MEADOWLANDS EARLY CLOSING EVENTS FOR OLDER HORSES ALL RACES ARE TVG LEGS JOHN CASHMAN MEMORIAL OPEN TROT - ARTHUR CUTLER MEMORIAL OPEN TROT JOHN R STEELE MEMORIAL OPEN MARE TROT GOLDEN GIRLS OPEN MARE PACE - LADY LIBERTY OPEN MARE PACE WR HAUGHTON MEMORIAL OPEN PACE SAM MCKEE MEMORIAL OPEN PACE Owned & Serviced By: The Meadowlands Sponsored By: The Meadowlands,et al. For: 3YO and up To Be Raced As: Single events with a possible consolation To Be Raced At: The Meadowlands Cancellation: The Sponsors reserve the right to cancel any or all of the races if it becomes impractical or undesirable in the opinion of The Sponsors to conduct said races. If an event is not raced, The Sponsors responsibility and liability shall be limited to refunding, without interest, all payments collected toward these events. These monies will be pro-rated among those owners of horses eligible at the time of cancellation. Estimated Purses & Added Money: RACE PURSE ADDED RACE PURSE ADDED CASHMAN: $300,000 $145,000 CUTLER: $200,000 $70,000 STEELE: $155,000 $70,000 WR HAUGHTON: $475,000 $240,000 MCKEE: $260,000 $100,000 GOLDEN GIRLS: $200,000 $60,000 LADY LIBERTY: $200,000 $60,000 Payments: See website www.meadowlandsracetrack.com or USTA Stakes Guide Supplemental Nomination/Declaration: There shall be no supplemental nomination or declaration to these events. Declaration: Declarations will close at the time and date designated on the condition sheet of the Host Track. Declaration fees shall be due at the time of declaration and payable before the horse starts. Declaration fees should be made payable to the Host Track. There are no refunds for scratched horses. At the time of declaration, horses declared to race in these events must have a past performance line that meets the current qualifying standard for stakes and/or added money races at the Host Track. Notice: USTA Rule 11 Sec 3 provides: Failure to make any payment required by the conditions constitutes an automatic withdrawal from the event. Racing Conditions: The twelve (12) highest 2018-19 money winners (USTA records) that declare will race at the distance of a mile and one eighth. If ten or fewer declare the race will be at one mile. If a consolation can be filled with sufficient wagering interests, that may be raced for 25% of the total purse pool before entry fees are added and the main event will race for 75% of the total purse pool before entry fees are added. Entry fee for the consolation will be $1,000. Any horse that is declared for this race but does not draw in either event due to the above condition (including a horse drawn as also eligible that does not draw into the race) and meets the track s qualifying standards for the race will have their nomination and sustaining fees refunded in full and shall NOT be liable for the entry fee. Money Division: One-percent of the purse will be awarded to each horse finishing sixth through last. The balance of the purse shall be distributed 50% - 25% - 12% - 8% - 5%. Disputes: All owners, trainers and drivers of horses nominated to this event must be accepted to participate at the Host Track or the nomination/entry may be denied without refund of previous payments. Any change of trainers made fewer than 30 days or within four starts of the date of this race will be reviewed by the sponsor and if not accepted, may result in refusal of entry. Sponsors reserve the right to amend conditions as deemed necessary without liability. Rules: A minimum of seven (7) separate interests may be required in any event or the event may be cancelled. All starters are subject to the detention policy of the Host Track. The rules of the Host Track and its state Racing Commission along with the USTA shall govern unless otherwise specified in these conditions. These races are subject to the Stallion Restriction Condition (SRC) see Meadowlands website for details. Any horse nominated to any Meadowlands stakes/event must be in the care of an approved trainer by April 15, 2019 for any stake/event raced during the month of May and by May 15 for all other 2019 stakes/events. In addition, any owner who participates in a Meadowlands Stake or Early Closing event (with added money greater than $25,000) with a trainer who has an outstanding Class 1, Class 2 or TC02 positive test having occurred on or after January 1, 2019 and under appeal in any jurisdiction will be declared ineligible to participate in any Meadowlands Stake or Early Closing event for 12 months following the conviction if such trainer is subsequently found guilty relating to the Class 1, Class 2 or TC02 positive test. Nominator also agrees that any horse paid into any Meadowlands stake/event may be required to be stabled for up to 14 days at an approved facility within a 150 mile radius of The Meadowlands or the Tioga or Vernon Downs stable area or an approved facility in a state that agrees to cooperate in an out of competition testing protocol by the date set by The Meadowlands for that stake/event for the purpose of out of competition testing. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in any agreement created by the acceptance of any stakes payment to be declared void at the discretion of The Meadowlands rendering the horse(s) in question ineligible to race in those stakes/events with no liability to The Meadowlands and no assurance of a refund of payments previously made to the stake/event in question. A nomination to these events is an agreement to the above terms and conditions.
