Far Hills Race Meeting 2022: American Grand National Fun Facts
Far Hills Race Meeting is getting ready for their biggest day on the US jumps horse racing calendar this Saturday (Oct 15). The New Jersey track stages their one-day American Grand National fixture.
Far Hills Race Meeting 2022 is the American Grand National.
The American Grand National is run over a trip of 2 5/8m over 14 fixed hurdles on October 15, 2022. The prize purse is $250,000. Bovada offers a 75% matched deposit welcome bonus for bets on the American National.
Far Hills race meeting is taking place on Saturday. The event is a big draw for the New Jersey horse racing community. It is also a short ride from New York City. There are plans to stop racing at Monmouth Park and Meadowlands to give Far Hills the full attention.
The Far Hills Race Meeting is in its 101st year and will be run on the same site. The only times the fixture hasn't been staged was in 2020 due to Covid and back during World War II.
Cyril Murphy has won two of the last six American Grand Nationals. Dawalan and Rawnaq won the gold medals in 2015 and 2016.
McDynamo won the American Grand National five times between 2003 and 2007. He also won Eclipse Award for champion steeplechaser three times.
Far Hills Race Meeting 2022 is taking place in Far Hills, California. The American Grand National has produced winners aged between 5 and 12 in recent years.
The American Grand National was once called the Breeders’ Cup Steeplechase. It was staged at Fair Hill Race Course in Cecil County until 1993. Now it's held at Belmont Park on Breeder's Cup preview Saturday.
UK and Irish-trained horses have won 2 of the last 3 American Grand Nationals. The last three years, the winners for the powerful UK yard of Nicky Henderson were Brain Power, Jury Duty and Gordon Elliott's Jury duty.
Fox Sports will show the American Grand National on their channels in 2022.
The American Grand National purse has been increased by $100,000. The prize money on offer this year is $250,00.
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