Tag: thoroughbred racing
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Monmouth Park adds two live racing Sundays in September
Monmouth Park, Oceanport, has added two live racing dates on Sundays in September to extend the 2022 meet to 62 days following approval from the New Jersey Racing Commission. Sept. 11 and Sept. 18, the new closing day, are the added live dates, with stakes races highlighting both cards. The $85,000 Pinot Grigio Stakes will…
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Monmouth Park meet closes with increases in overall and on-track handle
OCEANPORT – Monmouth Park showed an increase in overall handle and nearly doubled its on-track handle for this year’s 55-day meet compared to a year ago as the track concluded its 76th season on Sept. 26. “We were happy to have our fans back, we had another memorable TVG.com Haskell Invitational and we feel good…
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Dakota Gold pointing to Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf after romping in Nownownow Stakes
OCEANPORT – Trainer Danny Gargan probably won’t need to do any more convincing with owner Dean Reeves about sending Dakota Gold to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. The horse stated his case emphatically on Sept. 26 at Monmouth Park. Dakota Gold, a New York-bred son of Freud, turned in an eye-catching performance on closing day…
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Tamahere rolls to victory in $100,000 Violet Stakes
OCEANPORT – Tamahere found non-graded stakes company to be exactly what she needed to return to the winner’s circle. The Chad Brown-trainee, who had raced against Grade 1 or Grade 2 in five of her six starts since coming to the United States last fall, went to the front and was never threatened in romping…
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Roselba prevails in stretch-long duel to win Pinot Grigio Handicap
OCEANPORT – Roselba took control of the lead midway through the backstretch and then had just enough left to hold off the relentless stretch-long challenge from Bramble Bay to win the $85,000 Pinot Grigio Handicap by a neck at Monmouth Park on Sept. 18. Trained by Rory Huston and ridden by Ferrin Peterson, Roselba resisted…
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Potts intends to stay aggressive as he closes in on training title
OCEANPORT – By both his actions and his words, Wayne Potts isn’t shying away from how much it would mean to him to win the Monmouth Park training title. With two weekends and six cards left in the meet, Potts holds a solid lead in the trainer standings with 33 winners to Kelly Breen’s 24.…
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Francatelli blazes to neck victory in $100,000 Rumson Stakes at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT – As impressive as it was that Francatelli was able to make the lead from the outset of Saturday’s speed-filled Rumson Stakes at Monmouth Park, it was even more notable the way he maintained it to the wire. Hounded early in the five-furlong dash, then facing a threat from both the outside and the…
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Castillo sets sights on winning more stakes races
OCEANPORT – After a year of “firsts,” 23-year-old jockey Isaac Castillo knows exactly what’s next to keep his career on the rising arc it is now on. “I need to win more stakes races. That’s the next step for me,” he said. After the breakout year Castillo has had at Monmouth Park, stakes victories are…
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Readyforprimetime poised to make dirt debut in Rumson Stakes
OCEANPORT – There are probably easier spots for Readyforprimetime to make his dirt debut than Saturday’s $100,000 Rumson Stakes, but a combination of circumstances has trainer Jeremiah Englehart willing to take a shot in the $100,000 feature on Monmouth Park’s 11-race card on Sept. 11. Readyforprimetime, fifth in the Wolf Hill Stakes at 5½ furlongs…