The 2014 Kindergarten Classic Series will begin on Friday, August 1 at the Meadowlands Racetrack with eight healthy divisions of freshman trotting fillies and colts, each racing for a purse of $10,000.
The entry fee is $250 made payable to The Meadowlands.
Fifty-two fillies and 33 colts will face the starting gate as the series will begin its course though summer into fall with several stops on tap.
The road leads to Tioga Downs in late August, then off to the Red Mile for a pair of September legs. The series will then trek back north to Vernon Downs in mid-October for the last leg and the $200,000 (estimated) final for each on November 1.
Now in its eighth season, the Kindergarten series has become very popular with trotting trainers, offering a place to race the youngsters against their own kind early and as a safe haven for those not quite ready to tackle the top calibre Grand Circuit types.
(Meadowlands)