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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Details On Meadowlands Pace and Graduate Finals

East Rutherford, NJ - The $750,000 Crawford Farms Meadowlands Pace Final, centerpiece of "The Greatest Party In Harness Racing", is scheduled for Saturday, July 15.

All horses for the Meadowlands Pace, including any supplements, must be declared for the Saturday, July 8 elimination card by the time listed on the condition sheet for that week. The list of nominees is available on The Meadowlands website.

The Meadowlands Pace conditions state that 1% of the Final purse shall be paid to the sixth through last place finishers.

The Graduate Series final for both trotters and pacers will be raced at The Meadowlands on Saturday, July 8 as part of Meadowlands Pace elimination night. Each final has an estimated purse of $250,000. Horses must be declared for the finals by the time listed on the condition sheet.

The Graduate conditions require a horse to have started in a minimum of two preliminary legs to be guaranteed eligibility to the Final. If the Final does not fill to the maximum of ten, horses that made one start shall be included in the order of the point standings.

Graduate conditions state that 1% of the Final purse shall be paid to the sixth through last place finishers.

Horses racing in stakes on both cards are required to be available for Out Of Competition testing as described in an earlier release.

Questions should be directed to the Racing Office at (201) 842-5130.

Post time on both July 8 and July 15 will be 6:30 p.m.