Please note the Meadowlands Racetrack is walking back the earlier notification stating that the February 15 $400 Early Closer Participation (ECP) payment on foals of 2024 would be required to maintain eligibility for the 2027 Meadowlands Pace ...
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -- January 13, 2026 -- Please note the Meadowlands Racetrack is walking back the earlier notification stating that the February 15 $400 Early Closer Participation (ECP) payment on foals of 2024 would be required to maintain eligibility for the 2027 Meadowlands Pace.
The Meadowlands Pace 2027, as a “stake” will be excluded from the Meadowlands Early Closer Participation program.
Any horse paid into the 2027 Meadowlands Pace by the yearling nomination payment (listed here) last year will NOT be required to make the $400 ECP payment to continue to sustain to the race.
Payment of the 2-year-old February 15 $400 ECP is required for participation in all Meadowlands Early Closers and baby races for the life of the horse.
Meadowlands Pace Night delivered all of the drama and thrills that the sport’s biggest evening of racing promised it would on Saturday (July 11) at The Meadowlands, as not only did some star performers walk away with big stakes events scores, but in the process, prepared for races that are even more harness-calendar impactful ...
On Wednesday (June 15) a group of local preschool children experienced the thrilling world of equestrian sports firsthand during a special interactive educational day hosted by the Chris Ryder Stable at Winners International Farms ...
Due to NFL pre-season games on August 14 & August 28, stakes races previously scheduled on those dates will be moved ...
The recipients have been named for the 2026 scholarships awarded by the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ) and the Backstretch Community Assistance Program (BCAP) ...
Brandon Blvd took the lead on the backstretch and then held off a slew of challengers in the stretch to capture the Grade 1 $810,000 Meadowlands Pace, for 3-year-olds, in 1:48.1 Saturday (July 11) at The Meadowlands ...
Torrid fractions poised double millionaire Bythemissal for a furious bid from last down the center of the track to score his first stakes win as a 7-year-old with a 1:47 upset at 55-1 in the first of two $135,700 divisions of the Grade 2 William Haughton Memorial on Saturday night (July 11) at The Meadowlands ...