Conventional wisdom tells us post position really matters, and that Delaware and Monmouth are two tracks where it really pays to be inside. Right? Well…
Stakes winners, leading riders, and a curious leading trainer, in our weekend RaceBrief.
New Jersey governor Chris Christie today vetoed legislation that would have allowed sports wagering at the state’s racetracks and casinos.
Two undefeated runners square off in a Charles Town stake, while at Monmouth BC Juvenile Filly champ Ria Antonia is the headliner. What’s on tap!
Claiming activity was relatively sluggish, plus the Midlantic Claiming 7, in our Claimbox report.
Stake winners and top Midlantic-breds, plus a top jock and two leading runners, in our weekend RaceBrief.
A couple of Monmouth stakes, plus a passel of Midlantic-breds running in added-money events at Saratoga, are on tap this weekend.
Monmouth Park announced that it would reduce overnight purses, becoming the second mid-Atlantic track to do so in recent weeks.
On Sunday, the New Jersey-bred Hall of Fame inducted two new members. Suitably inspired, a current NJ-bred, Rainbow Heir, won the Teddy Drone.
With Bayern’s Haskell win, all three winners of Breeders’ Cup Classic “Win and You’re In” races this year have been sired by stallions at Pin Oak Lane Farm in Pennsylvania.