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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UPDATE ON 2027 MEADOWLANDS PACE ELIGIBILITY

Meadowlands Racetrack • 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 ...

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.

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Beginning Thursday, May 7th and continuing each Thursday morning through Thursday, May 28th the Meadowlands Racetrack will offer its racing oval to those trainers wanting to train their horses over the surface ...
By  Media Relations Department April 14, 2026
This Saturday, April 18, the Meadowlands Racetrack and Carmine’s NYC are hosting an Evening with Carmine’s at the Meadowlands, a one-night dining experience honoring the legacy of the late Carmine Abbatiello ...
By Dave Little, Meadowlands Media Relations April 14, 2026
The TV teams at The Meadowlands and the New York Racing Association (NYRA) are joining forces for a sixth consecutive year to bring some of the biggest stakes events at the No. 1 harness track in the world to a national television audience on the networks of FOX Sports ...
By Hambletonian Society April 13, 2026
Horsemen are reminded that staking payments for the following races are due April 15 ...
By Meadowlands Racetrack April 13, 2026
The Meadowlands Racetrack would like to remind everyone that sustaining payments for our rich stakes program are to be postmarked by tax day Wednesday, April 15th, 2026 ...
By Dave Little, Meadowlands Media Relations April 12, 2026
Odds On Wildfire was cutting out blazing-hot fractions on the front end in the Saturday night feature at The Meadowlands, and just like on Dec. 13 of last year, the Geovany Hernandez owned and trained 4-year-old held on nonetheless in another speed-show spectacular for the gelded son of Bettor’s Wish-Odds On Naples ...
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