Stakes schedule worth $2.7M
The Meadowlands Racetrack will offer $2.7 million in stakes money during the 33-day meet that gets under way Sept. 29. Four stakes are graded, with the Grade 2, $500,000 Meadowlands Breeders' Cup Stakes on Oct. 13 the biggest event of the meet.
The opening night feature is the Grade 3, $150,000 Cliff Hanger Stakes on the turf. The Grade 3, $250,000 Pegasus Stakes for 3-year-olds takes place on Oct. 6. The Grade 3, $150,000 Violet Stakes for fillies and mare on the turf closes out the graded lineup on Oct. 20.
The purse values for the four graded stakes are the same as last year.
"The positioning of each of our major events should ensure the fullest fields possible," said Dennis Dowd, senior vice president of racing for the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority.
In addition to the graded stakes, the Meadowlands has scheduled at least one overnight stakes every Friday and Saturday night.
The Meadowlands will race Tuesday afternoon at 1:10 p.m. and Wednesday through Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. There will be a Monday matinee card on Nov. 6 starting at 1:10 p.m.
The meet concludes Nov. 11.
2006 stakes schedule
| DATE | EVENT | CONDITIONS | DISTANCE | PURSE |
| Fri.Sept. 29 | Cliff Hanger Stakes (G3) | 3YO & Up | 1 1/16 miles (T) | $150,000 |
| Fri.Sept. 29 | King Bold Reality Stakes | 3YO & Up | 5 furlongs (T) | 55,000 |
| Sat.Sept. 30 | Long Look Stakes | F&M, 3YO & Up | 1 1/8 miles | 60,000 |
| Sat.Sept. 30 | Ready Jet Go Stakes | F&M, 3YO & Up | 6 furlongs | 60,000 |
| Fri.Oct. 6 | Pegasus Stakes (G3) | 3YO | 1 1/8 miles | 250,000 |
| Fri.Oct. 6 | Accordant Handicap | 3YO & Up* | 6 furlongs | 55,000 |
| Fri.Oct. 6 | Phoenix Stakes | F&M, 3YO & Up | 5 furlongs (T) | 55,000 |
| Fri.Oct. 6 | Paterson Stakes | 3YO | 1 1/16 miles (T) | 55,000 |
| Fri.Oct. 6 | World Appeal Stakes | 2YO | 1 mile & 70 yds. (T) | 55,000 |
| Sat.Oct. 7 | Bergen County Stakes | 3YO | 6 furlongs | 55,000 |
| Sat.Oct. 7 | Salem County Stakes | 2YO F | 1 mile & 70 yds. (T) | 55,000 |
| Fri.Oct. 13 | Meadowlands B.C. Stakes (G2) | 3YO & Up | 1 1/8 miles | 500,000 |
| Fri.Oct. 13 | Eillo Stakes | 3YO & Up | 6 furlongs | 60,000 |
| Fri.Oct. 13 | John Henry Stakes | 3YO & Up | 1 3/8 miles (T) | 60,000 |
| Fri.Oct. 13 | P.G. Johnson Stakes | 3YO F | 5 furlongs (T) | 55,000 |
| Sat.Oct. 14 | Queen Lib Handicap | F&M, 3YO & Up* | 6 furlongs | 55,000 |
| Fri.Oct. 20 | Violet Stakes (G3) | F&M, 3YO & Up | 1 1/16 miles (T) | 150,000 |
| Fri.Oct. 20 | Thomas Edison Stakes | 3YO & Up | 5 furlongs (T) | 55,000 |
| Fri.Oct. 20 | Comet Stakes | 2YO | 6 furlongs | 55,000 |
| Sat.Oct. 21 | Great Falls Stakes | 3YO | 5 furlongs (T) | 55,000 |
| Sat.Oct. 21 | Holly Stakes | 2YO F | 6 furlongs | 55,000 |
| Fri.Oct. 27 | Without Feathers Stakes | 3YO F | 1 mile & 70 yds. (T) | 55,000 |
| Fri.Oct. 27 | Princeton Stakes | 3YO | 1 mile & 70 yds. | 55,000 |
| Sat.Oct. 28 | Grey Ghost Starter Handicap | 3YO & Up | 1 1/16 miles (T) | 35,000 |
| Sat.Oct. 28 | Garden State Handicap | 3YO & Up* | 1 mile & 70 yds. | 55,000 |
| Sat.Oct. 28 | Witches Brew Stakes | F&M, 3YO & Up | 5 furlongs (T) | 55,000 |
| Fri.Nov. 3 | Alysheba Stakes | 3YO & Up | 1 1/16 miles | 60,000 |
| Fri.Nov. 3 | Navajo Princess Stakes | F&M, 3YO & Up | 1 mile & 70 yds. (T) | 60,000 |
| Sat.Nov. | Honey Bee Stakes | F&M, 3YO & Up | 1 1/16 miles | 60,000 |
| Sat.Nov. 4 | New Jersey Futurity | 2YO* | 6 furlongs | 55,000 |
| Fri.Nov. 10 | Rutgers University Stakes | 3YO & Up | 6 furlongs | 60,000 |
| Fri.Nov. 10 | Seton Hall University Stakes | 3YO F | 6 furlongs | 55,000 |
| Sat.Nov. 11 | Montclair Stakes | F&M, 3YO & Up | 6 furlongs | 55,000 |
| Sat.Nov. 11 | Storm Cat Stakes | 2YO | 1 mile & 70 yds. | 55,000 |
*N.J.-breds