National Steeplechase Association Chief Operating Officer Lou Raffetto Jr. was pleased with the jump racing festival at Monmouth Park and hopes to do it again.
With $230,000 in purses, this was the first time that a major track had six steeplechase races on the card along with their flat races. Monmouth averages about 6,000 spectators, and officials said there were upwards of 10,000 that day.