Category: sports
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Golden Brown turns in sharp effort to win John J. Reilly Handicap
OCEANPORT – Put Golden Brown in the familiar surroundings of Monmouth Park, and then against Jersey-breds, and good things tend to happen for the gritty 6-year-old gelding. They did again on July 4, when Golden Brown showed good early speed to work his way into contention and then flashed his strong closing kick as he…
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Honey I’m Good holds on to win $75,000 Regret Stakes at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT – When Honey I’m Good finished a tiring sixth in the Politely Stakes in her season debut on May 30 – just the second time she had failed to hit the board in her first 12 career starts – her connections simply drew a line through the race. On July 3, it was easy…
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Golden Brown looks to add to impressive credentials in John J. Reilly Handicap
OCEANPORT – When Golden Brown was a 2-year-old going through the physical ailments young race horses often experience, trainer Pat McBurney never noticed anything particularly special about the son of Offlee Wild. Four years later Golden Brown continues to be a revelation to his connections, according to a press release. “I would have never thought…
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Teen gymnast wins medals in trampoline events at national championships
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A local teenager won gold and silver medals at the USA Gymnastics Championships. Ava DeHanes, 13, won the medals in two separate events in trampoline at the USA Gymnastics National Championships, held in St. Louis, Missouri, in June. Ava has placed on the 2021-22 USA Junior National Team in two different…
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DeVaux-trained Bayerness seeking first stakes win in $75,000 Regret Stakes
OCEANPORT – Cherie DeVaux is in no hurry to see Bayerness start on her second career as a broodmare, but the Kentucky-based trainer also knows there’s a business side to her sport to consider. So getting a stakes win for a filly who is already graded stakes-placed and cost $350,000 as a yearling would be…
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Millstone-Roosevelt Little League debuts Central Jersey Aces travel teams
MILLSTONE – A new travel team baseball initiative is on the rise for the Millstone-Roosevelt Little League. Playing under the name Central Jersey Aces, the MRLL has created two travel teams that have started to play in tournaments around New Jersey this summer. This is the first travel program of its kind the MRLL has…
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Schechter leads Hillsborough girls track and field hopefuls competing at Outdoor Nationals
The end to a tremendous senior season for Hillsborough High School girls track and field star Kirstyn Schechter will come to a head this weekend when the best of the best across the country compete at the 30th annual Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, Oregon. Schechter will compete in both the 100- and 400-meter hurdles and…
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Por Que No scores easily in gate-to-wire fashion in Boiling Springs Stakes
OCEANPORT – As the lone speed in a short field, trainer Kent Sweezey and jockey Ferrin Peterson weren’t about to over-think the strategy with Por Que No in the $75,000 Boiling Spring Stakes at Monmouth Park on June 26. Get to the front, slow down the fractions and leave plenty in reserve. Good in theory,…
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Caravel dazzles with closing kick to win Goldwood Stakes
OCEANPORT – Owner and trainer Elizabeth Merryman now knows she has to aim even higher when she decides on the next start for her talented turf sprinting filly Caravel. The 4-year-old daughter of Mizzen turned in another dazzling – and winning – effort, drawing away with ease to score a 4¼-length victory in the $75,000…
