Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in ...
run annually in early August at
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 ...
in
Oceanport, New Jersey
Oceanport is a borough in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States census, the borough's population was 5,832,Grade III event is contested on
turf
Sod, also known as turf, is the upper layer of soil with the grass growing on it that is often harvested into rolls.
In Australian and British English, sod is more commonly known as ''turf'', and the word "sod" is limited mainly to agricult ...
over a distance of miles(8.5 furlongs).
Inaugurated in 1947 as a six
furlong
A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and United States customary units equal to one eighth of a mile, equivalent to 660 feet, 220 yards, 40 rods, 10 chains or approximately 201 metres. It is now mostly confined to use in hor ...
sprint race on dirt, it was switched to the turf course in 1964.
The race was not run in 1996 due to
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* Tropical Storm Bertha (1957), a moderate tropical storm that threatened areas devastated by Hurricane Audrey two months earlier, but did not become a hurricane and ca ...
. It was run in two divisions in 1956, 1966–1969, 1971, 1973, 1975–1976, 1979, 1982.
Cozzene
Cozzene (May 8, 1980 – October 7, 2008) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and outstanding sire. He was bred and raced by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee John A. Nerud and trained by his son, Jan.
Cozzene began racing at age ...
(5)
* 1984 - World Appeal (4)
* 1983 - Fray Star (5)
* 1982 - McCann (4)
* 1981 - Winds of Winter (4)
* 1980 - North Course (5)
* 1979 - Revivalist (5)
* 1978 - Mr. Red Wing (4)
* 1977 - Quick Card (4)
* 1976 - Toujours Pret (7)
* 1975 - R Tom Can (4)
* 1974 - Mo Bay (5)
* 1973 - Lexington Park (7)
* 1972 - Native Heir (6)
* 1971 - Red Reality (5)
* 1970 - Mr. Leader (4)
* 1969 - Mara Lark (4)
* 1968 - Country Friend (6)
* 1967 - ''not run''
* 1966 - ''not run''
* 1965 - Uncle Percy (7)
* 1964 - Turbo Jet (4)
* 1963 - Accordant (3)
* 1962 - Jet's Pat (4)
* 1961 - Careless John (4)
* 1960 - Besomer (7)
* 1959 - Itobe (6)
* 1958 - True Verdict (4)
* 1957 - Decathlon
* 1956 - Duc De Fer (5)
* 1956 - Decathlon (2nd div.)
* 1955 - Dark Peter (7)
* 1954 - Master Ace (5)
* 1953 - Cinda (4)
* 1952 - General Staff (4)
* 1951 - Tuscany (3)
* 1950 - Imacomin (4)
* 1949 - Rippey (6)
* 1948 - Yankee Hill (4)
* 1947 - Polynesian (5)
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