Gelding World Cup - Year 65

[Laura Ferguson]

It's that time of year! Can you believe it? This year's Steward's Cup is at The Spa, so we’ll join in (any all weather races could be at Artificial Arena, mixers at Mixed Up Downs, harness at The Meadowfields and steeplechases at Chaser Downs). If people want to sponsor additional steeplechases/all weather/mixed breed races, please feel free - the more the merrier!

The dirt and turf races will once again be run on Week 16 THURSDAY, with the baby races. That gives them a little more attention, so they're not lost in the glom of Week 16 Friday races. The steeplechase and all weather races will be run on Week 16 MONDAY, and if anyone wants to sponsor a mixed breed/harness race, they'd obviously be on the Wednesday

Here are last year's races and sponsors - I'll let last year's sponsors have first crack at doing it again, but if for whatever reason, they can't/don't, I'll open them up for someone else to sponsor on Wednesday, October 25th (and feel free to downgrade/upgrade the stakes in terms of purse/grade; whatever works for your finances). Game Point and a Half Day is October 24th, which is nice timing. Please do not jump in prior to October 25th to sponsor an existing race that was not sponsored by you last SIM year unless the sponsor has posted they're not sponsoring this year. Thank you! That said, if you want to create/sponsor a brand new race or resurrect one that was not held last year, please feel free to do that at any time.

As always, thanks for everyone's generosity. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks! Laura

MONDAY - Artificial Arena for all weather, Chaser Downs for steeplechasers - ALL SPONSORED

1 1/4 miles. All Weather. Thoroughbred. "Gwc The Lava Man Stakes." Sponsored by Kelly L. Haggerty. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $125,000 - Grade 3 - Kelly Haggerty

3 1/4 miles. Turf. Steeplechase. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Cross Country Stakes." Sponsored by Carolyn Eaton. 5 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $100,000 - Carolyn Eaton

1 mile. All Weather. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Footlong Stakes." Sponsored by Darcy McBride. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $100,000 - Carolyn Eaton

4 1/2 furlongs. All Weather. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Prince Cara Stakes." Sponsored by Autumn Blackmill. 2 year olds. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $75,000 - Autumn Blackmill

1 mile. All Weather. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Perfect Moment Stakes." Sponsored by Autumn Blackmill. 2 year olds. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $75,000 - Autumn Blackmill

1 1/16 miles. All Weather. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Seeking A Storm Stakes." Sponsored by Autumn Blackmill. 2 year olds. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $75,000 - Autumn Blackmill

6 furlongs. All Weather. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Maggot Stakes." Sponsored by Autumn Blackmill. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $75,000 - Autumn Blackmill

2 1/2 miles. All Weather. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Jog Along Stakes." Sponsored by Autumn Blackmill. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $75,000 - Autumn Blackmill

2 miles. Turf. Steeplechase. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Legendofthepeople Stakes." Sponsored by Autumn Blackmill. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $75,000 - Autumn Blackmill

4 miles. Turf. Steeplechase. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Royal Centurion Stakes." Sponsored by Autumn Blackmill. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $75,000 - Autumn Blackmill

WEDNESDAY - Mixed Up Downs/The Meadowfields - ALL SPONSORED

1 mile. Dirt. Standardbred-Trotter. "Gwc - Greyhound Stakes." Sponsored by Tom Lin. 2 year olds. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $75,000 - Tom Lin

1 mile. Dirt. Standardbred-Pacer. "Gwc Gallo Blue Chip Stakes." Sponsored by Lori Hamill. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $100,000 - Lori Hamill

1 mile. Dirt. Standardbred-Trotter. "Gwc Mr Muscleman Stakes." Sponsored by Kent Saunders. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $100,000 - Kent Saunders

300 yards. Dirt. Paint. "GWC Maddish Sprint Stakes." Sponsored by Tammy Stawicki. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $100,000 - Tammy Stawicki

220 yards. Dirt. Quarter Horse. "G W C Kaweah Bar Stakes." Sponsored by Laura Ferguson. 4 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $50,000 - Laura Ferguson

870 yards. Dirt. Paint. "Gwc Woxhoox Stakes." Sponsored by Rebecca Rose Hepburn. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $100,000 - Rebecca Rose Hepburn

5 furlongs. Dirt. Arabians. "Gwc Sharino Stakes." Sponsored by Lisa Bennert. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $50,000 - Lisa Bennert

400 yards. Dirt. Appaloosa. "Gwc Zippy Stakes." Sponsored by Lisa Bennert. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Purse $50,000 - Lisa Bennert

650 yards. Dirt. Quarter Horse. "GWC Scary Cat Stakes." Sponsored by Tom Lin. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Purse $100,000 - Tom Lin

870 yards. Dirt. Quarter Horse. "Gwc Gone To The Mountain." Sponsored by Tom Lin. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $75,000 - Tom Lin

870 yards. Dirt. Appaloosa. "Gwc Wild-n-ready." Sponsored by Tom Lin. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $75,000 - Tom Lin

2 miles. Dirt. Arabian. "G W C Pheidippides Stakes." Sponsored by Steve Leavitt. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $100,000 - Steve Leavitt

1 mile. Dirt. Standardbred-Pacer. "Gwc Juvenile Pace." Sponsored by Gary Mannion. 2 year olds. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $75,000 - Gary Mannion

350 yards. Dirt. Appaloosa. "Gwc A Good Irish Stakes." Sponsored by Diane Townsend. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $100,000 - Diane Townsend

400 yards. Dirt. Paint. "GWC Chicama Stakes." NEW. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $100,000 - Cesar Raez

