Tag: thoroughbred racing
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Bay Storm scores one-length victory in Incredible Revenge Stakes
OCEANPORT – With all of the positives signs Bay Storm has been giving in the mornings since arriving at Monmouth Park at the start of the track’s 2022 thoroughbred racing meet, trainer Jonathan Thomas figured he had only one option with his 4-year-old filly. “She has really thrived this summer at Monmouth Park. She has…
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Provocateur takes advantage of opening on the rail to win Jersey Shore Stakes
OCEANPORT – Given a perfect set-up with a stalking trip behind dueling leaders, jockey Jairo Rendon only had one difficult decision to make midway through the turn of the $100,000 Jersey Shore Stakes at Monmouth Park on Aug. 6. Should he loop outside with Provocateur or wait for the rail to open? The decision turned…
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Klayton’s Kandy set for Incredible Revenge Stakes as trainer Mark Salvaggio seeks first career stakes win
OCEANPORT – Mark Salvaggio understands exactly why he has never won a stakes race in 22 years as a trainer. He doesn’t have that type of stock. “I have cheaper horses – almost all claimers,” said Salvaggio, who is Penn National based. That could change on Aug. 7 in the $100,000 Incredible Revenge Stakes at…
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Defend looking for stakes breakthrough in Jersey Shore Stakes
OCEANPORT – After two failed attempts at trying to make Defend a stakes winner, trainer Cal Lynch is hoping he has found the right spot for his colt in Saturday’s $100,000 Jersey Shore Stakes at Monmouth Park. A disastrous trip in last year’s Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes and a change in tactics in the Concern…
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Shahama powers to victory in Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT – For those in trainer Todd Pletcher’s camp, the feeling entering Sunday’s Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks at Monmouth Park was that it was a two-horse race between Shahama and the Brad Cox-trained Juju’s Map. Turns out it was a one-horse race. Shahama stuck to the flanks of Juju’s Map for the first six furlongs…
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Sharp Aza Tack romps in $100,000 Tyro Stakes at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT – After Sharp Aza Tack’s solid first-out Maiden Special Weight turf score at Santa Anita, trainer Doug O’Neill was looking for a race as a set-up for the $500,000 Global Tote Juvenile Sprint at Kentucky Downs on Sept. 8. That race was the $100,000 Tyro Stakes at Monmouth Park on July 30 and it…
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Morey hopeful Shotgun Hottie will be up to the task in Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks
OCEANPORT – Trainer William Morey didn’t get anywhere near the result he was looking for when he made his first trip to Monmouth Park on July 16, but that isn’t stopping him from making a return visit this weekend. Morey, who has divisions in Kentucky and at Saratoga, will send out Shotgun Hottie in Sunday’s…
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Sweezy hoping Power Attack can handle another sprint in $100,000 Tyro Stakes
OCEANPORT – Trainer Kent Sweezey is convinced his 2-year-old colt Power Attack will be at his best going two turns on the grass. He was also hoping to find a race at Saratoga this summer for the New York-bred son of War Dancer. But circumstances have dictated otherwise with the promising Power Attack, who will…
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Sweet Harmony scores in Colleen Stakes at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT – Now that Sweet Harmony has followed her first-out win on the dirt with a victory in the July 24 $100,000 Colleen Stakes at Monmouth Park at five furlongs on the grass, trainer John Terranova has plenty of options with the 2-year-old daughter of Bayern. But he has already settled on one: She’s a…
