Stallion Early Closer and Nomination Info

Nominating 2YOs to Meadowlands 2026 Early Closers and Stallions for Foals of 2025

Foals of 2024, 2 Year Olds in 2026

Any horse by a sire who is listed as eligible will be required to make a one-time $400 Meadowlands EC Participation payment by February 15, 2026 to gain the option of nominating to Meadowlands 2YO Early Closers for the 2026 season and continuing for the life of the horse.

Foals of 2024 Eligible Stallions

Meadowlands 2-year-old Early Closers: New Jersey Classics, Kindergarten and Freshman Fall Final Four.
Only those 2-year-olds who have made the one-time $400 Meadowlands EC Participation payment by February 15, 2026 will be eligible permitted to race in the 2-year-old baby races and eligible for nomination to Meadowlands Early Closers in subsequent seasons for the life of the horse.

The entire series of nominating and sustaining payments must then be made for the horse to be eligible to race in the chosen races.

Nomination and sustaining payments on Meadowlands Early Closers for 2YOs will be pushed back to begin on March 15 and adjusted accordingly.

This proposal will be reconsidered for future seasons, and revision is possible.

Sires

2024 Stallion Fees on Foals of 2025

In appreciation of the efforts made toward this initiative, the Stallion Restriction Condition (Gural rule) will be waived for those stallions nominated to this plan so that their foals of 2025 may be nominated for Meadowlands Stakes & Early Closers for the life of the horse including the 2028 Meadowlands Pace.

Participation in the Meadowlands Early Closing program for foals of 2025 will be contingent upon the sire having been nominated by payment of 50% of the cost of one 2024 breeding by February 15, 2026.
If a stallion is NOT nominated by the February 15, 2026 payment, the 2025 foals of that sire will be ineligible to race in Meadowlands Stakes & Early Closers for the life of the horse.