Tag: thoroughbred racing
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Altaf handles jump to stakes company by winning Lady’s Secret Stakes
OCEANPORT – No matter what challenges trainer Chad Brown throws at the lightly raced Altaf, she seems to handle each one more easily than the last. Facing stakes company for the first time in her brief career while also trying two turns for the first time, Altaf had no problem with either, rolling to a…
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Trainer Thomas hoping for firm turf for Corelli in $150,000 Monmouth Stakes
OCEANPORT – Five starts after getting Corelli, trainer Jonathan Thomas believes he has finally found the key to success for the 6-year-old gelding. At least he hopes he has. A winner in his 2021 comeback race on April 24 at Pimlico Race Course, Corelli will step up to graded stakes company again when the grass…
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Breen to send out a pair of ‘babies’ as Monmouth holds first 2-year-old races
OCEANPORT – This is the part of training thoroughbreds that runs the gamut of emotions for Kelly Breen, with equal parts of anticipation, excitement and anxiety. Monmouth Park will hold its first 2-year-old races of the year during the June 4 twilight card – a pair of 4½-furlong dashes for Maiden Special Weight fillies –…
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Breen well positioned to repeat as leading trainer at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT – With Hall of Fame trainers Todd Pletcher, Steve Asmussen and Jerry Hollendorfer – along with future Hall of Famer Chad Brown – all having a formidable presence on the Monmouth Park backstretch this summer, it’s easy to forget the race for leading trainer honors still goes through Kelly Breen. It did in 2020,…
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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.…
