Inaugurated 1980 | Surface Dirt, 1 mile oval | |
Location East Rutherford, New Jersey Race type Harness race for Standardbred pacers Website Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment Distance 1 mile
(1,609 metres or 8 furlongs) | ||
The New Jersey Classic is a race for Standardbred racehorses run annually since 1980 at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Open to New Jersey-sired 3-Year-Old Colt & Gelding pacers, it is run over a distance of one mile.
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Historical race events
1981 Classic winner Caramore was bred and owned by Father Thomas J. O'Connor, pastor at St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church in Freehold Township, New Jersey who owned and bred more than eighty horses.
Records
References
New Jersey Classic Pace Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA