The brief Monmouth-at-the-Meadowlands meeting opening September 28 will feature 15 percent takeout on all wagers — win-place-show as well as exotics.
The Grade 1 Cotillion and Grade 2 Pennsylvania Derby look to attract some of the top three-year-old talent in the country.
Total weekend wagering (with one extra day) at Laurel Park nearly doubled that of the same weekend in 2015, the track announced.
Fan favorite Ben’s Cat couldn’t get it done today, finishing fifth behind Mosler in the Laurel Dash.
Onus set a course record in winning the Lady Baltimore Stakes at Laurel Park, while Renown cruised in the Laurel Turf Cup.
Three Laurel Park undercard stakes were won by horses making their first tries in stakes company, one with a rider winning her first-ever stake.
Trainer Larry Jones brings a live pair to Saturday’s DTHA Governors Day Stakes, though Tim Ritchey’s Ain’t Got Time is favored.
Made Me Shiver won Monmouth Park’s Sorority Stakes for juvenile fillies, giving trainer Steve Asmussen a sweep of the track’s two primary two-year-old events.
Pennsylvania-bred Lucy N Ethel improved to four-for-four and earned her second graded victory in Saratoga’s G2 Prioress Sunday.
Tip Tap Tapizar rallied late to edge Holiday Bonus and take Monmouth Park’s top juvenile event, the Sapling Stakes.
