Far Hills Race Meeting Donates to Help Charities, Cancer Patients
FAR HILLS, NJ — Since launching the infamous steeplechase horse race 99 years ago the Far Hills Race Meeting is continuing to give back to local charities and recently expanded to help even more locals. Each year money is donated to charities including Cancer Support Community Central in Bedminster, Bonnie Brae School in Basking Ridge, […]
World-Class Horse Racing in Far Hills
This October 19 marks the 99th running of the Far Hills Race Meeting, an annual event held at Moorland Farm in Somerset Hills, New Jersey. Based on a fox hung organized by the Essex Hunt in Montclair circa 1870, the modern-day event involves legal wagering and has grown to be one of the richest purses […]
Breast Cancer Awareness: Branchburg, Franklin Police, Somerset prosecutor unveil pink vehicles
SOMERVILLE – Most people go to the annual Far Hills Race Meeting to see the power of horses. This year they will see a unique display of horsepower at the races – three police vehicles wrapped in pink to highlight Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The thousands who attend the annual event, scheduled for Oct. 19 […]
Mars Essex Horse Trials Coming to Far Hills
The Essex Horse Trials, an iconic pre-Olympic-qualifying three-day event held at the United States Equestrian Team (USET) headquarters until 1998, was conceived in the 1960s as a competition for young riders. Until that time, good courses and well-built fences rarely filtered down to the lower competitive levels of the sport. In 1968, thanks to the […]
‘Diabetes Hero’ Summit Athlete to be Honored at Far Hills Race Meeting
SUMMIT, NJ – Will Schaffer said that while his type 1 diabetes diagnosis at 14 changed his life, it did not change who he was as a person. Now, the college baseball player is being honored by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s New Jersey Metro & Rockland County Chapter as an “Everyday Hero” for his […]
Far Hills Race Meeting, RWJUH Partner To Advance Community Health Services
The Far Hills Race Meeting Association and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset announced Tuesday they have partnered to provide community health services in the area. “The Far Hills Race Meeting Association is committed to giving back to our community,” Guy Torsilieri, chairman, Far Hills Race Meeting Association, said. “One of the ways we felt […]
Far Hills Race Meeting to Inaugurate Pari-Mutuel Wagering
FAR HILLS, N.J., July 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — For the first time in its nearly century-long history, the Far Hills Race Meeting will offer pari-mutuel wagering on all of its races on Saturday, October 20, 2018. With the introduction of wagering, Far Hills Race Meeting delivers on a long-held promise, pairing betting with its world-class […]
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOMERSET RECEIVES $500,000 DONATION FROM FAR HILLS RACE MEETING ASSOCIATION FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT
SOMERVILLE, N.J., July, 2018 – Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, has received a $500,000 donation from the Far Hills Race Meeting Association for behavioral health services. In recognition of the generous donation RWJUH Somerset has dedicated The Far Hills Race Meeting Behavioral Health Unit in the association’s honor. The […]
International Gold Cup and Far Hills offer Trifecta of Big Crowds, Pari-Mutuel Wagering, and High-Def Video
American Steeplechasing will offer a Thoroughbred-racing trifecta on the final two weekends in October, with large crowds, pari-mutuel wagering, and high-definition video coverage for the two most important race meets on the fall calendar. Kicking off the jump-racing Octoberfest will be the 98th annual Far Hills Races in New Jersey, where $850,000 in purses will […]
AMERICA VS. WORLD IN FAR HILLS’ GRAND NATIONAL (GR. 1)
America’s best steeplechase horses in training will be challenged by an invasion of overseas runners in Saturday’s $400,000 Grand National (Gr. 1), America’s richest steeplechase race and the centerpiece of the Far Hills Races, central New Jersey’s fall festival of horse racing and family fun. In all, the 97th annual Far Hills Races will feature […]
