2016
Sire Stakes Schedule
Background
Eligibility
Nominations of Eligible Yearlings
Green Acres Division
Premier Division
Standardbred Development Fund
Lou Babic Pace
Sustaining Payments Forms
Eligible Horses for 2016
Standardbred Links
More Information
Background:
The New Jersey Sire Stakes Program was established by law
in 1971 to encourage the breeding of Standardbred horses,
the trotters and pacers familiar to harness-racing fans. Because
the program offers healthy purses for winning Standardbreds
sired by registered New Jersey stallions, it gives stallion
owners an incentive to locate their stallions and horse farms
in New Jersey. As a result, the program has been instrumental
in maintaining more than 100,000 acres of scenic open space
around the state.
The
Sire Stakes program provides a minimum of seven races a year
for each class of both two- and three-year old colts and fillies,
trotters and pacers alike. The program includes Sire Stakes
Premier Division events, the Sire Stakes Green Acres Program,
and the Babic Open and Filly Paces. Total purse money for
these events was more than $2.4 million in 2015.
Eligibility:
To be eligible to the New Jersey Sire Stakes program, an owner
must purchase or breed a foal sired by a New Jersey registered
stallion. That stallion must have been registered with the
Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey and
must conform to the rules of the New Jersey Sire Stakes.
Eligible
Horses for the 2016 Season
Nominations
of Eligible Yearlings:
A foal sired by a registered New Jersey Standardbred
stallion must be nominated to the Sire Stakes by May 15 to
become eligible for both the Green Acres and pari-mutuel programs.
A $50 registration fee must be included along with a copy
of the United States Trotting Association or Standardbred
Canada Certificate of Registration or a $75 fee without the
certificate. Horses bred via semen transported outside the
state of New Jersey must pay $250. Supplemental yearling nominations
can be made up to and including September 15 for a fee of
$350 or $550 if the horse was bred out of New Jersey through
the transport of semen. After September 15 up until February
15 of the two-year-old season, the fee is $650 and $850 if
bred out of state. The supplemental nomination fee does not
include any other fees that may also be due on that date.
For
information on the Standardbred Development Fund mare registration,
yearling nominations, and sustaining payments, see the section
titled "Standardbred Development Fund", below.
Sire
Stakes:
Yearling
Nomination Form - NJSS (23K PDF)
Supplemental Yearling Nomination
form - Foals of 2014-NJSS (24K PDF)
Supplemental Yearling
Nomination Form - Foals of 2015-NJSS (PDF 24K)
Green Acres Division:
The Green Acres races consist of a series of
four events for each of the eight divisions, which depend
on the age, gait and sex of the horse. The highest point winners
after the first three legs, each of which carries an estimated
purse of $7,000, become eligible for the final race that has
a purse of $25,000. Horses that earn in excess of $27,500
or more in the Premier Series at the Meadowlands in a given
year shall be ineligible to compete in any leg or the final
of the Green Acres Series at Freehold Raceway during that
season.
Payments
for the Green Acres program of $100 and $150 are due on February
15 and April 15, respectively. Starting fees for Green Acres
races are $150 for elimination races and $400 for final events.
The Green Acres series will be suspended indefinitely beginning
with the foal crop of 2014. In its place, the Standardbred
Development Fund series will be offered. See Standardbred
Development Fund section, below.
Sustaining
Payment form-Green Acres (17K PDF)
Premier Division:
The Premier Division is contested in the spring
and summer with a series of races at The Meadowlands for both
two- and three-year old colts and fillies on both the trot
and pace. The top point winners in each division qualify for
the finals.
Payments
for the Premier Division program of $300 are due on February
15 for two-year-olds and three-year-olds. An additional payment
of $500 for two-year-olds and three-year-olds is due on April
15. Starting fees in all Premier Division qualifying events
are $500. Starting fees for final events at the Meadowlands
will be $1,000 in 2016.
Sustaining
Payment form-Premier (17K PDF)
Standardbred
Development Fund:
Commencing
with the foal crop of 2014, the Green Acres Division will
be replaced by the Standardbred Development Fund series of
races. Although the Standardbred Development Fund races will
not start until the racing season of 2016, it is anticipated
that the series will consist of at least two legs and a final
for two- and three-year-olds of each gait and sex. Eligibility
for the Standardbred Development Fund series will be open
to all horses sired by New Jersey-based stallions as well
as horses that are the result of a breeding between any registered
standardbred stallion and a standardbred mare that has spent
a minimum of 150 consecutive days in New Jersey inclusive
of foaling. Mare nominations should be made no later than
150 days prior to the foaling date and should be accompanied
by a payment of $100. Subsequent payments to continue eligibility
include yearling nominations, and sustaining payments during
a horse's two- and three-year-old seasons. Sustaining payments
for the Standardbred Development Fund program of $100 and
$150 are due on February 15 and April 15, respectively. Starting
fees for Standardbred Development Fund races are $200 for
qualifying races and $500 for final events.
Mare
Registration Form (15K PDF)
Yearling Nomination Form - SDF
(20K PDF)
Supplemental Yearling
Nomination form - Foals of 2014-SDF (23K PDF)
Supplemental Yearling Nomination
form - Foals of 2015-SDF (23K PDF)
Sustaining Payment form-NJSS (17K
PDF)
Lou Babic Pace:
The New Jersey Sire Stakes also administers
the Lou Babic Open Pace and the Lou Babic Filly Pace, both
for New Jersey sired two-year-old pacers. Babic nominations
close on May 15 and carry fees of $25 for colts and $15 for
fillies. The yearlings must also be nominated to the New Jersey
Sire Stakes. Supplemental nominations can be made until February
15 of the two-year-old year with a fee of $500 for colts and
$400 for fillies. The supplemental nomination fee does not
include any other fees that may also be due on that date.
One sustaining payment of $700 for colts and $400 for fillies
is due on March 15 of the two-year-old year. Starting fees
are $2,000 for the open division and $1,000 for the filly
division. In 2016, the value of the Lou Babic Open Pace is
estimated at $55,000 while the filly division is expected
to be valued at $45,000.
Sustaining Payment form-Babic (17K
PDF)
Standardbred Links:
Standardbred Breeders and
Owners Association of New Jersey
United
States Trotting Association
Meadowlands
Racetrack
Freehold
Raceway
The Hambletonian
Society
Standardbred
Retirement Association
Standardbred
Pleasure Horse Organization of New Jersey
For More Information: Contact
Christopher Castens
or call (609) 292-8830 or write the New Jersey Sire Stakes,
P.O. Box 330, Trenton, NJ 08625.
Sire
Stakes Board of Trustees: Thomas D'Altrui; Michael Gulotta;
Dr. Richard Meirs; Mark Mullen; Secretary of Agriculture Douglas
H. Fisher.
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