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

By James Witherite, Meadowlands Media Relations July 5, 2026
A mid-race give-and-go proved the winning strategy for Pollack Racing's Ervin Hanover, who powered to a 1:46.3 score ...
By Dave Little, Meadowlands Media Relations July 5, 2026
Magic Punk worked out a perfect pocket trip behind 9-5 favorite Diabolic Hill and went by in deep stretch to record a 1-length victory in the second of two colt and gelding divisions of the W.N. Reynolds Memorial for 3-year-old trotters at The Meadowlands Saturday night ...
By Ray Cotolo, for The Meadowlands July 5, 2026
The sizzling heat on a steamy Saturday night (July 4) at The Meadowlands bubbled into electric miles in the pair of $230,000 Grade 2 Stan Bergstein Graduate Series Finals with On To Norway torching a stakes record in winning the Graduate Trot and Captain Optimistic barreling to equal the all-age North American season’s record in the Graduate Pace ...
By Meadowlands Racetrack July 5, 2026
This is the field for the $810,000 Meadowlands Pace, presented by Genova Burns LLC, an open event for 3-year-olds that takes place at The Meadowlands on Saturday, July 11, 2026, with post position, horse, driver, trainer and morning-line odds ...
By James Witherite, Meadowlands Media Relations July 5, 2026
Forgoing a bye to the $810,000 Grade 1 Meadowlands Pace final, Brandon Blvd served notice to his nine rivals in the lone $50,000 elimination of the midsummer classic for 3-year-old pacers on Saturday (July 4) at the Meadowlands, delivering a devastating 1:47.3 win ...
By Frank Cotolo, for The Meadowlands July 5, 2026
Dexter Dunn drove Bourbonista S to the fastest trotting mile by an aged mare at The Meadowlands in winning the $129,400 Grade 3 Six Pack Open Trot on Saturday (July 4), a night that also saw Lexus Kody equal a track record with his win in the $131,250 Grade 3 JL Cruze ...
By Meadowlands Racetrack July 3, 2026
Due to the forecasted extreme heat, the Meadowlands Racetrack and the SBOANJ have made the decision to cancel live racing for tonight, Friday, July 3 ...
By Meadowlands Racetrack July 3, 2026
Out of an abundance of caution, the Meadowlands Racetrack has moved post time back to 7pm tomorrow, Saturday, July 4 ...
July 2, 2026
MANALAPAN, NJ — July 1, 2026 — The Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ) will be officially conducting its 2025 Economic Horse Racing Impact Survey. Completion of this survey is mandatory for all New Jersey harness racing trainers, to ensure the industry continues to receive vital state backing. Data collection is a statutory necessity tied directly to the state's five-year, $100 million purse appropriation program. Lawmakers require annual economic impact reporting to prove that the state's investment successfully stimulates the local economy, preserves open space, and generates substantial tax revenue. Past data collection efforts directly helped the SBOANJ, TrotPAC, and industry advocates successfully restore and protect the full $20 million annual purse supplement in the state 2027 budget. "Our annual state funding relies entirely on our ability to prove the immense economic footprint of harness racing in the Garden State," said Mark Ford, President of the SBOANJ. "Every single submission acts as evidence to lawmakers that our industry supports thousands of agricultural jobs, local vendors, and family farms. Failing to participate puts our collective future and our purse supplements at direct risk." The 2025 survey compiles critical data regarding capital expenditures, annual payroll, local vendor spending, equine populations, and land conservation impacts. The SBOANJ will be reaching out to all NJ trainers for help completing these surveys participation is crucial to our industries continued growth.
By SBOANJ July 1, 2026
Gov. Mikie Sherrill on Tuesday night signed New Jersey’s FY2027 state budget, a $60.7 billion spending plan that includes a $20 million appropriation for horse racing purses in the Garden State ...
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