GRADUATE SERIES Four Year Old Trotters & Pacers Serviced By: The Meadowlands Sponsored By: The Meadowlands; et al. For: 4 Year-Old Pacers & Trotters To Be Raced As: Preliminary legs and a Final. Estimated Purse: Legs at $75,000/$50,000 div/ Final: $250,000 for each event To Be Raced At: Final at The Meadowlands Cancellation: The Sponsors reserve the right to cancel any or all of the races if it becomes impractical or undesirable in the opinion of The Sponsors to conduct said races. If the Final event is not raced, The Sponsors responsibility and liability shall be limited to refunding, without interest, all payments collected toward these events. These monies will be pro-rated among those owners of horses eligible at the time of cancellation. Added Money: Sponsors will add a minimum of $200,000 to these races. These funds, barring any unforeseen circumstance which may preclude this, in addition to all monies paid in by nominating horsemen shall constitute the purses for this event. Payments: (US Funds only): A nomination to this event requires payment as listed below. All payments are forfeits. February 15 $2,000 March 15 $3,000 Declaration Fee for Legs 2% of Purse Declaration Fee for Final 2% of Purse Supplemental Nomination/Declaration: There shall be no supplemental nomination or declaration to these events. Declaration: All declarations for these events will close at the time and date designated on the condition sheet at the Host Track. Declaration fee shall be due at the time of declaration and payable before the horse starts. Declaration fees should be made payable to the Host Track. There are no refunds for scratched horses. At the time of declaration, horses declared to race in these events must have a past performance line that meets the current qualifying standard for stakes and/or added money races at the Host Track. Any horse eligible via the point standings to race in the final of this event will be considered Qualified to Race in the final. Notice: USTA Rule 11 Sec 3 provides: Failure to make any payment required by the conditions constitutes an automatic withdrawal from the event. Racing Conditions: If more than may be accommodated in a single division declare to start in any leg, the Host Track may adopt any of the methods of dividing the race then current in the rules and regulations. If any leg is raced in divisions, each division shall race for the purse listed above. Sponsors reserve the right to conduct any of the legs or the final at a distance other than one mile. Eligibility for Final: To start in any Graduate Series Final, horses must be declared for that race with the Racing Office by the time posted on the condition sheet. The maximum number of starters in the Graduate Series Final(s) shall equal the number of positions on the starting gate of the Host Track. The point leader(s) at the time of the draw for the final shall draw from post positions 1-6. To be guaranteed eligibility for in the Final(s), a horse must start in no fewer than half (50%) of the preliminary legs scheduled in their Series division. In the event that the number of horses eligible as provided in these conditions declared into any final exceeds the maximum number specified by these conditions, a point system (listed below), based on the official order of finish: (1) at the Host Track for the applicable preliminary leg and (2) at the time the entry box for the Final is closed, will determine preference for the Final. GRADUATE SERIES POINT SYSTEM 1 st Place = 35 Points 2 nd Place = 25 Points 3 rd Place = 15 Points 4 th Place = 10 Points 5 th Place = 8 Points 6 th Place = 6 Points 7 th Place = 4 Points 8 th Place = 2 Points 9 th Place and all other starters = 1 Point Dead-Heat: Any horses finishing in a Dead-Heat for any position will be awarded an equal share of the total number of points for the positions involved in the Dead-Heat.
TIE BREAKS: First, the horse(s) with the most starts in the preliminary legs of this series shall receive preference and if after that tie-breaker a tie remains, then: The horse(s) with the highest total earnings to date in the current season as compiled by the U.S.T.A. shall have preference. Any horse entering a designated point earning series event which does not fill and is not raced will receive SEVEN (7) points towards qualifying for the Final, plus credit for a start toward fulfilling any minimum number of starts requirement and toward tiebreaker a regarding eligibility for the finals. A horse scratched from an event, which is raced, will NOT receive credit or points toward meeting the starting requirements for the Final. Starters in Fewer than 50% of the Legs: All horses must be declared for the Final by declaration time. Notwithstanding any of the above conditions requiring a minimum number of starts in series legs, in the event a Final fails to fill to the extent as described in the above condition, those with fewer than the minimum starts that declare will then be considered for inclusion in the Final. The highest point earners in this group shall have preference in being added to the field, and in the event of ties, the above clause(s) will be used. Horses must be credited with at least one start in the series to be eligible to the Final. Money Division: Leg purses shall be left to the discretion of the Host Track. One-percent of the purse for the Final will be awarded to each horse finishing sixth through last in the Final. The balance of the Final purse shall be distributed 50% - 25% - 12% - 8% - 5%. Disputes: All owners, trainers and drivers of horses nominated to this event must be accepted to participate at the Host Track or the nomination/entry may be denied without refund of previous payments. Any change of trainers made fewer than 30 days or within four starts of the date of this race will be reviewed by the sponsor and if not accepted, may result in refusal of entry. Sponsors reserve the right to amend conditions as deemed necessary without liability. Rules: A minimum of seven (7) separate interests may be required in any event or the event may be cancelled. All starters are subject to the detention policy of the Host Track. The rules of the Host Track and its state Racing Commission along with the USTA shall govern unless otherwise specified in these conditions. These races are subject to the Stallion Restriction Condition (SRC) see Meadowlands website for details. Any horse nominated to any Meadowlands stakes/event must be in the care of an approved trainer by April 15, 2019 for any stake/event raced during the month of May and by May 15 for all other 2019 stakes/events. In addition, any owner who participates in a Meadowlands Stake or Early Closing event (with added money greater than $25,000) with a trainer who has an outstanding Class 1, Class 2 or TC02 positive test having occurred on or after January 1, 2019 and under appeal in any jurisdiction will be declared ineligible to participate in any Meadowlands Stake or Early Closing event for 12 months following the conviction if such trainer is subsequently found guilty relating to the Class 1, Class 2 or TC02 positive test. Nominator also agrees that any horse paid into any Meadowlands stake/event may be required to be stabled for up to 14 days at an approved facility within a 150 mile radius of The Meadowlands or the Tioga or Vernon Downs stable area or an approved facility in a state that agrees to cooperate in an out of competition testing protocol by the date set by The Meadowlands for that stake/event for the purpose of out of competition testing. