ROAD TO
THE HAMBO
Road to Hambletonian 2024
Harness Racing’s Greatest Day, featuring the Hambletonian Final and Hambletonian Oaks Final
Date & Time
Saturday, August 3
Doors Open 10 a.m.
First Post 12 Noon
Admission $5
Commemorative 99th Hambletonian baseball cap included with all paid admission.
Dress Code
We encourage everyone to wear their finest fits (best summer attire) – especially in our dining areas (Trotters, Pink, Skybox Suites, the Lounge & Victory Terrace).
Fun & Festivities
- Special Guest Emmy Award-Winning TV Star Carson Kressley in the Backyard 3:30-6:30 pm.
- Live music in the Backyard by the Craig Sailer Project.
- Carnival rides & games throughout the Backyard
- Hambo Hat Contest
- Sign up between 10 am – 1pm in the Clubhouse Lobby
- First Prize $500
- 2nd Place $250
- 3rd Place $100
- 4th Place $50
- Fanciest $100
- FanZone Tent with free swag giveaways all day
- Driver & Trainer autograph session 10:30 am – 12 noon
- Food Trucks:
- Delicious Lola Josefa’s
- Carnival Concessions
- Rods Fish N Chips
- Star of the Sea Seafood
- Cat Like Reflexes
- Clydes Homemade Italian Ice & Ice Cream
- Bitch’n Bacon
- Eat My Balls
- The Empanada Truck
- The Mozzrella God
- Antojitos de mi Tierra
- Mi Sabor Boricua
Stakes
Purses are estimated
- $1 Million Hambletonian
- $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks
- $300,000 John Cashman Memorial
- $275,000 Cane Pace
- $275,000 Sam McKee Memorial
- $175,000 Lady Liberty
- $175,000 John R. Steele
- $90,000 Shady Daisy
Thank You Hambletonian Sponsors
Guarantee your spot to dine and watch an epic day of stakes races on Saturday, August 3, 2024.
PROMENADE $300
- Semi-shaded area along the top of our grandstand seats
- Seats up to 4 people
- Includes admission
2nd FLOOR LOUNGE $50 – $200
- Center of the action with front row seat to Victory’s giant screens. 1-person bar seats as well as 2- and 4- top tables and couches available.
- Seating for 1-4 people
- Table cost acts as food credit for use at Victory
- Admission not included
- Opens 10:00 a.m.
- Reservation valid through end of live racing.
OUTDOOR CAFE $100
- Tables are located near the Winner’s Circle
- Seats up to 4 people
- Table cost acts as $100 food credit for use at the Cafe
- Admission not included
West Tent Dining:
- Tent has great views of the track and finish line
- per person (excludes tax and gratuity)
- Menu features brisket, beef sliders, mac & cheese, salads and dessert
- West Tent Menu
Call to reserve
Trotters/West Deck Dining/Pink Dining:
- Dining rooms open to Trotters members, horse owners with horses in to go Saturday, August 3
- These 3 areas feature the same menu which includes boneless ribeye, Atlantic salmon, chicken piccata and a variety of salads and desserts
Since 1981, the Meadowlands Racetrack has hosted the Hambletonian.
Past Hambletonian winners at the Meadowlands are list below. For a complete history of the Hambletonian click here
2023 Tactical Approach