Open Space Pace

For the last couple of years, I’ve taken part in the Open Space Pace – an event that’s sponsored by a number of Monmouth County businesses to highlight how important the equine industry is to the overall New Jersey economy. So anytime we hear how horseracing in particular is a dying sport, I look to events like the Haskell Invitational as a way to hold out hope that the equine industry can survive

Last year I took part in the Open Space Pace, which is an event celebrating the area’s horse industry…which if not supported, could mean the loss of thousands of jobs here in New Jersey. I was pitted against Kirk Jimenez of SNY and knew I had him beat just by looking at him...

I’ve always been a proponent of open space. And to some degree, horseracing. Horseracing runs in the family. My dad used to own trotters; and race them all over. Here in Freehold, up in Monticello, over in Yonkers and Roosevelt; and one of the tracks outside Philly...