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The Horse Park of New Jersey is located on County Route 524, seven miles from exit 7A of the New Jersey Turnpike and one mile from exit 11 of I-195. The park is approximately a 50-minute drive from Philadelphia and just over one hour from New York City. The park currently has: 276 stalls in permanent buildings; Two show rings
On May 27, 1985, Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year winner Spend A Buck won the first Jersey Derby at the new Garden State Park, having earlier the same year won the Cherry Hill Mile and the Garden State Stakes, both at Garden State Park, and also the Kentucky Derby. The $2.6 million purse, including a $2 million bonus put up by Brennan for ...
In 1939, the State of New Jersey re-legalized parimutuel horse race betting. [7] In 1946, the New Jersey Legislature passed a bill providing for state regulation of horse racing . The bill was championed by Amory L. Haskell , who led the legislative charge to once again permit wagering on horse racing in New Jersey and Philip H. Iselin , a New ...
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.
The Sussex County Farm and Horse Show is a ten-day agricultural fair that is held at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta, New Jersey every August and attracts approximately 220,000 attendees annually. It has been run as a non-profit organization since 1940.
Buttercups Sanctuary for Goats in Maidstone, Kent.; Cornish Seal Sanctuary, Gweek, Cornwall; Ferne Animal Sanctuary, Somerset, Wambrook, near Chard, originally run by Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton
Defunct horse racing venues in New Jersey (2 P) G. Garden State Park Racetrack (8 P) M. Meadowlands Racetrack (1 C, 11 P) Monmouth Park Racetrack (39 P)
On Friday, NJ Transit presented Skylands Animal Sanctuary with a check for $10,000 from the proceeds of Ricardo stuffed animal sales. On Friday, NJ Transit presented Skylands Animal Sanctuary with ...