Three-year-old It’s a Gamble earned his first stakes win when he scored in Friday’s Jersey Derby on opening day at Monmouth Park.
With a New Jersey rule clamping down on the use of the riding crop, some jockeys who usually make Monmouth Park home are steering clear.
Brazilian by birth and a citizen of the world by choice, trainer Rafael Schistl will call Monmouth Park home this summer.
Monmouth Park is closer to offering fixed-odds wagering, along with parimutuel, after the state Assembly approved it Friday.
Monmouth Park general manager Bill Anderson has won the Virgil “Buddy” Raines Award for distinguished achievement in New Jersey racing.
Monmouth Park will host twilight racing on Fridays and switch to a 12:15 first post for Saturdays and Sundays in the meet which begins May 28.
Two vans of horses trained by Chuck Spina were the first to arrive at Monmouth Park May 1 in preparation for the 2021 season.
The Jockeys’ Guild today decried a New Jersey court decision allowing the state’s tough riding crop regulation to go into effect.
New Jersey-bred Horologist made her first start since last fall’s Breeders’ Cup Distaff a winning one in the Top Flight Invitational at Aqueduct.
Multiple graded stakes winner Horologist has earned the title of New Jersey-bred Horse of the Year.