Richard ‘Biff' Befarah Passes

Published: June 19, 2017 12:03 pm EDT

Standardbred trainer Richard G. ‘Biff' Befarah, 70, passed away on Saturday, June 10 due to smoke inhalation from a house fire.

Befarah was born in Pennsylvania, but moved to Neptune, NJ as a child and was a graduate of Neptune High School. At the time of his death he was a residence of Wrightstown.

A passionate horse-lover, Befarah conditioned equines from 1997 to 2015 and his charges earned $257,106, with the best year of his career in 2012 when he collected $106,264 from 103 starts.

A service will be held on Friday (June 23) at 2:30 p.m., at The Br. Gen. Wm. C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 350 Province Line Rd, Wrightstown, N.J. 08562.

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