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Monmouth Park Racetrack. Monmouth Park Racetrack is an American race track for thoroughbred horse racing in Oceanport, New Jersey, United States. It is owned by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and is operated under a five-year lease as a partnership with Darby Development, LLC. [1] Monmouth Park's marquee event is the Haskell ...
Date opened. July 18, 1942. Date closed. May 3, 2001. Race type. Harness and thoroughbred. Garden State Park was a harness and thoroughbred race track in Cherry Hill, Camden County, New Jersey. It is now the site of a high-end, mixed-use "town center" development of stores, restaurants, apartments, townhouses, and condominiums.
December 12, 2002. Weequahic Park (/ wiːˈkweɪɪk /; pronounced Wee-QUAY-ic, or WEEK-wake "when spoken rapidly" [ 3 ]) is a park located in the South Ward of Newark, New Jersey, USA, designed by the Olmsted Brothers firm, (who also designed Branch Brook Park in Newark). The park is 311.33 acres including an 80-acre (320,000 m 2) lake. [ 4 ]
New Jersey had 125 racing days in 2002, compared to 51 days at Monmouth Park this year, the only thoroughbred meet remaining in the state, aside from a handful of turf racing days at the Meadowlands.
Dirt. Notable races. Cane Pace (1998-2010) Official website. Freehold Raceway is a half-mile (0.80 km) racetrack in Freehold Borough, New Jersey, and is the oldest racetrack in the United States, as well as being the oldest of the three horse racing venues located in New Jersey. Freehold Raceway is one of only two harness racing venues located ...
Meadowlands Racetrack. The Meadowlands Racetrack (currently referred to as Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment) is a horse racing track at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. The track hosts both thoroughbred racing and harness racing. It is known popularly in the region as "The Big M". [ 2 ]
Course type. Flat. Official website. The Atlantic City Race Course (ACRC), formerly the Atlantic City Race Track, was a Thoroughbred horse race track located in the Mays Landing section of Hamilton Township, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The track is located off the Black Horse Pike (U.S. Route 322) next to the Hamilton Mall.
Purse. $100,000. The Jersey Derby is a $100,000 American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually in late July/early August at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. Since 1993, it has been raced on grass at a distance of 11⁄16 miles. [ 1] A Jersey Derby was run on June 7, 1864, at a racetrack in Paterson, New Jersey.