Category: sports
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Bay Storm scores one-length victory in Incredible Revenge Stakes
OCEANPORT – With all of the positives signs Bay Storm has been giving in the mornings since arriving at Monmouth Park at the start of the track’s 2022 thoroughbred racing meet, trainer Jonathan Thomas figured he had only one option with his 4-year-old filly. “She has really thrived this summer at Monmouth Park. She has…
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Barney, McCarthy and Krause top Wall Stadium Modified triples
WALL TOWNSHIP — Blake Barney of Jackson, Brick Township’s Eddie McCarthy and Holmdel’s Andrew Krause were the feature race winners in Triple 20-lap Modified stock car main events at Wall Stadium Speedway on Aug. 6. Derek Hopkinson of Toms River also had reason to celebrate as he was the overall event winner by virtue of…
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Provocateur takes advantage of opening on the rail to win Jersey Shore Stakes
OCEANPORT – Given a perfect set-up with a stalking trip behind dueling leaders, jockey Jairo Rendon only had one difficult decision to make midway through the turn of the $100,000 Jersey Shore Stakes at Monmouth Park on Aug. 6. Should he loop outside with Provocateur or wait for the rail to open? The decision turned…
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Klayton’s Kandy set for Incredible Revenge Stakes as trainer Mark Salvaggio seeks first career stakes win
OCEANPORT – Mark Salvaggio understands exactly why he has never won a stakes race in 22 years as a trainer. He doesn’t have that type of stock. “I have cheaper horses – almost all claimers,” said Salvaggio, who is Penn National based. That could change on Aug. 7 in the $100,000 Incredible Revenge Stakes at…
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Defend looking for stakes breakthrough in Jersey Shore Stakes
OCEANPORT – After two failed attempts at trying to make Defend a stakes winner, trainer Cal Lynch is hoping he has found the right spot for his colt in Saturday’s $100,000 Jersey Shore Stakes at Monmouth Park. A disastrous trip in last year’s Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes and a change in tactics in the Concern…
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Upper Freehold couple creates legacy of success in harness racing
By Ken Weingartner UPPER FREEHOLD — Jacquie and Frank Ingrassia have been together in harness racing for more than 50 years and the dynamic duo has no desire to slow down any time soon. Jacquie, 75, and Frank, 89, have a stable of six horses based near their Imlaystown home, with their top horse this…
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FTHS alum Liam Simon signs with Giants; excited to begin pro baseball career
It all started to sink in for Freehold Township High School alum Liam Simon that his dreams of playing professional baseball were coming true as he was signing his contract with the San Francisco Giants organization on July 27 in Scottsdale, Ariz. “It really started to feel real after I put pen to paper and…
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Scisco races to third Modified victory of Wall Stadium season
WALL TOWNSHIP — Kyle Scisco of Jackson avoided an early race accident, raced to the lead on lap nine and powered on to win the 40-lap Modified stock car feature race at Wall Stadium Speedway on July 30. It was the third victory of the 2022 season for the “Scisco Kid.” The event started off…
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Shahama powers to victory in Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT – For those in trainer Todd Pletcher’s camp, the feeling entering Sunday’s Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks at Monmouth Park was that it was a two-horse race between Shahama and the Brad Cox-trained Juju’s Map. Turns out it was a one-horse race. Shahama stuck to the flanks of Juju’s Map for the first six furlongs…
