Starter series for $5000 claimers

Nichols, N.Y. — The Tioga Downs race office has announced a starter series for the next three Fridays, open to harness racing pacers who have raced for a claiming price of $5000 or less in at least one of their three most recent starts.

A one-time $50 entry fee covers the entire series, with preliminary rounds held on Friday, June 19 and Friday, June 26. The preliminary events will each carry a $6000 purse, and the top nine money earners from those two weeks will meet in a $10,000 final on Friday, July 3. Horsemen are advised to enter as normally, with entries (and thus nominations) due to the race office no later than 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 16. Entry fees are due on the day a horse first races in the series.
 

by James Witherite, Tioga Downs