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in any agreement created by the acceptance of any stakes payment to be declared void at the discretion of The Meadowlands rendering the horse(s) in question ineligible to race in those stakes/events with no liability to The Meadowlands and no assurance of a refund of payments previously made to the stake/event in question. A nomination to these events is an agreement to the above terms and conditions. DATE GAIT PURSE TRACK MAY 4 PACE $75,000/$50,000 MEADOWLANDS MAY 18 TROT $75,000/$50,000 MEADOWLANDS JUNE 1 PACE & TROT $75,000/$50,000 MOHAWK RACETRACK JUNE 9 PACE & TROT $75,000/$50,000 TIOGA DOWNS JUNE 21 TROT $75,000/$50,000 MEADOWLANDS JUNE 28 PACE $75,000/$50,000 MEADOWLANDS JULY 6 PACE & TROT FINALS $250,000E MEADOWLANDS
TVG FREE FOR ALL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Championship Finals for 3 Year-Year-olds & Up Serviced By: The Meadowlands Sponsored By: The Meadowlands; et al. For: 3 Year-Old & Up Pacers & Trotters with an Open and Mare division for each gait To Be Raced As: Preliminary legs and a Final. Estimated Purse: $350,000 for each Open Event / $175,000 for each Mare Event To Be Raced At: Final at The Meadowlands Cancellation: The Sponsors reserve the right to cancel any or all of the races if it becomes impractical/undesirable in the opinion of The Sponsors to conduct the races. If the Final event is not raced, The Sponsors responsibility and liability is limited to refunding, without interest, all payments collected toward the events. The monies will be pro-rated among those owners of horses eligible at the time of cancellation. Added Money: Sponsors will add a minimum of $300,000 to the purse for these races. These funds, barring any unforeseen circumstance, in addition to all monies paid in by nominating horsemen shall constitute the purses for this event. Payments: (US Funds only): A nomination to this event requires payment as listed below. All payments are forfeits. DATE OPEN MARES February 15 $1,250 $500 March 15 $1,500 $750 April 15 $2,000 $1,000 May 15 $2,250 $1,000 Declaration Fee for Open Races Designated as Legs $1,000 $1,000 Declaration Fee for Final $5,000 $2,500 Supplemental Nomination/Declaration: There shall be no supplemental nomination or declaration to these events. Declaration: All declarations for these events will close at the time and date designated on the condition sheet at the Host Track. Declaration fee shall be due at the time of declaration and payable before the horse starts. Declaration fees should be made payable to the Host Track. There are no refunds for scratched horses. At the time of declaration, horses declared to race in these events must have a past performance line that meets the current qualifying standard for stakes and/or added money races at the Host Track. Any horse eligible via the point standings to race in the final of this event will be considered Qualified to Race in the final. Notice: USTA Rule 11 provides: Failure to make any payment required by the conditions constitutes an automatic withdrawal from the event. Racing Conditions: If more than may be accommodated in a single division declare to start, the Host Track may adopt any of the methods of dividing the race then current in the rules and regulations. Sponsors reserve the right to conduct any of the legs or the final at a distance other than one mile. TVG Opens are restricted to TVG eligible, 3YO winners of races listed below and invited foreign based horses. Eligibility for Final: To start in the TVG FFA Championship Series Finals, horses must be declared with the Racing Office by the time posted on the condition sheet. The maximum number of starters in the Series Final(s) shall equal the number of positions on the starting gate of the Host Track with the exception described below. To be guaranteed eligibility for the Final(s), a horse must start in no less than half (50%) of the preliminary legs scheduled in their Series division. The Point leader(s) at the time of the draw for the final shall draw from post positions 1-6. In the event that the number of horses eligible as provided in these conditions declared into any final exceeds the maximum number specified above, a point system (listed below), based on the official order of finish: (1) at the Host Track for the applicable preliminary leg and (2) at the time the entry box for the Final is closed, will determine preference for the Final. The top nine (9) point earning horses declared that meet the starts and eligibility requirements listed are guaranteed a berth in the Final. The Meadowlands reserves the right to invite the winner(s) of the races in the order listed below to race in the Finals to reach the maximum number of starters. In addition, a foreign-based horse may also be invited to race in any of the TVG Finals. If the invitation to the foreign-based horse is accepted, the field for the TVG Final may be expanded to include one trailing horse and be raced at the distance of one and one eighth miles. All invited horses from the races listed below are required to pay the declaration fee to enter the race. Foreign-based invitees are required to pay an amount equal to the total of all nominating, sustaining and declaration payments. OPEN FINAL MARE FINAL 1. Breeders Crown 3 Year Old Colt Final 1. Breeders Crown Aged Mare Final 2. Breeders Crown Open Final 2. Breeders Crown 3 Year Old Filly Final 3. Hambletonian or Meadowlands Pace Final 3. Hambletonian Oaks or Mistletoe Shalee Final 4. Breeders Crown Aged Mare Final 4. Kentucky Filly Futurity Final/Garnsey Pace 5. Kentucky Futurity Final/Tattersalls Pace If after these conditions are met there remain open positions in the Final, horses with fewer than the required number of series starts will be accepted in the order of point standings until the field has reached the maximum number of starters allowed. See the Starters in Less than 50% of the Legs clause listed below. TVG FFA CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES POINT SYSTEM 1 st Place = 35 Points 2 nd Place = 25 Points 3 rd Place = 15 Points 4 th Place = 10 Points 5 th Place = 8 Points 6 th Place = 6 Points 7 th Place = 4 Points 8 th Place = 2 Points 9 th Place and all other starters = 1 Point
