Two-year-old fillies square off in Saturday’s Colleen Stakes at Monmouth Park, with Awesome Drama and Red Lodge among the top contenders.
Here’s what the Haskell looked like: Exaggerator had his game face on. Kent Desormeaux was all smiles. Joe Bravo raised the Cup. And Bradester? Wow.
Jockey Joe Bravo won both of the graded turf stakes on the Haskell undercard at Monmouth, both times aboard the favorite.
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.
Grade 1 winner Bradester delivered the goods in a dazzling romp in the Monmouth Cup this afternoon.
Former Colonial Downs on-air handicapper Derby Bill returns to give us his bets for Sunday’s Grade 1 Haskell and supporting stakes.
Nyquist will break from the inside in Sunday’s Haskell Invitational, and his frequent rival Exaggerator will start from the outside.
Kentucky Derby hero Nyquist took his first spin around the Monmouth Park oval in preparation for Sunday’s Haskell Invitational.
Awesome Slew hasn’t caught many breaks in his career, but trainer Eddie Plesa hopes that’s about to change – in Sunday’s Haskell Invitational.
Preakness winner Exaggerator will tackle Sunday’s Grade 1 Haskell Invitational, reuniting the top three from the Kentucky Derby and the winners of two Triple Crown legs.