (Jan. 6). During the inaugural year of the program, there will be a total of 171 Graded Stakes, including 47 Grade 1, 47 Grade 2 and 77 Grade 3 races.
415 U.S. Graded Stakes Slated for 2025--14 Fewer Graded Races …
Dec 18, 2024 · The committee reviewed 957 U.S. stakes races with a purse of at least $75,000, and assigned graded status to 415 of them, 14 fewer than were graded in 2024, and listed status to 210 races.
Graded Stakes Introduced To North American Harness Racing
3 days ago · For the first time ever, harness racing in the United States and Canada will have a schedule of Graded Stakes and Restricted Graded Stakes races in 2025. The list of Grade 1, 2 and 3 stakes was ...
American Turf Upgraded to G1, Vanderbilt Downgraded
Dec 18, 2024 · In total, 957 United States stakes races with a purse of at least $75,000 were reviewed by the committee at their Dec. 16-17 grading sessions. Graded status was awarded to 415 races, 14...
TOBA Announces U.S. Graded, Listed Stakes For 2024; Five Races …
Dec 16, 2023 · The American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association on Saturday released its listing of U.S. graded and listed stakes races for calendar year 2024, the...
FIRST-EVER HARNESS RACING GRADED STAKES LIST FOR 2025 …
2 days ago · COLUMBUS, OH -- January 7, 2025 --For the first time ever, harness racing in the U.S. and Canada will have a schedule of Graded and Restricted Graded Stakes races in 2025.The list of Grade 1, 2 and 3 was announced Monday (Jan. 6). During the inaugural year of the program, there will be a total of 171 Graded Stakes, including 47 Grade 1, 47 Grade 2 and 77 Grade 3 races.