The Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association has released its 2024 stakes schedule for state-bred horses, with 23 stakes to be run at Pennsylvania tracks throughout the year, five for PA-Sired PA-Bred runners.
Two-year-olds will have added opportunities, as the PA-Sired PA-Bred Stallion Series returns in its third year with four stakes worth $400,000. The Series will continue into 2025 with races for 3-year-olds, with a $50,000 breeder bonus paid out to the top three point-earning horses after the third leg.
The first of 23 stakes with purses of $100,000 will be run Monday, April 22, at Parx Racing: the Unique Bella for fillies and mares, and the Page McKenney Handicap, each at seven furlongs for older horses.
Penn National will host two $100,000 stakes on its Penn Mile card on Friday, May 31 – on the turf for older horses.
State-bred stakes action continues at Parx and Presque Isle Downs throughout the summer, with the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association’s signature event, Pennsylvania’s Day at the Races, to be held on Monday, Aug. 26, at Parx. Four $100,000 stakes are on the card that celebrates state-bred runners.
Kicking off the PA-Sired PA-Bred Stallion Series are the Whistle Pig and Miss Blue Tye Dye (the latter for fillies), both worth $100,000 and run at a distance of 6 furlongs. They are among the four state-bred stakes offered on Pennsylvania Derby Day on Sept. 21 at Parx.
Over a five-week span at the end of the year, $400,000 in purses for juveniles is up for grabs as the PA-Sired PA-Bred Stallion Series continues on Dec. 30. The $100,000 Wait For It Stakes and $100,000 Miss Behaviour Stakes (for fillies) will be contested at 7 furlongs.
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Presque Isle Downs will host five $100,000 Pennsylvania-bred stakes starting in July, two for juveniles on back-to-back weeks in October. The $100,000 Shamrock Rose Stakes for juvenile fillies will once again be run on Thanksgiving eve at Penn National in November, followed by the $100,000 Pennsylvania Nursery at Parx one week later.
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