Sudbury Announces Nom Closings

Sudbury Downs has announced that nominations to its Young Guns Pacing Series and the Heat Wave Stakes close midnight Wednesday, August 15.

The Young Guns is the longest continuously-running stakes event at the Northern Ontario oval. The specific condition is for horses five years and younger that are non-winners of three races or $40,000 (fillies and mares four races or $50,000) lifetime. Winners over $75,000 lifetime are not eligible. The conditions cut-off is as of midnight Saturday, August 4, 2012. The Young Guns is conducted in two legs and a final. The series begins on Saturday, September 1 with the purse for each division of each leg $8,500. The final on September 15 lists a purse of $25,000 added and is estimated to reach $30,000.

The Heat Wave Pacing Stakes is a conditioned claiming event. The specific condition is claiming $10,000 with allowances for non-winners of four races or $50,000 (fillies and mares five races or $60,000) lifetime as of August 11, 2012. This race is conducted in eliminations on Saturday, August 25 with the $20,000 added final the following Saturday night. The total estimated purse is $25,000.

Complete conditions can be found here via SC's online stakes guide. Nomination forms are posted on sudburydowns.com.

(Sudbury Downs)

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