New Jersey Horseman John Forbes 'Embodied Everything Good About This Business,' Passes At Age 73 - Horse Racing News
Sponsored by: John Forbes with Tale of the Cat and Julie Krone at Monmouth Park in 1998 John Forbes, a longtime trainer and president of the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, passed away on Sunday at age 73. Born in Maryland, Forbes spent his entire career in the racing industry, following both of his parents into the training game. He moved his operations to New Jersey in the late 1970s and has been a Garden State mainstay ever since. “John was New Jersey racing,” said Dennis Drazin, chairman and CEO of Darby Development LLC, operators of Monmouth Park Racetrack. ...
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