Monmouth Park concluded its 2016 racing season with major drops in attendance, field size, and handle.
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.
Despite yet another legal setback, the operators of Monmouth Park vowed today to continue the fight for sports betting in New Jersey.
One Haskell entrant had been pointing to the race for nine months, another for just five days. In the end, both were happy they’d come.
Exchange wagering — allowing players to bet against each other — is set to be a reality at Monmouth Park next month.
New Jersey-bred Sunny Ridge has been installed as the second morning line choice for Saturday’s G3 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct.
In the first of our profiles of Midlantic-bred Triple Crown nominees: Sunny Ridge, the NJ-bred Withers winner whose main objective, says his owner, is at Monmouth.
New Jersey will be the first US state to allow exchange wagering, and if all goes according to plan, Monmouth Park will be offering it by March 2016.
Wagering at this year’s Monmouth-at-the-Meadowlands meet is up nearly 14 percent versus 2014, and field size has grown, as well.
A record-setting Haskell day enabled Monmouth Park to conclude its 2015 meet with average handle and attendance numbers similar to last year’s.