The Monmouth Cup was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in July at the Monmouth Park Association's racetrack in Long Branch, New Jersey. First run as part of the racetrack's inaugural season in 1870, the Monmouth Cup was open to horses aged three and older. It was created as a long distance race but the long distance soon declined in popularity and the race was subsequently run at various shorter distances: miles : (1870–1876) miles : (1878–1882) miles : (1887–1890, 1892) miles : (1891) at Jerome Park Racetrack
In 1891, the races at Long Branch had to be shifted to racetracks in New York when government legislation attempted to inhibit parimutuel wagering. The race meetings were split between the Jerome Park Racetrack in Fordham, Bronx and the nearby Morris Park Racecourse at Westchester Village. The Monmouth Park Racing Association closed and the land was sold after its operating license was revoked in 1893 and government legislation was enacted that banned parimutuel wagering.
The final running in 1892 was won in a walkover by Longstreet.
The race should not be confused with the race of the same name, which was originally the Meadowlands Cup but moved to Monmouth Park in 2010.
Winners
1892 – Longstreet 1891 – Riley 1890 – Salvator 1889 – Firenze 1888 – Firenze 1887 – Troubadour 1882 – Eole 1881 – Monitor 1880 – Report 1879 – Bramble 1878 – Parole 1877 – no race 1876 – Tom Ochiltree 1875 – Aaron Pennington 1874 – Tom Bowling 1873 – Wanderer 1872 – Longfellow 1871 – Longfellow 1870 – Helmbold
References
External links July 12, 1889 New york Times article on Firenze's second straight win in the Monmouth Cup