Tag: thoroughbred racing

OCEANPORT – With Jose H. Delgado entering three horses and Kelly Breen entering two for Monmouth Park’s final Friday twilight card of the meet this weekend, there is a chance an already close trainers’ race could tighten up even more. Breen, who was Monmouth Park’s leading trainer in 2005 and 2006, currently leads the standings…

OCEANPORT – Trainer Brad Cox knows full well how tough graded stakes victories are to come by, so he will take the one by Warrior’s Charge via disqualification in the Aug. 22 Grade 3 $200,000 Philip H. Iselin Stakes at Monmouth Park and move on. With the stewards ruling that first place finisher Pirate’s Punch…

OCEANPORT – Archidust has always been a consistent sprinter, but something about Monmouth Park’s turf course seems to bring out the best in the 4-year-old colt. Rallying from off the pace, Archidust ran down Spikes Shirl and Completed Pass in deep stretch to win by a head in the $75,000 Get Serious Stakes at Monmouth…

OCEANPORT – Trainer Tom Clark is approaching the Aug. 23 Get Serious Stakes at Monmouth Park with equal parts optimism and curiosity. Clark will send out Satellite Storm in the five-and-a-half furlong turf sprint, with the $75,000 feature race drawing 12 entrants, including one main track only and two also-eligibles, according to a press release.…

OCEANPORT – Trainer Brad Cox is doing his best to focus solely on the Aug. 22 $200,000 Grade 3 Philip H. Iselin Stakes at Monmouth Park for Warrior’s Charge, but it’s not always easy when the ultimate goal – the Breeders’ Cup Mile – is this close. Warrior’s Charge, fourth in the Grade 1 Met…

OCEANPORT – For trainer Gregg Sacco, the Grade 3 Philip H. Iselin Stakes at Monmouth Park on Aug. 22 is as much personal as it is business. Sacco will send out Bal Harbour in the 85th edition of the race, in what will mark the 5-year-old’s second start for the veteran conditioner since getting the…

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…