New Jersey
Sunny Ridge earns top NJ-bred honors
Millionaire Sunny Ridge earned honors as NJ-bred Horse of the Year for 2018, while G3 winner Golden Brown was named top turf horse.
Monmouth adds days, bolsters purses for 2019
With new state subsidies, Monmouth Park is adding days in 2019 and bolstering purses, which are expected to hit about $500,000 daily.
Stories that mattered in ’18: The rise of sports betting
Legalized in mid-year, sports betting was by the end of 2018 having significant impacts on the gambling landscape throughout the Mid-Atlantic.
Monmouth Park, theScore to launch mobile sportsbook
The agreement between theScore and Monmouth Park will lead to a mobile sportsbook being launched in 2019, pending regulatory approval.
Trainer J. Willard Thompson, 83, passes
J. Willard Thompson, a trainer who plied his craft at Monmouth and around the Mid-Atlantic for over five decades, has died.
Breeders’ Cup: Spotlight beckons for Sacco, Mind Control
Monmouth-based trainer Gregg Sacco has mostly been under the radar, but Mind Control, his Hopeful winner and BC Juvenile contender, could change all that.
New Jersey horsemen to support Aftercare Alliance
The New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association has announced it will donate $5,000 to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance.
Meadowlands cancels Friday all-turf card
The Meadowlands will not run its Friday evening all-turf Thoroughbred card, leaving the track with just five dates on the flat this year, starting with Saturday, Sept. 15.
Rainy Monmouth meet concludes with drops in attendance, handle
Monmouth Park’s rainy 2018 meet, with attendance and handle numbers not far off 2017, though it lost over one-third of its scheduled turf races to weather.
Mandatory Pick 6 payout for closing day at Monmouth Park
Monmouth Park reaches the end of its 2018 meet this afternoon with a hefty $370k carryover in – and mandatory payout of – its Pick 6.
At 81, trainer John Mazza may have a star on his hands
John Mazza, 81 and a Monmouth Park lifer, will send out Horologist, who broke her maiden by 20 lengths, in Saturday’s Sorority Stakes.
Jose Ferrer aces NJ Thoroughbred Festival
Jockey Jose Ferrer had a big afternoon at Monmouth Park, winning two of the three NJ Thoroughbred Festival stakes.
Weekend racing wrap: Dr. Feelgood, Skeptic, and more
Dr. Feelgood remained undefeated, Skeptic took the G3 Monmouth Oaks, and more.
MATCH: In-foal Amapola storms to Incredible Revenge win
Amapola, four months in foal to Divining Rod, stormed to an easy win in Saturday’s off-the-turf Incredible Revenge at Monmouth Park, part of the MATCH Series.
“Stronger, more mature” Good Magic easily best in Haskell
Good Magic was dominant in the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational Sunday at Monmouth Park to stake his claim as the best three-year-old still in training.
In Focus: MATCH Series and Haskell Day
Today’s In Focus guide analyzes two MATCH Series races, plus Haskell picks and analysis and a Derby Bill podcast!
MATCH: Oak Bluffs could take charge with Wolf Hill win
Eight-year-old Oak Bluffs will aim for his second win in the MATCH Series in Sunday’s Wolf Hill Stakes at Monmouth Park.
MATCH: Remembering Rita looks to keep defying odds in Monmouth Cup
Remembering Rita, a onetime claiming horse-turned-graded stakes winner, looks to keep his good roll going in the G3 Monmouth Cup Sunday as part of the MATCH Series.
Locals give Jersey flavor to Haskell 2018
New Jersey-bred Golden Brown is one of two Monmouth-based horses hoping for big things in Sunday’s Haskell Invitational.
NJ-bred Golden Brown added to Haskell field
Golden Brown, the NJ-bred who upset the Grade 3 Kent at Delaware Park, will run in Sunday’s Grade 1 Haskell Invitational.
