New York Sire Stakes starting Monday

VERNON, N.Y. – The New York Sire Stakes Series will hold its first races of the 2023 harness racing season on Monday, May 29 at Vernon Downs Raceway.

The Opening Day slate will include races with three-year-old trotting colts and three-year-old trotting fillies. The event includes both New York Sire Stakes and Excelsior Series.

The event will have total purses exceeding $400,000 for the 12 races.

“We are excited to get the new racing season started at the beautiful Vernon Downs Raceway, celebrating 70 years of harness racing,” said Ralph Scunziano, Executive Director of the Agriculture & NYS Horse Breeding Development Fund. “Good luck to all those that are racing. We cannot wait to see how the season plays out.”

Harness racing action will begin at 12:15 p.m. on Monday.

The full 2023 NYSS and Excelsior Series schedules may be found here. This season’s finals, the Day of Champions, will be hosted at Yonkers Raceway on September 9. Finals for the Excelsior Series will be held at Batavia Downs on September 13.

Members of the public with questions or concerns may contact the New York Sire Stakes email address at info@nysirestakes.com. You can keep up to date with all of New York’s harness racing news by visiting www.nysirestakes.com.

For complete race entries, click here.

From the New York Sire Stakes