Dead-Heat: Any horses finishing in a Dead-Heat for any position will be awarded an equal share of the total number of points for the positions involved in the Dead-Heat. TIE BREAKS: First, the horse(s) with the most starts in the preliminary legs of this series shall receive preference and if after that tie-breaker a tie remains, then: The horse(s) with the highest total earnings to date in the current season as compiled by the U.S.T.A. shall have preference. Any horse entering a designated point earning series Open which does not fill and is not raced or is excluded in a top money winning format race will receive SEVEN (7) points towards qualifying for the Final, plus credit toward fulfilling the minimum number of starts requirement (see above) and toward tiebreaker a regarding eligibility for the finals. In the event eliminations are not necessary and the declared horses advance directly to the final of any series event or if the connections of a nominated horse choose to accept a bye into the final of an event rather than race, points shall not be awarded to those horses unless they are entered into an accompanying series Open. Horses racing in elimination races and not advancing to the final will receive credit for a start but no points. A horse scratched from an event which is raced will NOT receive credit/points toward meeting the requirements for the Final. Starters in Less than 50% of the Legs: All horses wishing to start in the Final must be declared for the Final by the specified declaration time. Notwithstanding any of the above conditions requiring a minimum number of starts in series legs, in the event a Final fails to fill to the extent as described in the above condition, those with fewer than the minimum starts that declare will then be considered for inclusion in the Final. The highest point earners in this group shall have preference in being added to the field, and in the event of ties, the above clause(s) will be used. Money Division: Leg purses shall be left to the discretion of the Host Track. One-percent of the purse for the Final will be awarded to each horse finishing sixth through last. The balance of the purse shall be distributed 50% - 25% - 12% - 8% - 5%. Disputes: All owners, trainers and drivers of horses nominated to this event must be accepted to participate at the Host Track or the nomination/entry may be denied without refund of previous payments. Any change of trainers made fewer than 30 days or within four starts of the date of this race will be reviewed by the sponsor and if not accepted, may result in refusal of entry. Sponsors reserve the right to amend conditions as deemed necessary without liability. Rules: A minimum of seven (7) separate interests may be required in any event or the event may be cancelled. All starters are subject to the detention policy of the Host Track. The rules of the Host Track and its state Racing Commission along with the USTA shall govern unless otherwise specified in these conditions. These races are subject to the Stallion Restriction Condition (SRC) see Meadowlands website for details. Any horse nominated to any Meadowlands stakes/event must be in the care of an approved trainer by April 15, 2019 for any stake/event raced during the month of May and by May 15 for all other 2019 stakes/events. In addition, any owner who participates in a Meadowlands Stake or Early Closing event (with added money greater than $25,000) with a trainer who has an outstanding Class 1, Class 2 or TC02 positive test having occurred on or after January 1, 2019 and under appeal in any jurisdiction will be declared ineligible to participate in any Meadowlands Stake or Early Closing event for 12 months following the conviction if such trainer is subsequently found guilty relating to the Class 1, Class 2 or TC02 positive test. Nominator also agrees that any horse paid into any Meadowlands stake/event may be required to be stabled for up to 14 days at an approved facility within a 150 mile radius of The Meadowlands or the Tioga or Vernon Downs stable area or an approved facility in a state that agrees to cooperate in an out of competition testing protocol by the date set by The Meadowlands for that stake/event for the purpose of out of competition testing. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in any agreement created by the acceptance of any stakes payment to be declared void at the discretion of The Meadowlands rendering the horse(s) in question ineligible to race in those stakes/events with no liability to The Meadowlands and no assurance of a refund of payments previously made to the stake/event in question. A nomination to these events is an agreement to the above terms and conditions. Point Earning Races For Open TVG: PACERS TROTTERS 1 WR Haughton Memorial Cutler Memorial 2 Sam McKee Memorial John Cashman Memorial 3 Roll With Joe Open Crawford Farms Open 4 Canadian Pacing Derby Final Maple Leaf Final 5 Allerage Open Pace Allerage Open Trot 6 Breeders Crown Final Breeders Crown Final Point Earning Races For Mare TVG: PACERS TROTTERS 1 Roses Are Red Final Armbro Flight Final 2 Golden Girls John Steele Memorial 3 Lady Liberty Joie De Vie Mare Open 4 Artiscape Mare Open Miss Versatility Final 5 Allerage Mare Open Allerage Mare Open 6 Breeders Crown Final Breeders Crown Final
MISS VERSATILITY Open Mare Trotters TVG EVENT Serviced By: The Meadowlands Sponsored By: The Meadowlands, The Woodbine Entertainment Group, Little Brown Jug Society, et al. For: 3 Year-Old & Up Mare Trotters To Be Raced As: Preliminary legs and a Final. Estimated Purse: Preliminary legs: $40,000/$30,000 Divided Final: $100,000 To Be Raced At: Final at Delaware Ohio County Fair Cancellation: The Sponsors reserve the right to cancel any or all of the races if it becomes impractical or undesirable in the opinion of The Sponsors to conduct said races. If an event is not raced, The Sponsors responsibility and liability shall be limited to refunding, without interest, all payments collected toward these events. These monies will be pro-rated among those owners of horses eligible at the time of cancellation. Added Money: Sponsors will add $100,000 to this series of races. These funds, barring any unforeseen circumstance which may preclude this, in addition to all monies paid in by nominating horsemen shall constitute the purses for this event. All declaration fees will be added to the final purse for this event. Payments: (US Funds only): A