Meadowlands Cup

Horseraces infobox
class = Grade II
horse race = Meadowlands Cup


caption =
location = Meadowlands Racetrack
East Rutherford, New Jersey flagicon|USA
inaugurated = 1977
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.thebigm.com/ Meadowlands Racetrack]
distance = 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
track = Dirt, Left-handed
qualification = Three-year-olds & up
weight = Assigned
purse = $400,000
bonuses = The Meadowlands Breeders' Cup Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey each fall and is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. A Grade II event, it carries a purse of $400,000.

Inaugurated in 1977 at a distance of 1 ¼ miles, it was modified to its present 1⅛ miles in 1990.

There was no race held in 1997.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1⅛ miles)
* 1:46.00 - K. J.'s Appeal (1998)

Most wins:
* No horse has won the Meadowlands Cup more than once

Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 - Angel Cordero, Jr. (1977, 1978, 1983, 1986)
* 4 - John R. Velazquez (1998, 2001, 2004, 2006)

Most wins by a trainer:
* 2 - Ron McAnally (1977, 1992)
* 2 - Robert J. Frankel (1982, 1993)
* 2 - Todd A. Pletcher (2004, 2006)

Most wins by an owner:
* No owner has won the Meadowlands Cup more than once

Winners of the Meadowlands Cup

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=835 The Meadowlands Breeders' Cup Stakes at Pedigree query]