The Grand Circuit's weekly overview highlights its upcoming races at Saratoga Casino Hotel, Plainridge Park, The Meadowlands and The Meadows.
This Week: Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial, Saratoga Casino Hotel, Saratoga Springs, New York.; Spirit of Massachusetts and Clara Barton, Plainridge Park, Plainville, Massachusetts; Tompkins-Geers, The Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey; and Delvin Miller Adios eliminations, The Meadows, Washington, Pennsylvania.
Schedule of Events: Grand Circuit action begins on Saturday (July 23), as Saratoga will host the $250,000 Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial for older pacers.
Also on Saturday, the Meadows has a pair of $25,000 eliminations for the Delvin Miller Adios for three-year-old male pacers.
And finally on Saturday, The Meadowlands features a pair of divisions in the $87,500 Tompkins-Geers for three-year-old male trotters and a pair of divisions in the $72,000 Tompkins-Geers stakes for three-year-old filly trotters.
On Sunday (July 24), Plainridge has the $250,000 Spirit of Massachusetts for older trotters and the $100,000 Clara Barton for older pacing mares.
Complete entries for the races can be found on the USTA website by clicking here.
Last Time: The final chapter of the amazing Somebeachsomewhere saga reached its conclusion Saturday night (July 16) when his son Beach Glass won the $600,000 Meadowlands Pace. For the complete recap, click here.
For a list of 2022 race winners on the Grand Circuit, click here.
Grand Circuit Standings: In 2022, the Grand Circuit leaders in three categories (driver, trainer and owner) will once again be tracked on a points system (20-10-5 for the top three finishers in divisions/finals and 10-5-2 for the top three finishers in eliminations/legs). Winbak Farms is the sponsor for the 2022 Grand Circuit awards.
Here are the leaders (through the races on July 16, 2022):
Drivers: 1. Dexter Dunn – 502; 2. Tim Tetrick – 339; 3. Yannick Gingras – 303; 4. David Miller – 256; 5. Todd McCarthy – 254.
Trainers: 1. Tony Alagna – 280; 2. Ake Svanstedt – 257; 3. Ron Burke – 229; 4. Nifty Norman – 207; 5. Brett Pelling – 187.
Owners: 1. David McDuffee – 101.4; 2. Jesmeral Stable – 67; 3. Fiddler’s Creek Stables – 64.5; 4. Brad Grant – 60.8; 5t. Mark Ford – 60; 5t. Schooner II Stable – 60.
Looking Ahead: Grand Circuit action will take place next week at The Meadows and The Meadowlands. The Meadows has the final for the Delvin Miller Adios for three-year-old male pacers, along with the Adioo Volo for three-year-old filly pacers and Arden Downs events for two-year-old colt and filly pacers and trotters and three-year-old colt and filly trotters. The Meadowlands has eliminations for four trotting stakes, The Hambletonian and Hambletonian Oaks for sophomores and the Peter Haughton and Jim Doherty for freshmen. Also at The Big M will be Tompkins-Geers races for three-year-old colt and filly pacers and a leg of the Miss Versatility for trotting mares.
(Grand Circuit)