Haskell Stakes day at Monmouth Park produced big afternoons for a number of people, including Kevin Velez, valet for the winners of all six stakes.
Juju’s Map hoped to get her mojo back but proved to be no match for Shahama in Sunday’s Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks.
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies runner-up Juju’s Map faltered last out in the Mother Goose. Her trainer’s hoping for a bounceback in the G3 Monmouth Oaks.
Colonial Downs and Monmouth Park on Monday will unveil their new Mid-Atlantic Pick 4, which combines two races at each in a weekly sequence.
Cyberknife rode a perfect trip under jockey Florent Geroux to win today’s Grade 1 Haskell and spoil Chad Brown’s quest to go 5-for-5 in graded stakes.
Monmouth Park has an all-graded-stakes Picks 4 on today’s Haskell Stakes day, and Derby Bill Watson has it scoped out.
Epic Bromance, 60-1 when third in last year’s Grade 1 United Nations, is back for more Saturday and heads a group of four locals entered in the contest.
With an intriguing mix of horses, Saturday’s Haskell may be, as one trainer put it, a “statement race.” Here’s what the horsemen are saying.
The undefeated Jack Christopher and super-talented Taiba will meet in Saturday’s Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park, which has attracted 4 Grade 1 winners.
Nineteen horses, including two trained by back-from-suspension Bob Baffert, as well as Preakness winner Early Voting, are nominated to the Haskell.
