Three Prospect Series races highlight Saturday card at Hiawatha

Hiawatha Horse Park has a 10-race card Saturday night featuring three $10,000 Prospect Series trot divisions, with 84 horses drawn and $68,900 in total purses. First post is 6:30 p.m.

Three $10,000 Prospect Series races will highlight a 10-race harness racing card Saturday night at Hiawatha Horse Park.

A total of 84 horses have been drawn for the Aug. 29 program, which carries $68,900 in purses and begins with a 6:30 p.m. first post.

The Prospect Series begins with the third race at approximately 7:10 p.m., featuring three-year-old trotting colts and geldings. Two divisions for three-year-old trotting fillies follow in races four and five, each carrying a $10,000 purse.

The rest of the card includes conditioned, claiming and pacing events before the night closes with a $6,600 Preferred 3 Handicap pace scheduled for 9:30 p.m.

Hiawatha’s five-eighths-mile track hosts live racing from May through September. The 2026 meet began May 23 and continues every Saturday evening through Sept. 26, with a regular 6:30 p.m. post time. The track identifies the Ontario Prospect Series as one of the recurring features of its summer racing calendar.

That leaves four more Saturday race nights after this weekend, including the season finale on Sept. 26.Saturday’s first race is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Hiawatha Horse Park.