Horse Sense

Real Horse Sense …

With the nearby Monmouth Park racetrack set to open on May 11, Monmouth Beach residents might like to know that Warren “Jimmy” Croll, Jr., a Hall-of-Fame horse trainer, was a borough home-owner since 1946. The Pennsylvania-born horseman had many talents, producing champion turf, dirt and sprinter horses over 60 years.

In 1994, he trained an Eclipse Horse-of-the-Year winner, Holy Bull (who won his first race at Monmouth Park and later the Haskell Invitational). In 1987, he trained Bet Twice to a Triple Crown victory, the Belmont Stakes. Mr. Croll died in June 2008.