Meadowlands Pace news!

[Trigger]

1984 Woodrow Wilson went for $2,162,000, which is $6,736,000 in today's $$.

  Exactamente Cierto

Yeh, but according to our colleagues here, nothing is better than nothing  ....I think we have some worse news for them as the purse money amounts in 2026 purse listed here now in 2025 is not in 2025 dollars, might actually spend a tad less than today 

[wizardofoz]

They probably cut the purse of some other stake races or eliminated them entirely to boost up the purse.

Assuming all nominations and stakes payments are the same, the purse of the Cane Pace will go from $227,000 to $300,000 while the Del Miller Memorial will jump from $283,000 to $338,000.

[Locked in with pace]

This is simple math. With the Friday and Saturday cards running such cheap races, they are giving out minimal money. 68 TM is a class so low that most tracks that use the TM system don't even list it. The Big M will have multiple divisions. The money he is saving from their normal overnights is now given to this race. If the overnights continue as is, you will see more bumps. The purse money is for the horsemen's purses only. It can't be used any other way

[Grandstand Handicapper]

From Standardbred Canada.....

https://standardbredcanada.ca/news/12-26-25/meadowlands-stakes-purses-increase-2026.html

What I feel is important is the Meadowlands will now be offering a new, second level program for NJ Sire Stakes horses. For horses not good enough to compete at the highest level of the NJSS, there will now be a “Silver Series” program.

[silent one]

I hear what you're saying and I remember those days but something is better than nothing.

  I beg to differ, sir. In this case, something is NOT better than nothing. Jeff Gural, AKA "the slumlord", has turned the Mecca of harness racing, into a pile of shit. In my opinion, a pile of shit is not better than nothing.


    Sincerely, Silent One

[Lockedin with Pace]

The pile of shit is only okay if your horses are of Freehold quality and need somewhere to race. He's cheapened the track to the point where the top drivers take off most of the winter because it's not worth their time.

[Lockedin with Pace]

Assuming all nominations and stakes payments are the same, the purse of the Cane Pace will go from $227,000 to $300,000 while the Del Miller Memorial will jump from $283,000 to $338,000.

It's also possible he's serious about not having the Hambo and is using part of that money to boost those other races.

[Trigger]

The pile of shit is only okay if your horses are of Freehold quality and need somewhere to race. He's cheapened the track to the point where the top drivers take off most of the winter because it's not worth their time.

The drivers hate him...goes way way back when pile of shit slumlord made that ultimatum to guys like the white night and the minister of speed, basically the entire colony at the BigM going to the BigY for their better purses (even on dark BigM days  ).  Choose and stay there.

Historic petty bullshit from a midget twat greedy asshole. 

We don't have BigM Horseplop assholes we have BigM marketing assholes freely advertising for FREE on this site for years.

He wants to advertise, pay, I see no banners on plop, so move on.

How about I come to your fucking track and plaster the place with outside marketing?

[Trigger]

Here's the full BigM press release instead of seeing it in piecemeal a tactic used by paid marketing people to keep the conversation longer...

https://www.sboanj.com/big-m-stakes-purses-continue-positive-climb

Brought to you by Dave Little on behalf of Jiffy Jeff and presented to you by Mark Ford (and https://standardbredcanada.ca/news/12-26-25/meadowlands-stakes-purses-increase-2026.html)

"It's all been arranged just for us to get your money."
- Casino   

[Pacer 2]

Jeff Gural is a great ambassador to Harness Racing. How he stepped up after those Tioga barn fires was AMAZING!!

[Trigger]

Jeff Gural is a great ambassador to Harness Racing. How he stepped up after those Tioga barn fires was AMAZING!!

As you say he's thriving 

[Lockedin with Pace]

Jeff Gural is a great ambassador to Harness Racing. How he stepped up after those Tioga barn fires was AMAZING!!

He probably stepped up with the insurance money he got from the fire.

[Calhoun]

Jeff Gural is a great ambassador to Harness Racing. How he stepped up after those Tioga barn fires was AMAZING!!

[Stan durbread]

Yea yea Freehold north. Blah blah. If not for Gural the Meadowlands Pace would now be going for same purse as American Nationals

[Racetime]

What's the story on the Hambo ? Rumor is its going to Hoosier Park in 2027 ?