Download or read book Remarks of Governor Thomas H. Kean, Garden State Race Track Opening Ceremony, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Monday, April 1, 1985 written by Thomas H. Kean and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governor Kean speaks briefly at the Garden State Race Track re-opening ceremony. Garden State Park hosted some of history's greatest Thoroughbreds including Whirlaway, Citation, Bold Ruler, Gallant Man, Round Table, Kelso and Riva Ridge. Secretariat won the 1972 Garden State Futurity. Its signature race was the Jersey Derby. Its Garden State Stakes and Gardenia Stakes offered some of the largest purses available for two year-olds. The Garden State Race Track had burned to the ground after the sixth race on April 14, 1977, and an electrical fire was blamed. It has been renovated at a cost of $130 million.