Category: sports
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Braves excited to open grid season at Freehold Township on Aug. 26
The Manalapan High School Braves will open the 2022 football season with a short road trip to play the Freehold Township High School Patriots on Aug. 26. Coach Dominick Lepore said his players are prepared to kick off a new campaign. “We are ready to go,” Lepore said. “We have been preparing for this since…
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Reid has high hopes for Vedareo in $200,000 Sorority Stakes at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT – Despite Vedareo’s disappointing and trouble-filled effort in the Grade 3 Schuylerville at Saratoga in her last start on July 14, trainer Butch Reid remains as confident as ever that the 2-year-old filly will be able to follow in the footsteps of her champion half-sister Vequist. Vedareo, like Vequist, is out of the mare…
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Forza Di Oro to mark return following long layoff in Grade 3 Iselin Stakes
OCEANPORT – The last time Forza Di Oro ran, he followed up a third place finish in the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup with a fifth place showing in the Grade 1 Woodward Stakes. That was Oct. 2. Following a 322-day layoff, the 5-year-old son of Speightstown will mark his return – with new…
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Raritan, Middletown North grapplers support ‘Wrestling for Recovery’
HAZLET — Wrestling mats were brought out of storage for a special purpose on Aug. 12 in Hazlet when members of the Raritan High School and Middletown North High School wrestling teams took part in an exhibition match as part of the inaugural “Wrestling for Recovery” event. The location for 17 bouts between the Rockets…
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Nothing Better wins Rainbow Heir Stakes; Kuramata claims Oceanport Stakes
OCEANPORT – As soon as trainer Jorge Duarte Jr. saw Monmouth Park’s turf course listed as firm for Aug. 14 he knew he had chosen the right time and spot for Nothing Better’s stakes debut. The 5-year-old gelding did not disappoint, brushing off an early speed duel with Breakthrough before going on to a comfortable…
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Trainer hoping Hot Blooded keeps moving forward in $100,000 Oceanport Stakes
OCEANPORT – Trainer Carlos David wasn’t sure what to expect when he made the decision to geld the underperforming Hot Blooded this winter, but after an 0 for 10 campaign in 2021 David knew he had to do something. What he wound up getting, much to his delight, is a stakes winner who enters the…
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Allentown American Legion team sees summer run end in regional semifinals
ALLENTOWN – During the summers of 2021 and 2022, Manager Sahil Thakur and the players on the Allentown American Legion baseball team have stamped their mark on New Jersey’s American Legion baseball scene. Over two seasons, the team has won 46 games and two state championships, and made two appearances in the semifinals of the…
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Jockey Rendon making his presence felt at Monmouth following absence from riding
OCEANPORT — After taking off nearly two years from riding to be with his family in Medellin, Colombia, as COVID-19 raged, jockey Jairo Rendon said it was almost as if he had never left the sport when he showed up at Monmouth Park this spring to resume his career. “It was normal, like I hadn’t…
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Breakthrough seeking second straight stakes win in Rainbow Heir Stakes
OCEANPORT – Juan Carlos Avila said there was no magical fix that turned the 4-year-old gelding Breakthrough into a stakes winner and has him seeking his third straight win in the $100,000 Rainbow Heir Stakes at Monmouth Park on Aug. 13. Simple maturity has been the difference, said the 58-year-old trainer. “The biggest change has…
