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===Sports=== [[File:Monmouth Park racing on June 4, 2011.jpg|thumb|[[Monmouth Park Racetrack]]]] [[Monmouth Park Racetrack]] in [[Oceanport, New Jersey|Oceanport]] and [[Freehold Raceway]] in [[Freehold Borough, New Jersey|Freehold]] offer fans of [[thoroughbred]] [[horse racing]] a chance to bet on races. Freehold Raceway announced in September 2024 that they will close, with the final racing date being December 28.<ref>[https://www.nj.com/monmouth/2024/09/historic-nj-racetrack-is-shutting-down.html "Historic N.J. racetrack is shutting down"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 19, 2024. Accessed September 27, 2024. "Freehold Raceway — the oldest operating racetrack in the country — is ceasing all live racing and simulcast operations at the end of the year, racetrack officials announced Thursday. The last day at the horse-racing track in Monmouth County will be Dec. 28. "Freehold Raceway — the oldest operating racetrack in the country — is ceasing all live racing and simulcast operations at the end of the year, racetrack officials announced Thursday. The last day at the horse-racing track in Monmouth County will be Dec. 28."</ref> In 1943, the [[New York Yankees]] held their [[spring training]] in Asbury Park instead of [[Florida]].<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1943/03/28/archives/spring-baseball-training-brings-visitors-to-asbury-park-poconos.html "Spring Baseball Training Brings Visitors To Asbury Park—Poconos Events; Asbury Park's Season"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 28, 1943. Accessed August 4, 2012. "Asbury Park, N.J.—Spring training of the New York Yankees baseball team has quickened the arrival of visitors this year, many of them bent on watching the conditioning of professional athletes north of the Mason–Dixon Line."</ref> This was because rail transport had to be conserved during the war, and [[Major League Baseball]]'s Spring Training was limited to an area east of the [[Mississippi River]] and north of the [[Ohio River]].<ref>Suehsdorf, A. D. (1978). ''The Great American Baseball Scrapbook'', p. 103. Random House. {{ISBN|0-394-50253-1}}.</ref>
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