from the Meadowlands Publicity Department

East Rutherford, NJ — The third annual Perretti Matchmaker Stakes will bring together a classy field of top older trotting mares competing for a large purse check and breeding to one of the farm’s elite stallions on Saturday night (July 28) at the Meadowlands.

The Perretti Matchmaker Stakes will be limited to the top 10 entrants based on their official United States Trotting Association lifetime earnings at the time of entry. There is a starting fee of $2,500. With the Meadowlands adding $75,000, the final is expected to be worth $100,000.

The winner of the race will receive a breeding to one of the following premier trotting stallions at Perretti Farms in Cream Ridge, New Jersey: Muscles Yankee, Windsong’s Legacy or Revenue.

Muscles Yankee, the 1998 Hambletonian winner, was the leading moneywinning trotting sire in 2003, 2004 and 2005. He stands for a stud fee of $20,000.

Windsong’s Legacy, 2004 Trotter of the Year and Triple Crown winner, stands for a fee of $12,500. His first crop of yearlings will be sold in 2007.

Revenue, who stands for a fee of $5,000, was a champion on both sides of the Atlantic before he retired to Perretti Farms. He won some of the most prestigious trotting events in the world, including the Prix de France, World Cup Trot, Allerage Farms Trot, Nat Ray and Copenhagen Cup, among others. Revenue’s first foals will sell in 2007.