"Best $2K I Ever Spent!" Rich People Rage In The Mud At The Hunt

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Here's a little history of The Hunt:

- The Far Hills Race Meeting traces its origins all the way back to 1870.

- In the tradition of these clubs, the Essex Fox Hounds established an event to thank the farmers and landowners who allowed them to hunt on their property.

- Today, more than 40,000 spectators converge each fall on the rolling hills of Moorland Farm in Far Hills, New Jersey for the state’s biggest social event of the fall season.

- This year was the 91st running of the tradition.

- Total race day purses equaled $550,000, with six races offering the highest purses on the National Steeplechase Association circuit.

- Instead of emphasizing the horses, the riders, and the competition, organizers of The Hunt create a tailgating extravaganza that more closely resembles a frat party than a time-honored equestrian pastime.

- If you know what is actually happening on the track, you aren't drunk enough.

  • History
  • bus
  • Wear your Sunday best, but also be prepared to trek through the mud
  • what you wear
  • Slide #8
  • The Hunt video
  • Fox
  • Slide #2
  • Slide #9
Filed under: New Jersey, The Hunt
To contact the author of this post, email chelsea.burcz@guestofaguest.com

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October 25, 2011

6:52pm

This looks like uptight and boring people desperately pretending they're something else, and doing a bad job of it. * Although they don't know how to have fun, as one picture suggests, they seem to know a thing or two about CORN-HOLING. * the exception being the elder gentleman in full checkered outfit. I'd party with him anytime!  

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