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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NJSS ADDS THIRD LEG FOR FRESHMEN IN 2024

Meadowlands Media • November 27, 2023

The New Jersey Sires Stakes will add a third preliminary leg to the program’s Premier Division for 2-year-old pacers and trotters in 2024 ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -- November 27, 2023 -- The New Jersey Sires Stakes will add a third preliminary leg to the program’s Premier Division for 2-year-old pacers and trotters in 2024.


This expansion serves the considerable increase in both the quantity and quality of NJ breds over the past several years.


This growth is a direct result of the New Jersey legislators vision to support and nurture the growth of NJ’s regional breeding program with an annual grant beginning in 2019.


Mike Gulotta, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Sire Stakes, observed, “Adding a third leg to the 2-year-old Sire Stakes represents yet another step forward for the NJSS program which only recently raised its purses by 20 percent.”


Tentatively, the 2-year-old NJSS will be raced at The Meadowlands throughout the month of July with all leg purses set at $25,000 and the finals for each division on Hambletonian weekend at $240,000.


“Adding a third leg gives the trainer the option of giving the horse a week off if they choose. It also provides another chance for those who need it for one reason or another,” was Meadowlands President Jeff Gural’s take.

Further information on the program may be found on the NJSS website.

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