nomination to this event requires payment as listed below. All payments are forfeits. February 15 $1,500 March 15 $1,500 Declaration Fee $2,000 Supplemental Nomination/Declaration: There shall be no supplemental nomination or declaration to these events. Declaration: All declarations for these events will close at the time and date designated on the condition sheet at the Host Track. Declaration fee shall be due at the time of declaration and payable before the horse starts. The declaration fee is payable only once, whether the nominee is declared for one or more of the preliminary legs and/or the final. Declaration fees should be made payable to the Host Track. There are no refunds for scratched horses. At the time of declaration, horses declared to race in these events must have a past performance line that meets the current qualifying standard for stakes and/or added money races at the Host Track. Any horse eligible via the point standings to race in the final of this event will be considered Qualified to Race in the final. Notice: USTA Rule 11 Sec 3 provides: Failure to make any payment required by the conditions constitutes an automatic withdrawal from the event. Racing Conditions: All events will be one heat. Sponsors reserve the right to conduct any of the legs or the final at a distance other than one mile. If more than 10 (12 on a one mile track) declare to start in any preliminary leg, the Host Track may adopt any of the methods of dividing the race then current in the rules and regulations. Eligibility for Final: The maximum number of starters in the Final shall equal the number of positions on the starting gate of the Host Track. To start in the Final, horses must be declared for that race with the Racing Office by the time posted on the condition sheet. To be guaranteed eligibility to race in the Final a horse must have start credits in no less than half (50%) of the preliminary legs. The point leader(s) at the time of the draw for the final shall draw from post positions 1-6. In the event that the number of horses eligible as provided in these conditions declared into any final exceeds the maximum number specified by these conditions, a point system (listed below), based on the official order of finish: (1) at the Host Track for the applicable preliminary leg and (2) at the time the entry box for the Final is closed, will determine preference for the Final. Point System 1 st Place = 35 Points 2 nd Place = 25 Points 3 rd Place = 15 Points 4 th Place = 10 Points 5 th Place = 8 Points 6 th Place = 6 Points 7 th Place = 4 Points 8 th Place = 2 Points 9 th Place and all other starters = 1 Point Dead-Heat: Any horses finishing in a Dead-Heat for any position will be awarded an equal share of the total number of points for the positions involved in the Dead-Heat.
TIE BREAKS: First, the horse(s) with the most starts in the preliminary legs of this series shall receive preference and if after that tie-breaker a tie remains, then: The horse(s) with the highest total earnings to date in the current season as compiled by the U.S.T.A. shall have preference. Any horse entering a designated point earning series event which does not fill and is not raced will receive SEVEN (7) points towards qualifying for the Final, plus credit for a start toward fulfilling any minimum number of starts requirement and toward tiebreaker a regarding eligibility for the finals. A horse scratched from an event, which is raced, will NOT receive credit or points toward meeting the starting requirements for the Final. Starters in Less than 50% of the Legs: All horses must be declared for the Final by declaration time. Notwithstanding any of the above conditions requiring a minimum number of starts in series legs, in the event a Final fails to fill to the extent as described in the above condition, those with fewer than the minimum starts that declare will then be considered for inclusion in the Final. The highest point earners in this group shall have preference in being added to the field, and in the event of ties, the above clause(s) will be used. Horses must be credited with at least one start in the series to be eligible to the Final. Money Division: Left to the discretion of the Host Track for each of these races. Disputes: All owners, trainers and drivers of horses nominated to this event must be accepted to participate at the Host Track or the nomination/entry may be denied without refund of previous payments. Any change of trainers made fewer than 30 days or within four starts of the date of this race will be reviewed by the sponsor and if not accepted, may result in refusal of entry. Sponsors reserve the right to amend conditions as deemed necessary without liability. Rules: A minimum of seven (7) separate interests may be required in any event or the event may be cancelled. All starters are subject to the detention policy of the Host Track. The rules of the Host Track and its state Racing Commission along with the USTA shall govern unless otherwise specified in these conditions. These races are subject to the Stallion Restriction Condition (SRC) see Meadowlands website for details. Any horse nominated to any Meadowlands stakes/event must be in the care of an approved trainer by April 15, 2019 for any stake/event raced during the month of May and by May 15 for all other 2019 stakes/events. In addition, any owner who participates in a Meadowlands Stake or Early Closing event (with added money greater than $25,000) with a trainer who has an outstanding Class 1, Class 2 or TC02 positive test having occurred on or after January 1, 2019 and under appeal in any jurisdiction will be declared ineligible to participate in any Meadowlands Stake or Early Closing event for 12 months following the conviction if such trainer is subsequently found guilty relating to the Class 1, Class 2 or TC02 positive test. Nominator also agrees that any horse paid into any Meadowlands stake/event may be required to be stabled for up to 14 days at an approved facility within a 150 mile radius of The Meadowlands or the Tioga or Vernon Downs stable area or an approved facility in a state that agrees to cooperate in an out of competition testing protocol by the date set by The Meadowlands for that stake/event for the purpose of out of competition testing. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in any agreement created by the acceptance of any stakes payment to be declared void at the discretion of The Meadowlands rendering the horse(s) in question ineligible to race in those stakes/events with no liability to The Meadowlands and no assurance of a refund of payments previously made to the stake/event in question. A nomination to these events is an agreement to the above terms and conditions.
