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The Jersey Derby is a $60000 American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually in late July/early August at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport New Jersey. Since 1993 it has been raced on grass at a distance of 1 1/16 miles.A Jersey Derby was run on June 7 1864 at a racetrack in Paterson New Jersey. The one-time event was won by Robert A. Alexander’s colt Norfolk.