Location | East Rutherford, New Jersey |
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Inaugurated | 1980 |
Race type | Harness race for Standardbred pacers |
Website | Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (1,609 metres or 8 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt, 1 mile oval |
Track | Meadowlands Racetrack |
Purse | $150,000 (2016) |
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.[1]