Rancocas Stable was an American thoroughbred horse racing stable and stud farm located in Jobstown, New Jersey. The stable was founded in the 1870s by the wealthy tobacco manufacturer Pierre Lorillard IV (1833-1901) who had a home in the town of Rancocas, now a part of Willingboro Township, New Jersey. Lorillard built his stable into one of the premier thoroughbred breeding and training operations in the United States. In 1881 Lorillard's horse "Iroquois" became the first American-owned and -bred horse to win a European classic race. Ridden by the champion English jockey, Fred Archer, "Iroquois" won the Epsom Derby then went on to also capture the St. Leger Stakes. Thoroughbred horse racing is the main form of horse-racing throughout the world. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... This article is about the product manufactured from Tobacco plants (Nicotiana spp. ... Pierre Lorillard IV (October 13, 1833 РJuly 7, 1901) was an American tobacco manufacturer and thoroughbred race horse owner. ... Willingboro Township highlighted in Burlington County. ... Thoroughbred race horses The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known as a race horse. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... Frederick James Archer (January 11, 1857 - November 8, 1886) was an English flat race jockey who was the most successful sportsman in horse racing during the Victorian era. ... Epsom Derby, Th̩odore G̩ricault, 1821. ... The St. ...

As part of a program honoring important horse racing tracks and racing stables, the Pennsylvania Railroad named its baggage car #5858 the "Rancocas Stable". 1893 map The Pennsylvania Railroad (AAR reporting mark PRR) was an American railroad that was founded in 1846 and merged in 1968 into Penn Central Transportation. ...

After Lorillard's passing, Rancocas Stable was purchased by Kansas oil industrialist Harry F. Sinclair who invested considerable funds to continue its success and making it one of the dominant racing stables in the United States during the 1920s. For Sinclair, trainer Sam Hildreth brought the stable victories in the Kentucky Derby and in three Belmont Stakes. Between 1923 and 1929 the stable had six horses compete in the Preakness Stakes but never managed a win. Two of the stable's colts, Grey Lag and Zev, are in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Such was the fame of Rancocas Stable that the Pennsylvania Railroad named baggage car #5858 in its honor. Official language(s) none Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Area  Ranked 15th  - Total 82,277 sq mi (213,096 km²)  - Width 211 miles (340 km)  - Length 417 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Lubbock, Texas Ignacy Łukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ... Harry Ford Sinclair, Time Magazine cover: April 9, 1928 Harry Ford Sinclair (July 6, 1876 - November 10, 1956) was an American oil industrialist. ... Samuel Clay Hildreth (1866 - September 24, 1929) was an American thoroughbred horse racing trainer and owner. ... The Kentucky Derby, the worlds preeminent horse race, is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ... The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ... Gray Lag was a thoroughbred race horse born in Kentucky in 1918 and bred by a man everyone called King of the Turf, John E. Madden. ... Zev (1920-1943) was an American thoroughbred horse racing champion. ... The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ... 1893 map The Pennsylvania Railroad (AAR reporting mark PRR) was an American railroad that was founded in 1846 and merged in 1968 into Penn Central Transportation. ... A restored CN baggage car in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. ...

Among the jockeys who rode for Rancocas Stable were Hall of Famers Earl Sande and Laverne Fator. Sinclair's Rancocas Stable set the record as top money winner in a single season in 1923 that stood until 1941 when it was broken by Calumet Farm. Earl Sande (November 13, 1898 – August 19, 1968) was an American jockey and thoroughbred horse trainer. ... Time Magazine cover of May 30, 1949, featuring Calumet trainer Ben Jones Calumet Farm is a 762 acre (3. ...

Personal problems culminating in a prison term for his part in what became known in American history as the Teapot Dome scandal (Sinclair sold US oil reserves to private interests for his own aggrandizement), forced Harry Sinclair to liquidate the farm in 1930-31. Teapot Dome is a reference to an oil field on public land in Wyoming, so named because of a mass boulder that looks like a teapot overlooking the field. ...

The site presently operates as the Helis Stock Farm, and is run by Linda and Ed Lovenduski. The more than 2,000 acre farm includes a number of original Rancocas Stable-era buildings that can be seen from the roadside; including a round training barn with 1,100 windows enclosing a ½ mile track. The farm is located northeast of Jobstown along Monmouth Road (County Road 537) in Springfield Township, New Jersey. Springfield Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of New Jersey: Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

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