Tag: Monmouth Park
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Trainer Cibelli off to fast start at Monmouth Park with meet-leading three winners
Jane Cibelli knows exactly what it takes to win a training title at Monmouth Park, Oceanport, having accomplished the feat at the thoroughbred track in 2011 and 2012. But that knowledge, says the veteran conditioner, isn’t much of an advantage if the racing fates don’t send a little good fortune your way over the course…
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Newcomers to Monmouth Park training ranks include Hall of Famer and Venezuelan Triple Crown winner
Among the nearly dozen trainers making Monmouth Park, Oceanport, their summer home this year for the first time are a Hall of Famer, one who lists the Venezuelan Triple Crown on his resume and another whose barn is looking to take advantage of the lucrative Jersey-bred program that is offered. It may be as eclectic…
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Monmouth’s season opener set for 5 p.m. July 3; Oceanport Centennial Stakes tops six-race card
OCEANPORT – Awesome Anywhere, who dominated in a starter allowance race at Oaklawn Park two starts ago, heads a field of eight older horses for the first running of the $75,000 Oceanport Centennial Stakes, the feature thoroughbred race on Monmouth Park’s opening day card on July 3. First race post time on Fridays will be…
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Veteran Kelly Breen among early favorites for trainers’ race at Monmouth Park
Kelly Breen would normally embrace the role as the early favorite for what appears to be a wide open trainers’ race when Monmouth Park, Oceanport, launches its 75th season of live thoroughbred racing on July 3. But this year has been anything but normal. Breen, who owns Monmouth Park training titles from 2005 and 2006,…
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Monmouth Park to reopen to fans July 2; live racing to resume July 3
OCEANPORT – Monmouth Park will reopen for simulcast wagering and sports betting at the William Hill Sports Book on July 2, after Gov. Phil Murphy gave approval for the track to do so on as part of state’s Stage 2 loosening of restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19. Monmouth Park, which opens for its…
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Leonard Green named 2020 ‘Buddy’ Raines award recipient
Long-time owner, breeder and racing consultant Leonard Green, of Holmdel, whose D.J. Stable has been a fixture at Monmouth Park, Oceanport, for nearly four decades, has been named the recipient of the Virgil “Buddy” Raines Distinguished Achievement Award, the track announced. The Raines Award, celebrating its 25th year, is traditionally presented during Monmouth Park’s opening…
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Annual Kortney’s Challenge Fun Run/Walk at Monmouth Park Racetrack Aug. 4
The 14th annual Kortney’s Challenge 2 Mile Fun Run/Walk will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Aug. 4 at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport. The top finishers of the race will receive awards in various categories and all children will receive a custom medal. Free food samples, face painting, a Hula hoop contest,…
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Good Magic asserts his dominance with victory in Haskell Invitational
Good Magic was the 6-5 favorite going into the $1 million 2018 Haskell Invitational on July 29 at Monmouth Park, Oceanport, and with good reason. The 3-year-old finished second in the Kentucky Derby and fourth in the Preakness Stakes earlier this year. He was also well-rested, taking a 10-week hiatus from the Preakness to the…
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Monmouth Park stakes schedule for 2018
The $1 million betfair.com Haskell Invitational will headline $4,340,000 in stakes races that Monmouth Park will offer this summer. Monmouth Park will launch its 73rd year of racing on May 5. The Haskell Invitational is scheduled to run on July 29 at the Oceanport track. In addition to the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational, Monmouth Park is set to…
