Category: sports
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Reed tops Wall Stadium Modifieds; Breaks Krause’s streak at five
WALL TOWNSHIP – Three-time driving champion Steven Reed snapped Andrew Krause’s winning streak at five on July 24 at Wall Stadium by winning the “Christmas in July” 40-lap main event for Modified stock cars. It was the Jackson speedster’s 35th career win and his first victory since Sept. 14, 2019. Soon after the green flag…
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Quiberon Bay could give Milne her first stakes win in Irish War Cry
OCEANPORT – When Joan Milne isn’t working at her 180-acre farm in Pittstown with her husband Dennis, a veterinarian, she’s at Monmouth Park every morning overseeing the nine horses she has stabled there. As a part-time trainer and full-time farm owner who commutes 65 miles each way on a daily basis, it’s a demanding way…
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Marlboro 9U squad advances to Cal Ripken Baseball World Series
MARLBORO – Dave Gagliano has watched the 12 players on his Marlboro 9U baseball team build their baseball skills on the diamond over the past three years. Gagliano, who also serves as the vice president of travel league operations for the Marlboro Youth Baseball and Softball Association (MYBSA), was beaming with excitement on July 19…
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Jockey and Jeans fundraiser scheduled for Sept. 11 at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT – Seventeen Hall of Fame jockeys – a list that includes former Monmouth Park leading riders Don Brumfield, Julie Krone and Craig Perret – will be on hand when the seventh annual Jockeys and Jeans Fundraiser holds its annual event at Monmouth Park on Sept. 11. All of the proceeds from the event go…
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Sweezey: Training success is a team effort in thoroughbred racing
OCEANPORT – As he continues to balance divisions at Monmouth Park and Gulfstream, doing so well enough to be in the top 10 of the trainer standings at both tracks, J. Kent Sweezey is quick to point out it is more than just a one-man operation. So his success, he insists, is really team success,…
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Princeton University athlete qualifies for Australian Olympic team in 3,000-meter steeplechase.
By Samantha Gorman Ed Trippas ’21 of the Princeton University Track and Field/Cross Country Team produced an outstanding 3,000-meter steeplechase performance on June 29 to earn a spot on the Australian Olympic Team. “It’s the kind of thing you dream of as a kid when you are in this sport, so for it to actually…
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New Jersey Sire Stakes trustees announce increase in purses
The New Jersey Sire Stakes Board of Trustees has announced purses will be increasing by 20% for Premier Division races at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford for the 2022 season. This means purses for the Premier Division races will be $240,000 for the finals and then $30,000 for the legs in each of those…
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New Jersey Sire Stakes trustees announce increase in purses
The New Jersey Sire Stakes Board of Trustees has announced purses will be increasing by 20% for Premier Division races at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford for the 2022 season. This means purses for the Premier Division races will be $240,000 for the finals and then $30,000 for the legs in each of those…
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Groovy Surprise notches second straight stakes victory by winning Jersey Girl Handicap
OCEANPORT – Groovy Surprise apparently enjoyed her first stakes victory so much in her last start that she wanted to experience the feeling again. The 4-year-old filly broke alertly, set moderate early fractions and then held off a determined Bramble Bay in what was essentially a stretch-long duel to win the $85,000 Jersey Girl Handicap…
