The conditions call for three-year-olds and up who have started for a base claiming price of $10,000 or less once in their last four starts up to and including January 20, 2012. 

The series will be raced in a bracket format, with the top finishers from the first leg moving on to the next leg and the top 10 reaching the $100,000 estimated final on Saturday, March 10.  Purses for the three scheduled legs are $10,000, $12,500 and $15,000.  There is no claiming during the series.   

“The Rags To Riches enables the small-time owner to participate at a major level with a big purse up for grabs in the series final,” noted Meadowlands Racing Secretary Peter Koch. 

A nomination fee of $550 for the Rags To Riches is due by February 1.  There is a $550 entry fee for the first leg only. 

Click here for an application.