Greater Newark LifeCamp, providing children from Newark, NJ, with summer programs in the country, will be sole beneficiary of Event

Far Hills, NJ, December 8, 2016: The Board of Directors of the Mars Essex Horse Trials, Inc. (Essex) is pleased to announce that, as competition re-commences at this iconic area Event next year, proceeds will directly benefit Greater Newark LifeCamp – providing an enriching day camp experience for approximately 300 Newark-area youths, per day, for six weeks during the months of July and August.

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By Nancy Jaffer, originally posted on http://nancyjaffer.com/2016-08-21/.

It sounded like a good, if rather unusual, idea–moving the Monmouth County Horse Show–which needed a boost–to Somerset County’s U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation headquarters in Gladstone.

But until the show actually was held at the iconic location, no one would know for sure whether the concept worked.
It turned out to be wildly popular. Monmouth at the Team, which ends a six-day run this afternoon with the $10,000 Horseflight Mini-Prix, was a hot ticket that drew raves from exhibitors and trainers.

That was confirmed when organizers ran through 500 back numbers for riders and had to borrow more from area show managers, said Tucker Ericson, who bought Monmouth with his cousin, Michael Dowling, from longtime owners Mike Maxwell and George Richdale.
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