Tag: thoroughbred racing
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Nonna Madeline holds off Royal Flag to win Lady’s Secret Stakes at Monmouth
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…
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It Can Be Done wins Nownownow Stakes to highlight Ferrer’s five-winner day
OCEANPORT – The stakes were considerably higher, but the tactics were exactly the same for jockey Jose Ferrer. Get to the lead, slow down the fractions and steal off with a grass route race. The veteran rider did that in a Maiden Special Weight race early on the card at Monmouth Park from an outside…
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Belgrano rallies to win Raines Stakes at Monmouth
OCEANPORT – With the form spree that Belgrano has been on lately, looking sharp going both short and long on the grass, trainer Frank Russo figured he would give the 6-year-old gelding one more start before heading south for the winter. It was a big swing – just the second stakes race of the horse’s…
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Tracy Ann’s Legacy to take on the boys in Meadowlands At Monmouth meet
OCEANPORT – With little time to savor his third Monmouth Park training title, Kelly Breen will look to pick up where he left off when the nine-day Meadowlands at Monmouth Park meet gets underway with an 11-race card on Oct. 3. Breen, who finished the Monmouth Park meet with a flourish by capturing both stakes…
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Breen sweeps Sunday stakes to wrap up Monmouth training title
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…
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Andrez Conquist ($319.80) sets Monmouth Park win payout record
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…
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She’s Got You outfinishes stablemate Altea to give Chad Brown 1-2 finish in Violet Stakes
OCEANPORT – As if any additional reminders were needed as to why Chad Brown has been America’s leading turf trainer for the past eight years, he offered up two more on Sept. 26 at Monmouth Park. She’s Got You, rallying on the outside, surged past stablemate Altea in deep stretch to give Brown a 1-2…
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Sapling winner Waist Deep tops Smoke Glacken field on final day of Monmouth meet
OCEANPORT – Anthony Farrior had already convinced himself that he had seen the last of Waist Deep for the 2020 racing season following the 2-year-old gelding’s impressive victory in the Sapling Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sept. 6. So the plan was to give Waist Deep the winter off and then gear up for next…
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Monmouth’s 75th season draws to a close as Breen, Lopez look to wrap up titles
OCEANPORT – Monmouth Park will close out its 75th season of thoroughbred horse racing this weekend with stakes races on Sept. 26 and Sept. 27 as a couple of familiar faces look to put the finishing touches on training and riding titles. The $100,000 Violet Stakes, for fillies and mares 3 and up at a…
