First-ever harness racing Graded Stakes list for 2025 announced
At 0h02, on January 7, 2025 • By USTA Communications Department
For the first time ever, harness racing in the U.S. and Canada will have a schedule of Graded and Restricted Graded Stakes races in 2025. The list of Grade 1, 2 and 3 was announced Monday (Jan. 6).
During the inaugural year of the program, there will be a total of 171 Graded Stakes, including 47 Grade 1, 47 Grade 2 and 77 Grade 3 races.
Graded Stakes for the harness racing industry had been a topic of discussion for more than 20 years when, at the request of the major sales companies and breeders, with the U.S. Trotting Association supporting the project, a Graded Stakes Committee was created in 2023 to address it.
