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Greentree Stable, in Red Bank, New Jersey, was a major American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm established in 1914 by Payne Whitney of the Whitney family of New York City. Payne Whitney operated a horse farm and stable at Saratoga Springs, New York with his brother Harry Payne Whitney , who also had a large stable of horses.
In polls to determine Horse of the Year honors, Tom Fool topped polls by the Thoroughbred Racing Association (34 of a possible 37 votes) [5] and Triangle Publications (30 of 31). [ 6 ] Tom Fool retired with a record of 30 starts for 21 wins, 7 seconds and 1 third for earnings of $570,165.
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.
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.
His performance brought him to the attention of the extremely wealthy Mrs. Payne Whitney, owner of the prominent Greentree Stable in Red Bank, New Jersey. Mrs. Whitney bought out Coucci's contract and in 1932 the seventeen-year-old jockey burst onto the American racing scene with such success that he was being hailed as "The second Earl Sande."
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.
Stage Door Johnny was a chestnut horse with a white blaze, owned by the Whitney family's Greentree Stable. He was sired by Prince John , a four-time leading broodmare sire in North America . His grandsire was the important stallion Princequillo , a horse of great endurance who won several important races at longer distances.
Joan Whitney Payson also inherited her father and grandfather's love of thoroughbred horse racing, which ran throughout the Whitney family and created the famed Whitney Stakes. Following her father's death, her mother assumed management of his Greentree Stable , an equestrian estate and horse racing stable in Saratoga Springs, New York , and ...