by Courtney Stafford, Publicity Consultant for SBOANJ

Manalapan, NJ — The SBOAJ is offering three new conditions for foals of 2016. All stakes will be for 2-and 3-year-olds. All nominations for these events are due May 15.

The New Jersey Garden State Trot for 2-and 3-year-olds will replace the Dancer and Smith trots once these events have ended. The 2 year-old races will be held at the Meadowlands in 2018. The 3-year-olds will race at Freehold Raceway in 2019.This year’s nominations will be paid by the SBOANJ. Please send in a nomination form only.

The Futurity #53 will be limited to trotters only. The nomination fee is $25.

The New Jersey Home Grown Pace is a new event open to foals of 2016 that are New Jersey-sired or New Jersey Sire Stake Development Fund eligible or foaled in New Jersey. Ideally, the dates will coincide with the New Jersey Sire Stakes program at Freehold Raceway and offer owners an opportunity to race extended dates.

The fee is $25 for New Jersey-sired and Standardbred Development Fund eligible and $150 for yearlings who are not eligible to the Standardbred Development Fund.

The conditions and nominations forms are available at SBOANJ.com.