Tag: Monmouth Park

OCEANPORT – There was a time early in the Monmouth Park meet when Claudio Gonzalez’s name was stuck near the bottom of the trainer standings. That isn’t the case any longer and those who know his history would not be surprised if he eventually finishes atop those same standings. It will take some work, Gonzalez…

OCEANPORT – A few jumps out of the starting gate, jockey Paco Lopez knew he was a winner in the $100,000 Jersey Shore Stakes at Monmouth Park on Aug. 15. With a pair of speedsters – Mighty Mischief and Moonlite Stroke – inside of him, Lopez and Real Talk got the jump on both from…

OCEANPORT – It took a little longer than he might have preferred, but trainer Jorge Duarte Jr. has finally figured out the key to bringing out the best in Introduced, his talented 5-year-old mare. Kept calm in pre-race for the second straight start, Introduced surged to a three-quarter length victory in the $100,000 Incredible Revenge…

OCEANPORT – When Introduced failed to live up to expectations in her first three starts of the year, trainer Jorge Duarte Jr. went searching for answers. What he came to realize was this: His talented 5-year-old mare can lose the race before it is even run because of how nervous she gets pre-race. A change…

OCEANPORT – The worst year physically of trainer Doug Nunn’s life is heading toward being his best one professionally. Whether that’s coincidence or just a matter of everything coming together after 29 years as a trainer he can’t say for sure. But he does have a theory. “I think it’s because I’m off the horses…

OCEANPORT – Her World lived up to the hype – and then some. Touted by trainer Wesley Ward as perhaps the best 2-year-old filly he has ever had at this stage of her career, Her World took on the daunting double task of her first career start coming against colts and in stakes company. She…

OCEANPORT – It requires a lot of confidence these days to send out a 2-year-old in a turf stakes sprint when trainer Wesley Ward has one – or more – entered in the same race. So it says something that Kathy Ritvo is making the trip from Florida to do so in the $100,000 Tyro…

OCEANPORT – After seven years of struggling to get live mounts at Gulfstream Park, jockey Richard Mitchell decided it was time to change things up this year. But there was one condition to wherever he headed next: It had to be a track that raced in warm weather. Monmouth Park’s summer meet met that requirement,…