It's a race for a good cause in which the winner is 300 Newark-area kids.
The Mars Essex Horse Trials, an equestrian competition held at Moorland Farm in Far Hills on Sunday, helps raise money to benefit the Greater Newark LifeCamp. The camp takes 300 Newark kids and brings them to a six-week day camp approximately 40 miles away in Pottersville.
The riders competed in dressage, show jumping and cross country jumping.
In addition to the ring competition, the horses followed a two-mile cross country course with 17 obstacles.
Riders enjoyed the nice weather and cooled off when they rode through Dew Pond that had a foot of water and a giant log obstacle to jump over.
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