Catnip pounces in Monmouth; Consumer Spending strong in Eatontown
John and Susan Moore sold their Grade 2-winning homebred Princess Grace last November, but her half-brother Catnip is now stepping up to be her successor. […]
Monmouth Stakes
Kingsbarns heads Pegasus; turf features come up strong on Haskell Preview Day
Kingsbarns, the Louisiana Derby (G2) winner who was burned up contesting a hot pace in the Kentucky Derby (G1), figures to appreciate the drop in class for Saturday’s $150,000 Pegasus S., one of four stakes […]
Sacred Life swoops in Monmouth; Stolen Holiday lives up to name in Eatontown
Trainer Chad Brown won the Monmouth S. (G3) for the sixth straight year on Saturday, this time courtesy of Sacred Life. But in the companion Eatontown (G3), fellow Brown favorite Fluffy Socks wound up fourth behind Stolen Holiday, who aptly stole the race. […]
Hot Rod Charlie back for Salvator Mile; Monmouth offers stakes quartet
Grade 1 winner Hot Rod Charlie, last seen finishing second in the $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1) in late March, will come back for Saturday’s $150,000 Salvator Mile (G3) at Monmouth Park. The two-turn […]
Domestic Spending pours it on late in Manhattan
Klaravich Stables’ Domestic Spending had to share the spoils with Colonel Liam in the Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (G1) on Kentucky Derby Day, but their rematch in Saturday’s $750,000 Manhattan S. (G1) on Belmont Day wasn’t close. […]
Almanaar hangs on over Synchrony in Monmouth
Almanaar regained some of his better form at the right time Saturday holding safe a determined bid from the favored Synchrony in the $205,000 Monmouth (G2) at Monmouth Park. Ridden by Joe Bravo, previously the […]
Synchrony finds more favorable turf in Monmouth
An experiment with blinkers has ended after one race for Synchrony, who faces a competitive but more manageable group in Saturday’s $200,000 Monmouth (G2) at Monmouth Park. The multiple graded stakes-winning Pin Oak homebred donned […]
Money Multiplier repeats in Monmouth; Page McKenney takes Salvator Mile
Created a decade ago as an enticement for dual classic winner Big Brown, the $200,000 Monmouth (G2) had not yielded a repeat winner in its brief history until Saturday, when Money Multiplier wore down long-time […]
Wekeela, Money Multiplier sweep Monmouth turf stakes for Brown, Castellano
Trainer Chad Brown captured both of Monmouth Park’s turf stakes on Haskell Day, with the assistance of picture-perfect rides by Javier Castellano. Klaravich Stables and William H. Lawrence’s Money Multiplier recorded an overdue first stakes […]
Miss Temple City, Wekeela square off in Matchmaker
If trainer Graham Motion hoped to give Miss Temple City a softer spot coming back from her Royal Ascot experience, Sunday’s $100,000 Matchmaker (G3) at Monmouth may be a little more of a test than […]