An important sustaining payment is due March 15 in order to keep New Jersey-sired two-year-old pacers eligible to the 2013 Lou Babic Memorial Paces sponsored by the New Jersey Sire Stakes Program.

Due on March 15 are sustaining payments of $700 for the Babic Pace open and $400 for the Babic filly division. These payments should be mailed to NJSS, P.O. Box 330, Trenton, NJ 08625.

The Babic Open Pace, with an estimated purse of $90,000, and the Babic Filly Pace, with an estimated purse of $55,000, are scheduled for September 7 at Freehold Raceway. Elimination heats, if necessary, are scheduled for August 31 for both colt and filly divisions.

(NJSS)