STANDARDBRED BREEDERS & OWNERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY

Representing the drivers, trainers, caretakers, breeders and owners of New Jersey

64 Business Route 33

Manalapan, NJ 07726

Phone: 732-462-2357

Fax: 732-409-0741

STANDARDBRED BREEDERS & OWNERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY

Representing the drivers, trainers, caretakers, breeders and owners of New Jersey

64 Business Route 33, Manalapan, NJ 07726 

Phone: 732-462-2357 | Fax: 732-409-0741

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2024 BREEDERS CROWN CHARITY CHALLENGE UPDATE II

Meadowlands Racetrack • October 16, 2024

The 2024 Breeders Crown Charity Challenge continues this weekend, October 18-19th, with the Challenge Influencer Handicapping Contest ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -- October 16, 2024 -- The 2024 Breeders Crown Charity Challenge continues this weekend, October 18-19th, with the Challenge Influencer Handicapping Contest. 

 

Jessica Otten, Dawnelle Mock, Jenna Otten, and Mary McDermott will battle it out in this mythical contest to earn needed points for their respective teams. 


·         SBH Health System, Bronx, NY

·         Team Gingras: Jenna Otten, Tony Alagna, Burke Racing/Weaver Bruscemi


·        Friends of Union County

·          Team Dunn: Jessica Otten, Nancy Takter, Courant


·        enCourage Kids, NY

·          Team Tetrick: Mary McDermott, Ake Svanstedt, Bill Pollock


·        New Jersey YMCA State Alliance

·          Team David Miller:Dawnelle Mock, Marcus Melander, Brad Grant


Handicapping Contest Format

• Each race night, the influencers will be given $100 in “mythical battle money.”
• Their mythical wagers can be on any race/wager offered on the race card.
• The $100 must be wagered each night
• The combined earnings from each night will determine the order of finish, with 1st receiving 50 points, 2nd 25 points, 3rd 15 points, and 4th 10 points.

 

Remaining Ways Teams Earn Points:

  • Through October 19, Driver and Trainer team performance on the Grand Circuit. Every time they are in a primary stakes race, they earn points that are calculated.



The teams have already earned points in the August double-seater jog cart race. SBH Health System from the Bronx, with CFO Mary Grochowiski, took home first place and 50 points. Julie Gallanty, CEO of the New Jersey YMCA State Alliance, grabbed 25 points by finishing second. Emma Wolk, the Director of Development at Kids’ Direct, scored 15 points with her third-place finish. John Roman, representing Friends of Union County, received 10 points.


Additional points were earned at the Charity Challenge Open House, where SBH took home 50 points, enCourage Kids and the NJ YMCA State Alliance earned 17 points, and Friends of Union County earned 16 points. 

 

The check presentations will take place on Friday, October 25, following Race 2 on the night’s card, which features the Breeders Crown two-year-old Finals. 


The Breeders Crown Charity Challenge was conceived to create positive relationships with the local community, raise awareness, and fund local charities. From 2019-2023 the Challenge raised over $1.5 Million for charity. This year’s Challenge has raised over $345,000.

 

Thank you to the 2024 Charity Challenge Sponsors:

  • Diamond Sponsors: Meadowlands Racetrack & FanDuel


  • Platinum Sponsors
  • Marvin & Lynn Katz
  • Diamond Creek
  • Brad Grant
  • Burke Racing & Weaver Bruscemi
  • Bill Pollock
  • Anders Strom – Courant, Inc.
  • Takter Stable
  • Melander Stable
  • Svanstedt Stable
  • Alagna Racing
  • Brittany Farms
  • Kentuckiana Farms
  • Hunterton Sales Agency
  • Cameo Hills Farm
  • Armitage Farm
  • M&L of Delaware


  • Gold Sponsors
  • Dexter Dunn
  • Yannick Gingras
  • Dave Miller
  • Tim Tetrick
  • Julie Miller
  • Carter Pinske
  • Southwind Farms
  • Walnridge Farm
  • Lucas Wallin
  • Todd McCarthy
  • Scott Zeron


Everything Breeders Crown can be viewed at https://playmeadowlands.com/event/breeders-crown-championships/

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