New Jersey Classic Pace
| Location | East Rutherford, New Jersey |
|---|---|
| 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.
1981 Classic winner Caramore was bred and owned by Father Thomas J. O'Connor, pastor at St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church in Freehold Township, New Jersey who owned and bred more than eighty horses.
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