Laki, winner of the MATCH Series older male sprint division in 2018, is headed to the final leg of the Series Saturday at Monmouth and poised to repeat.
Miss Temple City, one of the top distaff turfers of 2016, could manage no better than third in today’s G3 Matchmaker at Monmouth Park.
Jockey Joe Bravo won both of the graded turf stakes on the Haskell undercard at Monmouth, both times aboard the favorite.
Monmouth Park hosted the roster of mid-Atlantic stakes this weekend, including four graded events (among them the Grade 1 Haskell).
Starstruck snapped a six-race losing streak by powering between horses to win her second consecutive Matchmaker Stakes.
Monmouth’s biggest weekend, plus a pair of state-bred stakes at Parx, are all on tap this weekend.