Tag: Iselin Stakes
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Informative scores upset at odds of 14-1 in Grade 3 Iselin Stakes
OCEANPORT – Just call trainer Uriah St. Lewis the upset king of Monmouth Park. A little more than a year after Informative shocked the field by winning the Grade 3 Salvator Stakes at odds of 79-1, the 5-year-old son of Bodemeister did it again, surging past even-money favorite Highly Motivated to score a one-and-a-half-length victory…
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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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Code of Honor impresses after layoff with victory in Grade 3 Iselin Stakes
OCEANPORT – Whatever plans trainer Shug McGaughey settles on going forward with Code of Honor, he now has the perfect set-up race behind him to work off. Code of Honor, the 2019 Kentucky Derby runner-up and Travers Stakes winner, easily shook off the cobwebs from a seven-month layoff, rolling to a two-and-a-half-length victory in the…
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Sweezey counting on home track advantage for Phat Man in Iselin Stakes
OCEANPORT – To beat a horse like multiple Grade 1 winner Code of Honor in Saturday’s Grade 3 Philip H. Iselin Stakes at Monmouth Park, trainer Kent Sweezey knows he needs every edge he can get. That’s where the home track advantage comes in for Phat Man. Code of Honor, the 2019 Kentucky Derby runner-up…
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Code of Honor set to return in Iselin Stakes after seven-month layoff
OCEANPORT – It’s not so much a new and improved version of Code of Honor who will make his return to the races in the Grade 3 Philip H. Iselin Stakes on Aug. 21 at Monmouth Park, trainer Shug McGaughey said, as it is a more mature one. Idle since a fifth place finish on…