Tag: Monmouth Park

OCEANPORT – As pleased as trainer Arnaud Delacour was to see Chalon come off the also eligible list when the Aug. 16 Incredible Revenge Stakes at Monmouth Park was taken off the turf, he wasn’t sure about how his classy mare would respond to a track as sloppy as this one wound up being. Turns…

OCEANPORT – Scott Blasi, the assistant to Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen, said earlier last week that he and his boss would have to see the right signs from Pneumatic in the Aug. 15 TVG.com Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park before making a decision about going forward with the lightly raced colt. If the…

OCEANPORT – There may be a starter or two in the TVG.com Pegasus Stakes on Aug. 15 at Monmouth Park whose connections are coming down with a late case of “Derby fever,” but Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen isn’t among them – at least not yet. The Asmussen-trained Pneumatic, fourth in the Belmont Stakes,…

OCEANPORT – In some ways, Kelly Breen is as surprised as anyone that he will reach the midpoint of the Monmouth Park meet atop the trainer standings and as the favorite to win the title. That’s because Breen originally thought he was too heavy on 2-year-olds, too light on claimers, didn’t have the overall numbers…

OCEANPORT – In a field that featured four graded stakes winners and a millionaire, Sacred Life, who is neither yet, proved he belongs in that company. The Chad Brown-trainee stormed home with a rousing stretch run under Paco Lopez and easily drew off to a four-length victory in the $100,000 Oceanport Stakes at Monmouth Park…

OCEANPORT – County Final showed a new dimension by coming off the pace and easily made amends for his first career loss in the Grade 3 Bashford Manor in his last start by rolling to a four-and-one-quarter length victory in the 79th edition of the Tyro Stakes for 2-year-olds at Monmouth Park on Aug. 8.…

OCEANPORT – Trainer Arnaud Delacour thought he landed on a perfectly reasonable spot in the Aug. 9 Oceanport Stakes at Monmouth Park in his latest effort to get his talented turf runner Eons jump-started on his 4-year-old campaign. Then he saw the field for the $100,000 mile-and-a-sixteenth grass race that headlines the 12-race card. “It’s…

OCEANPORT – The hints were there that something special was going to happen for apprentice Ferrin Peterson, Julie Krone said. Peterson’s work ethic, the way horses seem respond to her, the increased experience she has gained by riding all summer at Monmouth Park – all were tell-tale signs, Krone said. So Krone, the Hall of…

OCEANPORT – Trainer Wesley Ward said it didn’t take long to identify the strengths – and weaknesses – of his speedy 2-year-old filly Wink She loves the grass and she’s a sprinter, predominantly a five-eighths kind. Because of that, the 82nd Colleen Stakes on Aug. 2 at Monmouth Park provided the ideal setting for Wink…