Tag: thoroughbred racing

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,…

OCEANPORT – Trainer John Servis went into the Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks at Monmouth Park on July 31 thinking that Midnight Obsession was further ahead at this stage of her development than stablemate Leader of the Band. He found himself reassessing that belief right after the race, according to a press release. Leader of the…

OCEANPORT – Trainer Miguel Vera is fully aware of the challenges facing his 3-year-old filly Edie Meeny Miny Mo in the Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks at Monmouth Park on July 31. She has never been around two turns, nor has she ever tried any stakes company yet. And she’s the least experienced filly in the…