King for a Day upset Kentucky Derby first-past-the-post Maximum Security, a 1-20 favorite, to win the Pegasus at Monmouth Park.
Maximum Security, DQed from a Kentucky Derby victory, is an overwhelming favorite in Sunday’s Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park.
Almanaar and Sunny Ridge were won the first graded stakes of the year at Monmouth Park.
The ever-resilient jockey Jose Ferrer, 54, hopes to defend his Monmouth riding title just two years after suffering a nearly career-ending injury.
Familiar names like Diamond King and Projected headline the G2 Monmouth Stakes and G3 Salvator Mile Saturday at Monmouth Park.
Monmouth Park kicks off its 2019 season today – with, for the first time in a while, a sens of optimism.
Though a coalition of numerous tracks announced a proposed phase-out of Lasix, Monmouth Park today said it would follow the AAEP guidance permitting it.
With track announcer Frank Mirahmadi committed to Santa Anita Park until late June, Jason Beem will fill in at Monmouth Park until then.
Millionaire Sunny Ridge earned honors as NJ-bred Horse of the Year for 2018, while G3 winner Golden Brown was named top turf horse.
With new state subsidies, Monmouth Park is adding days in 2019 and bolstering purses, which are expected to hit about $500,000 daily.