Tag: Monmouth Park

OCEANPORT – At an age when most of those in his profession are already well established, Victor Flores is just starting. But a dream delayed beats one that is not pursued every time in the view of the 35-year-old apprentice jockey. Flores, who arrived at Monmouth Park from California in early August, will continue to…

OCEANPORT – After four successful months having a string of horses at Monmouth Park for the first time, Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer has been so satisfied with the results that he intends to make the shore track part of his regular racing rotation going forward. That plan was revealed by Dan Ward, Hollendorfer’s…

OCEANPORT – If Premier Star’s solid showing in his last race wasn’t enough to convince trainer Michael Trombetta the colt was sitting on a breakout performance, his recent works erased any doubts. Those two indicators proved to be spot on. Able to squeeze through an opening after three-eighths of a mile to take the lead,…

OCEANPORT – Monmouth Park has canceled its scheduled eight-race holiday racing card for Monday, Oct. 12, due to heavy rain and wind, according to a press release. Racing will resume for the Meadowlands at Monmouth Park meet on Wednesday, Oct. 14, with an eight-race program headlined by the $100,000 Jersey Shore Stakes for 3-year-olds. First…

OCEANPORT – Despite being idle for more than 16 months, Almanaar reinforced two well-known beliefs in the Grade 3 Monmouth Stakes at Monmouth Park on Oct. 10. One is that age is just a number. The other is that trainer Chad Brown has the rare ability to have a turf horse ready no matter how…

OCEANPORT – John Worsley might well be retired by now after 44 years as a trainer if he hadn’t broken a horse named Singlino as a yearling last year. Now the 76-year-old conditioner has a renewed purpose when he goes to work in the mornings, energized by the feeling the horse could be his best…

OCEANPORT – The key to getting Nonna Madeline back on track while quickly turning the tables on Royal Flag turned out to be a simple solution: Keep her close to the pace. Despite slow early fractions, jockey Nik Juarez did exactly that with the Todd Pletcher-trainee and then had just enough in reserve to hold…

OCEANPORT – Kelly Breen celebrated his return to the top of the Monmouth Park trainer standings after a 14-year absence by winning both stakes races during final day of the track’s 75th season on Sept. 27. The 51-year-old New Jersey native led the trainers’ race virtually from the start of the meet in claiming his…

OCEANPORT – It was just around noon that jockey Tomas Mejia learned he had picked up a mount on what looked like a hopeless longshot in the 13th race at Monmouth Park on Sept. 26. A little more than six hours later, Mejia had etched his name in the track’s record book, according to a…