THURSDAY RACES - to be carded at The Spa - 3 LEFT

1 mile. Turf. Thoroughbred. "G W C Da Hoss Stakes." Sponsored by Laura Ferguson. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $75,000 - Laura Ferguson

1 1/4 miles. Turf. Thoroughbred. "G W C John Henry Stakes." Sponsored by Laura Ferguson. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $75,000 - Laura Ferguson

1 1/8 miles. Dirt. Thoroughbred. "G W C Forego Stakes." Sponsored by Laura Ferguson. 4 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $75,000 - Laura Ferguson

1 mile. Dirt. Thoroughbred. "The Funny Cide Mile." Sponsored by Carolyn Eaton. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $125,000 - Grade 3 - Carolyn Eaton

1 mile. Dirt. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Juvenile Mile Stakes." Sponsored by Kelly L. Haggerty. 2 year olds. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $75,000 - Kelly Haggerty

1 1/16 miles. Dirt. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Native Diver Stake." Sponsored by Nick Gilmore. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $125,000 - Grade 3 - Nick Gilmore

1 1/2 miles. Turf. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Sir William Stake." Sponsored by Nick Gilmore. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $125,000 - Grade 3 - Nick Gilmore

6 furlongs. Dirt. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Kona Gold Stakes." Sponsored by Darcy McBride. 2 year olds. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $125,000 - Grade 3 - Darcy McBride

6 1/2 furlongs. Dirt. Thoroughbred. "GWC King Henry Stakes." Sponsored by Darcy McBride. 3 year olds. Geldings. Purse $125,000 - Grade 3 - Darcy McBride

2 miles. Dirt. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Kelso Marathon." Sponsored by David Howard. 4 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $100,000 - David Howard

1 1/4 miles. Dirt. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Evening Attire Memorial." Sponsored by Leigh Ann Anderson. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $125,000 - Grade 3 - Leigh Ann Anderson

2 1/8 miles. Turf. Thoroughbred "Gwc Karl Smythe Stakes." Sponsored by Paul Sellers. 4 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $150,000 -

6 furlongs. Turf. Thoroughbred "Gwc Fishing the Keys Stakes." Sponsored by T.D. Palm. 2 year olds. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $50,000 - T.D. Palm

7 furlongs. Dirt. Thoroughbred "Gwc Roamer Stakes." Sponsored by Darcy McBride. 4 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $125,000 - Darcy McBride

1 mile. Dirt. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Straightaway Stakes." Sponsored by Andrew James. 3 year olds. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $100,000 -

1 1/16 miles. Turf. Thoroughbred. "Freshman Frolic." Sponsored by Kelly Haggerty. 2 year olds. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $50,000 - Kelly Haggerty

1 1/8 miles. Turf. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Radioactive Man Stakes." Sponsored by Diane Townsend. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $100,000 -

6 furlongs. Turf. Thoroughbred. 6 furlongs. Turf. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Nevermind Stakes." Sponsored by Diane Townsend. 3 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $100,000 - Diane Townsend

1 1/8 miles. Turf. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Sibelius Derby." Sponsored by Paul Sellers. 3 year olds. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $75,000 -

2 miles. Dirt. Thoroughbred. "Gwc Dirt Marathon." Sponsored by Carolyn Eaton. 4 year olds and up. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $125,000 - Grade 3 - Carolyn Eaton

1 mile. Turf. Thoroughbred. "GWC Race With Lions." NEW. 2 year olds. Geldings. Stakes. Purse $100,000 - Diane Townsend

[Tammy Stawicki]

My paint sprint stakes is up: https://www.simhorseracing.com/race.php?RaceID=2190444

I renamed it to the Maddish Sprint Stakes in honor of my paint gelding Maddish who won the race 3x when it was the Egret Sprint stakes.

[Kent Saunders]

I will sponsor my usual "Gwc Mr Muscleman Stakes."

Kent

[Lori Hamill]

https://www.simhorseracing.com/race.php?RaceID=2190462

Standardbred-Pacer. "Gwc Gallo Blue Chip Stakes

[Rebecca Rose Hepburn]

I'll sponsor the Gwc Woxhoox Stakes again

[Nick Gilmore]

Gwc Native Diver Stakes
Gwc Sir William Stakes

Ready for entries Laura, thanks for the heads up!

[Carolyn Eaton]

I will sponsor my three - just have to wait for GP 1/2 day next week!

[Laura Ferguson]

Updated through here. Thanks!

[Lisa Bennert]

Nope, can't believe it's actually that time of the year again and am a little dirstraught now, lol

https://www.simhorseracing.com/race.php?RaceID=2190739 Gwc Zippy Stakes
https://www.simhorseracing.com/race.php?RaceID=2190740 Gwc Sharino Stakes

Thanks Laura

[Darcy McBride]

I will do my 3 Dirt Sprint races again.

[Diane Townsend]

I'm dropping the TR race I did as I believe there are more than enough TR races and it contributes little. I will do my other 2 I sponsored last year and may add 1 other.

[Carolyn Eaton]

My three are up:
The chase: https://www.simhorseracing.com/race.php?RaceID=2190782

The mile: https://www.simhorseracing.com/race.php?RaceID=2190783

The Marathon: https://www.simhorseracing.com/race.php?RaceID=2190784

[Kelly Haggerty]

My 3 are up

[Rebecca Rose Hepburn]

Mine is up https://www.simhorseracing.com//race.php?RaceID=2190816

[Autumn Blackmill]

My 7 are all up