Tag: Haskell Stakes

  • TVG.com Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park draws 19 nominations

    TVG.com Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park draws 19 nominations

    OCEANPORT – Nineteen horses have been nominated to the Grade 1 TVG.com Haskell Stakes to be held on July 23 at Monmouth Park, including a pair of horses from nine-time winning trainer Bob Baffert, racing secretary John F. Heims announced on July 7. Baffert, who last won the Haskell Stakes in 2020 with Authentic, nominated…

  • DQ elevates Mandaloun to victory in TVG.com Haskell Stakes

    DQ elevates Mandaloun to victory in TVG.com Haskell Stakes

    OCEANPORT – Juddmonte Farms’ Mandaloun came from off the pace to earn his first Grade 1 victory in the 54th running of the $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park on July 17 as a result of the first winner’s disqualification in race history, and with the triumph gave his owner/breeder, trainer and jockey…

  • Metuchen resident receives award for coverage of Haskell Stakes

    Metuchen resident receives award for coverage of Haskell Stakes

    Matt Shifman, senior writer and assistant editor at Horse Racing Nation, has been named the winner of the 2021 Bill Handleman Award for outstanding coverage of last year’s TVG.Com Haskell Stakes. First presented in 2012, the Handleman Award honors distinguished media coverage of the $1 million, Grade 1 Haskell, Monmouth Park’s showcase race, according to…

  • Tickets for TVG.com Haskell Stakes to go on sale June 6

    Tickets for TVG.com Haskell Stakes to go on sale June 6

    OCEANPORT – Tickets for the TVG.com Haskell Stakes, the centerpiece of the Monmouth Park thoroughbred meet, will go on sale starting June 6 at 11:30 a.m. The 54th edition of the Grade 1 Haskell Stakes will be run on July 17. The $1 million race for 3-year-olds is one of five graded stakes that day,…

  • Authentic digs in to win TVG.com Haskell Stakes by a nose

    Authentic digs in to win TVG.com Haskell Stakes by a nose

    OCEANPORT – On a day that saw Monmouth Park set a handle record for a non-Breeders’ Cup card, heavily favored Authentic extended Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s record for victories in the Grade 1 TVG.com Haskell Stakes to nine by digging in gamely to hold off a fast-closing Ny Traffic by a nose on…

  • Authentic installed as 4-5 morning line favorite for TVG.com Haskell Stakes

    Authentic installed as 4-5 morning line favorite for TVG.com Haskell Stakes

    Authentic was installed as the 4-5 morning line favorite to extend trainer Bob Baffert’s record for victories in the $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes following the July 15 post position draw for Monmouth Park’s showcase race. A field of seven horses will contest the 53rd edition of the Haskell on July 18 at the thoroughbred…

  • Limited general admission tickets to TVG.com Haskell will be available online July 11

    Limited general admission tickets to TVG.com Haskell will be available online July 11

    Monmouth Park, Oceanport, is putting 500 general admission tickets on sale for the July 18 TVG.com Haskell Stakes starting at noon July 11, on the track’s web site at www.monmouthpark.com Tickets cost $100 apiece and include admission, a Haskell hat, a program and parking. Ticket holders will also have access to limited seating, according to…

  • Field for Haskell Stakes begins to take shape with Dr. Post and Authentic among probables

    Field for Haskell Stakes begins to take shape with Dr. Post and Authentic among probables

    Belmont Stakes runner-up Dr. Post and Santa Anita Derby runner-up Authentic are among nine 3-year-olds listed as probable for the Grade 1 Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park, Oceanport, on  July 18, with two other sophomore runners possibly joining the field, director of racing and racing secretary John Heims and stakes coordinator Lynn T. Ott announced.…