American National noms are a who's who of racing
Saturday, March 09, 2013 - by Tom Kelley, publicity director, Balmoral Park
Crete, IL--After a banner year of American National Stakes that attracted the sport’s top pacers and trotters in 2012, Balmoral Park is looking forward to another stellar season as February nominations for the prestigious stakes are up in total and once again read like a who’s who of Standardbred royalty.
Nominations for the older pace are up four in total to 47 and feature the likes of such millionaires and world record holders Golden Receiver, Foiled Again, Sweet Lou, Betterthancheddar and Little Brown Jug winner Michael’s Power.
The Older Trot nominations are up by five and now total 53 of the sport's elite diagonally gaited specialists. Heading up the list is last year’s 3-year-old champion Market Share, who is coming off a $2 million season. Other nominees include such stars as Arch Madness, Uncle Peter and Wishing Stone while the “ladies” are represented by such standouts as Check Me Out and Maven.
On the 3-year-old side of the docket the sophomore pacing colt nominations are up three to a total of 70. While it’s still quite a ways off this promises to be a marquee match-up with such 2-year-old stars as Captaintreacherous, Odds On Equuleus and Breeders Crown winner Rockin Amadeus all among those nominated to this event.
The other 3-year-old divisions are all even in terms of the number of early nominations received. Among those nominated in the 3-year-old filly pace are I Luv The Nitelife and L Dees Lioness. In the 3-year-old colt trotting division such freshman standouts as Royalty For Life and Major Athens have been nominated while the sophomore filly trot has attracted Handover Belle and local sensation Trot Fudge Sundae.
The 3-year-old divisions all have a sustaining payment of $1,500 due on March 15. The older horses have a sustaining payment of $2,000 due on April 15.
Nominations for all the 2-year-old divisions are due March 15 as well.
For a complete list of all Balmoral Park stakes nominations including American Nationals, Hanover Stakes and Super Night stakes please visit www.balmoralpark.com.
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