With a legislated permanent ban, after the 1893 running the Monmouth Park Racetrack was shut down and the property sold.
Racing Hall of Fame inductees, Dark Mirage (1968), Gallant Bloom (1969) and Desert Vixen (1973).
[2] The inaugural running at the Long Branch track took place on July 6, 1871, and the mile and one-half race was won by Kentuckian Abraham Buford's Salina, a daughter of Lexington and out of the mare Lightsome by Glencoe.
[3] In winning the 1956 edition of the Monmouth Oaks, Levee's time of 1:48 4/5 broke the track record for a mile and one-eighth on dirt.
[4] In 1969 Gallant Bloom earned her fourth straight win of the year, capturing the Oaks by 12 lengths.