For the upcoming season, The Meadowlands will institute an Early Closer Participation (ECP) payment on foals of 2024 which will be required to be made to The Meadowlands to gain eligibility for nomination to all Meadowlands 2-year-old Early Closers in 2026.
Category: Staking
Meadowlands Stallion Stakes & EC participation payments on foals of 2025
The Meadowlands will require a Stallion Early Closer Participation Payment to provide eligibility for their foals of 2025 for Meadowlands Stakes & Early Closers that comes due (postmarked by) Feb. 15, 2026.
USTA announces expansion of Graded Stakes program for 2026
The United States Trotting Association announced Monday (Dec. 22) that the Standardbred Graded Stakes Committee has approved the addition of eight new graded stakes races for the 2026 racing season, bringing the total number of graded stakes events to 179.
Preordering available for Stakes Guide
The USTA is taking preorders for the 2026 Stakes Guide, including the Stakes Event Guide, Stakes Conditions Booklet, Stakes Calendar and Yearling Nomination Book.
Graded Stakes Committee meets; 2026 grades to be released in December
Harness racing’s Graded Stakes Committee met Nov. 18-19 at the Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame in Goshen, N.Y., to review graded stakes from 2025 and assign provisional grades for 2026.
Meadowlands stallion nomination list updated
The Meadowlands would like to remind potential buyers at the upcoming commercial yearling sales of the new Stallion Early Closer Participation program for foals of 2024.
Canadian Trotting Classic, Elegantimage supplements due Monday
Woodbine Mohawk Park’s race office would like to remind owners and trainers that supplements to the Canadian Trotting Classic and Elegantimage, a pair of Grade 1 events for 3-year-old trotters, are due this Monday (Sept. 8).
Meadowlands stallion nomination list
The Meadowlands is grateful for the support from all of the connections who nominated horses to the Stallion Early Closer Participation program for foals of 2024.
Milton Stakes supplements due Mon.
Woodbine Mohawk Park’s race office is reminding owners and trainers that the deadline for supplements to the C$205,000 (est.) Milton Stakes, for open pacing mares, is this Monday (Sept. 1).