Horsemen are reminded that sustaining payments are due March 15 in order to keep New Jersey-sired two-year-old pacers eligible to the 2010 Lou Babic Memorial Paces sponsored by the New Jersey Sires Stakes Program

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Sustaining payments of $700 for the Babic Pace open and $400 for the Babic filly division should be mailed to NJSS, P.O. Box 330, Trenton, NJ 08625.

The Babic Open Pace, with an estimated purse of $120,000, and the Babic Filly Pace, with an estimated purse of $75,000, are scheduled for September 4 at Freehold Raceway. Elimination heats, if necessary, are scheduled for August 28 for both colt and filly divisions.

(New Jersey Sires Stakes)