New Jersey
Maximum Security wraps up pre-Haskell work
Maximum Security galloped a mile this morning at Monmouth Park and is on track for a date next Saturday in the Haskell Invitational.
Monmouth Park to bolster purses
Purses at Monmouth Park will rise by five percent starting July 20, Haskell day, the track announced today.
Jock Jose Ferrer hospitalized following spill
Veteran jockey Jose Ferrer was hospitalized following a spill Sunday at Monmouth Park
Monmouth Park cancels after four Saturday races
The rains came and forced Monmouth Park to cancel its Saturday card but not until Golden Brown had earned a stakes win.
Maximum Security on track for Haskell date
Kentucky Derby first-past-the-post Maximum Security and Belmont show horse Joevia remain on track for the Haskell in two weeks.
Haskell invites include all Triple Crown race winners
Some 52 horses, including all three Triple Crown race winners, have been invited to the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational.
Hunter O’Riley takes long way home to United Nations win
Hunter O’Riley made his first win in nearly two years a memorable one, taking the G1 United Nations Saturday.
Bigger Picture hopes to frame 2nd U.N. victory
Bigger Picture, the 2017 G1 United Nations winner, aims for a second win in that race Saturday and the 3rd graded win of his 8yo season.
King for a Day reigns with Pegasus shocker
King for a Day upset Kentucky Derby first-past-the-post Maximum Security, a 1-20 favorite, to win the Pegasus at Monmouth Park.
Maximum Security to return in Pegasus
Maximum Security, DQed from a Kentucky Derby victory, is an overwhelming favorite in Sunday’s Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park.
Almanaar, Sunny Ridge take Monmouth graded stakes
Almanaar and Sunny Ridge were won the first graded stakes of the year at Monmouth Park.
Veteran jock Jose Ferrer home and happy at Monmouth
The ever-resilient jockey Jose Ferrer, 54, hopes to defend his Monmouth riding title just two years after suffering a nearly career-ending injury.
Projected, Diamond King head Monmouth graded stakes
Familiar names like Diamond King and Projected headline the G2 Monmouth Stakes and G3 Salvator Mile Saturday at Monmouth Park.
With subsidy, sports betting Monmouth Park set for new season
Monmouth Park kicks off its 2019 season today – with, for the first time in a while, a sens of optimism.
Monmouth charts different course on Lasix
Though a coalition of numerous tracks announced a proposed phase-out of Lasix, Monmouth Park today said it would follow the AAEP guidance permitting it.
Jason Beem to be fill-in announcer at Monmouth
With track announcer Frank Mirahmadi committed to Santa Anita Park until late June, Jason Beem will fill in at Monmouth Park until then.
NJ-bred Regally Irish takes Bridgetown, eyes Jimmy Murphy as possible next start
Bridgetown Stakes winner Regally Irish, from the same family as Irish War Cry, could land next in the James Murphy on the Preakness undercard.
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.