KINDERGARTEN CLASSIC SERIES 2YO Early Closer for All Sex & Gaits Serviced By: The Meadowlands Sponsored By: The Meadowlands, et al. For: 2 Year-Olds with separate divisions for sex & gait To Be Raced As: A series of races as described below in Conditions. Estimated Purse: Final $150,000. Preliminary leg purses shall be $10,000G. The Final purse for each division shall be 75% of the total of all nomination and sustaining fees paid combined with the added money for each division. The remaining 25% shall be offered for Consolation races for each division. A minimum of six separate wagering interests may be required for the Consolation to be raced. In the event that the Consolation does not fill, 100% of those funds described above will be offered as the Final purse. To Be Raced At: Finals at The Meadowlands and/or other locations on the published dates. Cancellation: The Sponsors reserve the right to cancel any or all of the races if it becomes impractical or undesirable in the opinion of The Sponsors to conduct said races. If any event is not raced, The Sponsors responsibility and liability shall be limited to refunding, without interest, all payments collected toward these events. These monies will be pro-rated among those owners of horses eligible at the time of cancellation. Added Money: Sponsors will add a minimum of $80,000 to these races. These funds, barring any unforeseen circumstance which may preclude this, in addition to all monies paid in by nominating horsemen shall constitute the purses for this event. All entry fees will be added to the leg purses for these events. Payments (US Funds only): All payments are forfeits. : February 15 $300 March 15 $400 April 15 $500 Declaration Fee Legs $250 Declaration Fee Final & Consolation 1% of Purse Supplemental Nomination/Declaration: There shall be no supplemental nomination or declaration to these events. Declaration: All horses must be properly declared for each leg and the final & consolation of the series. All declarations for these events will close at the time and date designated on the condition sheet of the Host Track. Declaration fees are payable to the Host Track and shall be due at the time of declaration and payable before the horse starts. The declaration fee is payable in only the legs of this series in which the nominee participates. There are no refunds for scratched horses. At the time of declaration, horses declared to race in these events must have a past performance line that meets the current qualifying standard for stakes and/or added money races at the Host Track. Any horse eligible via the point standings to race in the final of this event will be considered Qualified to Race in the final. Notice: USTA Rule 11 Sec 3: Failure to make any payment required by the conditions constitutes an automatic withdrawal from the event. Racing Conditions: All events will be one heat at one mile. If more than 10 (or 12 on a one mile track) declare to start in any preliminary leg, the Host Track may adopt any of the methods of dividing the race then current in the rules and regulations. Eligibility for Final: To start in any Final, horses must be declared for that race with the Racing Office by the time posted on the condition sheet. The maximum number of starters in the Final(s) shall equal the number of positions on the starting gate of the Host Track. The point leader(s) at the time of the draw for the final shall draw from post positions 1-6. To be guaranteed eligibility to race in the Final(s), a horse must start in a minimum of TWO (2) of the preliminary legs scheduled in their Series division. In the event that the number of horses eligible as provided in these conditions declared into any final exceeds the maximum number specified by these conditions, a point system (listed below), based on the official order of finish: (1) at the Host Track for the applicable preliminary leg and (2) at the time the entry box for the Final is closed, will determine preference for the Final. Point System 1 st Place = 35 Points 2 nd Place = 25 Points 3 rd Place = 15 Points 4 th Place = 10 Points 5 th Place = 8 Points 6 th Place = 6 Points 7 th Place = 4 Points 8 th Place = 2 Points 9 th Place and all other starters = 1 Point Dead-Heat: Any horses finishing in a Dead-Heat for any position will be awarded an equal share of the total number of points for the positions involved in the Dead-Heat.
