Maximum Security crossed the wire first and then survived a lightning-fast inquiry to win the G1 Haskell Invitational.
The decision to shorten the Haskell Invitational card at Monmouth Park, and to delay it by over four hours, infuriated some while others took it in stride.
This afternoon’s Haskell Invitational card was halted after two races and will be resumed at 6:00 p.m., the track said.
Though tracks around the Mid-Atlantic have canceled their Saturday race cards, the Haskell show will go on, Dennis Drazin said.
It’s been a long and winding road to the Haskell for Bethlehem Road and trainer Dee Curry.
Maximum Security galloped a mile this morning at Monmouth Park and is on track for a date next Saturday in the Haskell Invitational.
Kentucky Derby first-past-the-post Maximum Security and Belmont show horse Joevia remain on track for the Haskell in two weeks.
Some 52 horses, including all three Triple Crown race winners, have been invited to the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational.
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.
New Jersey-bred Golden Brown is one of two Monmouth-based horses hoping for big things in Sunday’s Haskell Invitational.