Clerk of Scales Keller Joins Finger Lakes Hall of Fame
Jack Keller, the longtime clerk of scales at Finger Lakes, will be inducted into the track's Hall of Fame June 13.
Jack Keller, the longtime clerk of scales at Finger Lakes, will be inducted into the track's Hall of Fame June 13.
Racing will be run May 19 and May 21 next week.
Opening day at Finger Lakes, a rite of spring in the Finger Lakes region since 1962, is set for April 28. The 64th season of Thoroughbred action at "The Thumb" features 91 racing days through Nov. 26.
Seven New York-bred 2-year-olds were sent to the post for the $45,000 Tin Cup Chalice Stakes at Finger Lakes Nov. 18 and after a thrilling stretch run, it was Cast a Coin who would tenaciously come out the victor.
The Tin Cup Chalice Stakes, the final stakes race on the 2024 Finger Lakes calendar, kicks off the season's penultimate week of racing at the track.
The $165,368 New York Breeders' Futurity highlights one of the richest cards in the history of Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack, with three stakes races and four claiming-series finals packed into the nine-race program Oct. 21.
Finger Lakes & Gaming's signature race, the Finger Lakes Derby, features stakes winner Pandagate July 15.
Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack will move their first race post time to 1:00 p.m. EST beginning July 15.