Tag: Monmouth Park
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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,…
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Sacco eyes fast start at Monmouth with It Can Be Done in Jersey Derby
OCEANPORT – Now in his 33rd year as a trainer, Gregg Sacco knows that success or failure on the opening weekend of a new meet generally doesn’t mean much in the long term. But the competitor in him still has that burning desire to get off to a fast start. That’s his hope for Monmouth…
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Monmouth Park GM named recipient of Virgil ‘Buddy’ Raines award
OCEANPORT – The biggest disappointment of Bill Anderson’s teen years was coming to grips with the realization he could no longer make weight to be a jockey. For his professional future it turned out to be the best thing that could have happened to him. A fixture at Monmouth Park since 1980 in a variety…
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Monmouth Park enters deal with SeatGeek to serve as track’s exclusive ticketing partner
OCEANPORT – Monmouth Park has entered a multi-year deal with SeatGeek to serve as its exclusive ticketing partner, becoming the first racetrack to join the ticket company’s full stack platform. SeatGeek, through its mobile-focused ticket platform, gives fans the opportunity to buy and sell tickets to sporting events, concerts and theater shows, according to a…
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Monmouth moving to 12:15 p.m. post time on Saturday and Sunday; meet begins May 28
OCEANPORT – Monmouth Park will switch to a 12:15 p.m. post time during live thoroughbred racing on Saturdays and Sundays while continuing to offer free parking and admission when the track’s 76th season gets underway on May 28. Post time on Fridays throughout the 53-day meet will be 5 p.m., according to a press release.…
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Kentucky Derby full card wagering and advance betting available at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT – Monmouth Park will offer full card wagering this weekend for the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks programs, with advance betting for Saturday’s (May 1) 147th Kentucky Derby card available starting at noon on April 30. First race post time is 10:30 a.m. for the 13-race Kentucky Oaks card on April 30 and the…
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Monmouth Park shows increases in handle as 2020 season concludes
OCEANPORT – Monmouth Park showed increases in both the daily transmission of its signal and in total average handle compared to 2019 while also avoiding any cases of COVID-19 during the combined 44-day meet that concluded on Oct. 24. Monmouth Park’s average daily simulcast handle increased 27.09% to $3,604,413 daily compared to $2,836,148 in 2019.…
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Huston has five horses entered in three stakes races for closing day at Monmouth
OCEANPORT – For a trainer whose stable consists of “about 95%” Jersey breds, Rory Huston could not have hand-picked a better final card for the Meadowlands at Monmouth Park meet as he closes out the best year of his career. The 11-race program on Oct. 24 will feature three stakes races for Jersey breds: the…
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No Cents scores by a neck in featured allowance at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT – With limited options and time running out on the thoroughbred racing season, trainer Cal Lynch decided to take a shot with a Jersey bred in open company in Monmouth Park’s featured $50,000 allowance for 2-year-olds on Oct. 21. No Cents, a colt bred and owned by Monmouth Park royalty, delivered in a big…
