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This Week at Monmouth Park: Italian Festival and Kortney’s Challenge!

Italian Festival
Saturday, August 5 

Monmouth Park’s Italian Festival is sure to be magnifico! Header Image by Equi-Photo

Join with friends and family as we celebrate the culture of Italy with authentic music, delicious food, bocce and wine! The Metropolitan Festival Band will fill the air with sounds of Italy from 12-4pm.

NEW FOR 2017, enjoy an Italian Wine Tasting! For only $10 enjoy 5 two-ounce samples of Italian wines and receive a commemorative wine glass. Sponsored by Opici Wines. Please check back for our list of food vendors and menu.

The day will also feature live, Thoroughbred racing so bring your family and friends and spend the day at beautiful Monmouth Park – your best bet for summertime family fun!

Monmouth Park Italian Festival

  • Grandstand Admission is just $5
  • General Parking is just $5
  • Children 12 and under always FREE
  • Gates open 11:30am, first race 12:50pm
  • No pets allowed

Kortney’s Challenge & Food Bank Day
Sunday, August 6 

Come out and celebrate a great day of charity and giving.

Start your day off with the Kortney’s Challenge 2-mile Fun Run/Walk through scenic Oceanport.  This event raises money for the Kortney Rose Foundation, which seeks to help find a cure for Pediatric Brain Cancer.

Following Kortney’s Challenge, enjoy a beautiful day of live racing and help the Food Bank of Monmouth/Ocean Counties by donating a non-perishable food item.  Grandstand admission is FREE to all who donate. Please help us support two great causes.  Spend Kortney’s Challenge and Food Bank Day at Monmouth Park!

Kortney’s Challenge @ Monmouth Park in Oceanport, NJ

Central Jersey InMotion Staff

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