TIE BREAKS: First, the horse(s) with the most starts in the preliminary legs of this series shall receive preference and if after that tie-breaker a tie remains, then: The horse(s) with the highest total earnings to date in the current season as compiled by the USTA shall have preference. Any horse entering a designated point earning series event which does not fill and is not raced will receive SEVEN (7) points towards qualifying for the Final, plus credit for a start toward fulfilling any minimum number of starts requirement and toward tiebreaker a regarding eligibility for the finals. A horse scratched from an event, which is raced, will NOT receive credit or points toward meeting the starting requirements for the Final. Starters in fewer than two legs: All horses must be declared for the Final by declaration time. Notwithstanding any of the above conditions requiring a minimum number of starts in series legs, in the event a Final fails to fill to the extent as described in the above condition, those with fewer than the minimum starts that declare will then be considered for inclusion in the Final. The highest point earners in this group shall have preference in being added to the field, and in the event of ties, the above clause(s) will be used. Horses must be credited with at least one start in the series to be eligible to the Final. Money Division: Leg purses shall be left to the discretion of the Host Track. One-percent of the purse for the Final & Consolation will be awarded to each horse finishing sixth through last in the Final. The balance of the Final & Consolation purse shall be distributed 50% - 25% - 12% - 8% - 5%. Disputes: All owners, trainers and drivers of horses nominated to this event must be accepted to participate at the Host Track or the nomination/entry may be denied without refund of previous payments. Any change of trainers made fewer than 30 days or within four starts of the date of this race will be reviewed by the sponsor and if not accepted, may result in refusal of entry. Sponsors reserve the right to amend conditions as deemed necessary without liability. Rules: A minimum of seven (7) separate interests may be required in any event or the event may be cancelled. All starters are subject to the detention policy of the Host Track. The rules of the Host Track and its state Racing Commission along with the USTA shall govern unless otherwise specified in these conditions. These races are subject to the Stallion Restriction Condition (SRC) see Meadowlands website for details. Any horse nominated to any Meadowlands stakes/event must be in the care of an approved trainer by April 15, 2019 for any stake/event raced during the month of May and by May 15 for all other 2019 stakes/events. In addition, any owner who participates in a Meadowlands Stake or Early Closing event (with added money greater than $25,000) with a trainer who has an outstanding Class 1, Class 2 or TC02 positive test having occurred on or after January 1, 2019 and under appeal in any jurisdiction will be declared ineligible to participate in any Meadowlands Stake or Early Closing event for 12 months following the conviction if such trainer is subsequently found guilty relating to the Class 1, Class 2 or TC02 positive test. Nominator also agrees that any horse paid into any Meadowlands stake/event may be required to be stabled for up to 14 days at an approved facility within a 150 mile radius of The Meadowlands or the Tioga or Vernon Downs stable area or an approved facility in a state that agrees to cooperate in an out of competition testing protocol by the date set by The Meadowlands for that stake/event for the purpose of out of competition testing. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in any agreement created by the acceptance of any stakes payment to be declared void at the discretion of The Meadowlands rendering the horse(s) in question ineligible to race in those stakes/events with no liability to The Meadowlands and no assurance of a refund of payments previously made to the stake/event in question. A nomination to these events is an agreement to the above terms and conditions.
FALL FINAL FOUR 2YO Early Closer for All Sex & Gaits Serviced By: The Meadowlands Sponsored By: The Meadowlands,et al. For: 2 Year-Olds with separate divisions for sex & gait To Be Raced As: Eliminations (if necessary) with a Final To Be Raced At: The Meadowlands Cancellation: The Sponsors reserve the right to cancel any or all of the races if it becomes impractical or undesirable in the opinion of The Sponsors to conduct said races. If an event is not raced, The Sponsors responsibility and liability shall be limited to refunding, without interest, all payments collected toward these events. These monies will be pro-rated among those owners of horses eligible at the time of cancellation. Estimated Purses: The Valley Victory (2YO Open Trot) $400,000 The Goldsmith Maid (2YO Filly Trot) $490,000 The Governor s Cup (2YO Open Pace) $470,000 The Three Diamonds (2YO Filly Pace) $400,000 Elimination races, if necessary, for the above races will be guaranteed at a minimum of $20,000 each. Added Money: The sponsor will add a minimum of $35,000 to each race. Payments (US Funds only): A nomination to each event requires payment as listed below. All payments are forfeits. February 15 $350 March 15 $550 April 15 $650 May 15 $850 Declaration Fee $2,500 Declaration: Declarations will close at the time and date designated on the condition sheet of the Host Track. Declaration fees shall be due at the time of declaration and payable before the horse starts. Declaration fees should be made payable to the Host Track. There are no refunds for scratched horses. At the time of declaration, horses declared to race in these events must have a past performance line that meets the current qualifying standard for stakes and/or added money races at the Host Track. Supplemental Nomination/Declaration: There shall be no supplemental nomination or declaration to this event. Notice: USTA Rule 11 Sec 3 provides: Failure to make any payment required by the conditions constitutes an automatic withdrawal from the event. Racing Conditions: The number of horses in final for this event shall be limited to the number of positions on the starting gate at the host track. Elimination races, if necessary, will be held approximately one week prior to each of the finals. If more than ten (10) but fewer than fourteen (14) declare, byes shall be offered to the top money winning horses (seasonal earnings per USTA records) in descending order until the elimination field meets the number of positions on the starting gate if possible. Should fourteen or more the host track may adopt any of the methods of dividing the race then current in the rules and regulations. If elimination race(s) are necessary, any ties so far as continuing from an elimination race to a final shall be decided by a blind draw. In the event that horses eligible for the final should choose not to race, additional horses from the elimination races will be selected from those properly declared by taking the horse(s) placing highest in the order of finish in the elimination races to complete the field for the final. The next two properly declared horses placing highest in the order of finish in the elimination races shall be listed as also eligible for the finals and may draw in before scratch time. Elimination winners may draw for Posts 1-6 for the Final in an order determined by lot. Money Division: One-percent of the purse for the Final will be awarded to each horse finishing sixth through last in the Final. The balance of the purse shall be distributed 50% - 25% - 12% - 8% - 5%. Disputes: All owners, trainers and drivers of horses nominated to this event must be accepted to participate at the Host Track or the nomination/entry may be denied without refund of previous payments. Any change of trainers made fewer than 30 days or within four starts of the date of this race will be reviewed by the sponsor and if not accepted, may result in refusal of entry. Sponsors reserve the right to amend conditions as deemed necessary without liability. Rules: A minimum of seven (7) separate interests may be required in any event or the event may be cancelled. All starters are subject to the detention policy of the Host Track. The rules of the Host Track and its state Racing Commission along with the USTA shall govern unless otherwise specified in these conditions. These races are subject to the Stallion Restriction Condition (SRC) see Meadowlands website for details. Any horse nominated to any Meadowlands stakes/event must be in the care of an approved trainer by April 15, 2019 for any stake/event raced during the month of May and by May 15 for all other 2019 stakes/events. In addition, any owner who participates in a Meadowlands Stake or Early Closing event (with added money greater than $25,000) with a trainer who has an outstanding Class 1, Class 2 or TC02 positive test having occurred on or after January 1, 2019 and under appeal in any jurisdiction will be declared ineligible to participate in any Meadowlands Stake or Early Closing event for 12 months following the conviction if such trainer is subsequently found guilty relating to the Class 1, Class 2 or TC02 positive test. Nominator also agrees that any horse paid into any Meadowlands stake/event may be required to be stabled for up to 14 days at an approved facility within a 150 mile radius of The Meadowlands or the Tioga or Vernon Downs stable area or an approved facility in a state that agrees to cooperate in an out of competition testing protocol by the date set by The Meadowlands for that stake/event for the purpose of out of competition testing. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in any agreement created by the acceptance of any stakes payment to be declared void at the discretion of The Meadowlands rendering the horse(s) in question ineligible to race in those stakes/events with no liability to The Meadowlands and no assurance of a refund of payments previously made to the stake/event in question. A nomination to these events is an agreement to the above terms and conditions.
