53rd NJ Irish Festival: June 8, 2025
Click here to watch videos of this year's Human Horse Races
Requirements:
You must raise $
(goal $1000 per horse),
get in a horse suit,
run down the homestretch
in 2- 4 inches of mud
in front of 80,000 people,
hope to make it to the finish line…
and win absolutely nothing
but the satisfaction of helping others!
All money raised will be donated to
How It Works
When: Sunday, June 08, 2025
Where: Monmouth Park Racetrack
Time: Race will take place between real horse races (to be determined)
Course: 1/16 of a mile dash out of actual starting gate & down the front homestretch. The track announcer will call race live over the P.A.
Who: Up to 10 “horses” per race and their handlers
How: Send horse entries to info@njirishfestival.com
Cost: Buy-in goal for each “horse” is to generate as much money as possible – raised from friends, family, co-workers, strangers, etc. $1000.00 PER HORSE IS THE GOAL
Monies raised by the NJ Irish Festival Foundation’s
“Human Horse” races will be donated the charities above.
Sponsor a horse by donating
(include name of “horse” or trainer
so donation is credited appropriately)
Race 1: The Foals (49 and Younger)
| Space | Horse Name | Stable | Trainer |
| 1 | Irish Kev | Bugliaro fantasy league | Kevin Dolan |
| 2 | Hoff Arted | Not so Stable | Emily Breiner |
| 3 | A-Train | Presidential Stable | Anthony Falcone Jr. |
| 4 | Stay Thirsty | Glue Stick Stables | Reagan O |
| 5 | S-Delta | Bayada Behavioral Health | Amanda Movelle |
| 6 | Chief DIgger Daddy | Shay Mikey Joey Stable | Jen-A-Boom |
| 7 | Swift Out the Gate | Laveder Hayz Stable | Kelce Handler |
| 8 | Pay the Toal | Jay Mac | Bar A Stables |
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Race 2: The Thoroughbreds (50 and Older)
| Space | Horse Name | Stable | Trainer |
| 1 | Bad Santa Rides Again | Stable of Misfit Toys | Meagan Ryan |
| 2 | Bud Lightning | Green Bay Stable | Johnny Niles |
| 3 | The Bohran Boy | Ballybrack Stables | Roseanne Alo |
| 4 | Happy Days | Dublin City Stables | John "Giddy-up" Sheridan |
| 5 | Spicy Rigatoni | Set the Stable | Tyler Lombardi |
| 6 | Irish you'd catch me | Shamrock and Sass Stables | Kate Gallop & Gab Quinn |
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