The Grand Circuit's weekly overview highlights its upcoming races at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
This Week: Somebeachsomewhere, Graduate Series and Miss Versatility, Woodbine Mohawk Park, Milton, Ont.
Schedule of Events: Grand Circuit action will take place on Saturday, June 3 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
The big card of Grand Circuit racing will be led by three $75,000 divisions in the Somebeachsomewhere for three-year-old pacing colts. Also on tap will be two $66,500 divisions in the Graduate Series for four-year-old open pacers, a single $99,750 Graduate Series contest for four-year-old open trotters and a $53,200 Miss Versatility Series leg for open trotting mares.
Complete entries for the races can be found by clicking here.
Last Time: George Napolitano Jr. floored the accelerator on Ruthless Hanover from race’s outset in the $100,000 Joseph Auger Memorial Invitational Pace, held on Super Sunday (May 28) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, and the six-year-old gelding responded with a 1:46.3 mile — the fastest ever on a five-eighths-mile track. Click here to read the complete recap.
For a list of 2023 race winners on the Grand Circuit, click here.
Grand Circuit Standings: In 2023, 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 2023 Grand Circuit awards.
Here are the leaders (through the races on May 28, 2023):
Drivers: 1. Yannick Gingras – 127; 2. Jordan Stratton – 122; 3. Scott Zeron – 107; 4. Matt Kakaley – 90; 5. Dexter Dunn – 70.
Trainers: 1. Ron Burke – 122; 2. Jeff Gillis – 102; 3. Linda Toscano – 90; 4. Ake Svanstedt – 77; 5t. Travis Alexander – 54; 5t. Jared Bako – 54.
Owners: 1. Mark Ford – 98; 2. Jesmeral Stable – 42; 3. Robert Di Nozzi – 39; 4. 1362313 Ontario Ltd. – 37; 5. Team Tritton Inc. – 32.
Looking Ahead: Grand Circuit action will take place next week at MGM Northfield Park and Woodbine Mohawk Park. Northfield will host the Battle of Lake Erie for older open pacers and the MGM Buckeye Distaff for older pacing mares. Mohawk will have eliminations in the Pepsi North America Cup (three-year-old male pacers), Fan Hanover (three-year-old filly pacers), Goodtimes (three-year-old male trotters), Armbro Flight (older trotting mares) and Roses Are Red (older pacing mares).
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