DEL MILLER MEMORIAL 3YO Filly Trot Owned & Serviced By: The Meadowlands Sponsored By: The Meadowlands, et al. For: 3YO Filly Trotters To Be Raced As: As a single race divided as necessary Estimated Purse: $250,000 To Be Raced At: The Meadowlands Cancellation: The Sponsors reserve the right to cancel any or all of the races if it becomes impractical or undesirable in the opinion of The Sponsors to conduct said races. If an event is not raced, The Sponsors responsibility and liability shall be limited to refunding, without interest, all payments collected toward these events. These monies will be pro-rated among those owners of horses eligible at the time of cancellation. Added Money: Sponsors will add a minimum of $45,000 to this race. These funds, barring any unforeseen circumstance which may preclude this, in addition to all monies paid in by nominating horsemen shall constitute the purses for this event. Payments (US Funds only): A nomination to each event requires payment as listed below. All payments are forfeits. February 15 $500 March 15 $1,000 April 15 $1,500 May 15 $2,000 Declaration Fee $2,500 Supplemental Nomination/Declaration: There shall be no supplemental nomination or declaration to this event. Declaration: Declarations will close at the time and date designated on the condition sheet of the Host Track. Declaration fees shall be due at the time of declaration and payable before the horse starts. Declaration fees should be made payable to the Host Track. There are no refunds for scratched horses. At the time of declaration, horses declared to race in these events must have a past performance line that meets the current qualifying standard for stakes and/or added money races at the Host Track. Notice: USTA Rule 11 Sec 3 provides: Failure to make any payment required by the conditions constitutes an automatic withdrawal from the event. Racing Conditions: If the number of horses declared is twelve (12) or fewer the race will be a single event. Should thirteen (13) or more declare, the host track may adopt any of the methods of dividing the race then current in the rules and regulations. Any race that requires trailing horses will race a distance of one mile and one eighth. Money Division: One-percent of the purse for the Final will be awarded to each horse finishing sixth through last in the Final. The balance of the purse shall be distributed 50% - 25% - 12% - 8% - 5%. Disputes: All owners, trainers and drivers of horses nominated to this event must be accepted to participate at the Host Track or the nomination/entry may be denied without refund of previous payments. Any change of trainers made fewer than 30 days or within four starts of the date of this race will be reviewed by the sponsor and if not accepted, may result in refusal of entry. Sponsors reserve the right to amend conditions as deemed necessary without liability. Rules: A minimum of seven (7) separate interests may be required in any event or the event may be cancelled. All starters are subject to the detention policy of the Host Track. The rules of the Host Track and its state Racing Commission along with the USTA shall govern unless otherwise specified in these conditions. These races are subject to the Stallion Restriction Condition (SRC) see Meadowlands website for details. Any horse nominated to any Meadowlands stakes/event must be in the care of an approved trainer by April 15, 2019 for any stake/event raced during the month of May and by May 15 for all other 2019 stakes/events. In addition, any owner who participates in a Meadowlands Stake or Early Closing event (with added money greater than $25,000) with a trainer who has an outstanding Class 1, Class 2 or TC02 positive test having occurred on or after January 1, 2019 and under appeal in any jurisdiction will be declared ineligible to participate in any Meadowlands Stake or Early Closing event for 12 months following the conviction if such trainer is subsequently found guilty relating to the Class 1, Class 2 or TC02 positive test. Nominator also agrees that any horse paid into any Meadowlands stake/event may be required to be stabled for up to 14 days at an approved facility within a 150 mile radius of The Meadowlands or the Tioga or Vernon Downs stable area or an approved facility in a state that agrees to cooperate in an out of competition testing protocol by the date set by The Meadowlands for that stake/event for the purpose of out of competition testing. Failure to comply with these conditions may result in any agreement created by the acceptance of any stakes payment to be declared void at the discretion of The Meadowlands rendering the horse(s) in question ineligible to race in those stakes/events with no liability to The Meadowlands and no assurance of a refund of payments previously made to the stake/event in question. A nomination to these events is an agreement to the above terms and conditions.