You from Jersey? I’m from Jersey!
You a Jersey-bred? I’m a Jersey-bred!
In fact, both halves of HorseCenter, Matt (Andy Scoggin) Shifman, and yours truly, were born and bred in the Garden State. So were Frank Sinatra, Meryl Streep, and Danny DeVito too.
You know who else is from Jersey? Sunny Ridge is, that’s who.
That's right. The easy winner of today’s Jazil Stakes, and last year’s Withers Stakes, is New Jersey through and through.
So is Irish War Cry. The undefeated son of Curlin is on the Kentucky Derby trail now, but it is in the state of New Jersey where he first learned how-to.
And that’s not all, some of American racing’s great fillies were J-breds. Perhaps you know who…
Regret was a Hall of Famer, and the first ever filly to win the Run for the Roses. She was born in Jersey back in one nine one two.
Open Mind was a back to back champion in the late eighties for D. Wayne Lukas. Eugene Klein was her owner, and he owned the San Diego Chargers too.
Cavalcade, from the nineteen hundred and thirties, also won the Kentucky Derby, among several other big stakes before he was through.
And how could we forget about Henry of Navarre? One of the greats of the 19th century, he was just a yearling back in 1892.
Who else is from Jersey?
Let’s see. There was Classy Mirage, Blue Sparkler, Lord Rebeau, Missy's Mirage and Zoffany -- All classy horses, certainly true blue.
Plus there was John Travolta, Kevin Spacey, and Queen Latifah too.
Of course, we know The Boss and Jersey Girl were both born and bred in New Jersey …
Don’t you wish you were from Jersey too?