Jockey Trevor McCarthy earned the 1,000th win of his career by piloting Rainbow Heir to a win in Saturday’s Wolf Hill Stakes at Monmouth Park.
Monmouth Park suffered significant betting and attendance losses in 2016. With its 2017 meet opening Saturday, management is hoping better days are at hand.
Monmouth Park has earned reaccreditation from the NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance.
Monmouth Park will open Saturday with an 11-race card highlighted by the grassy Wolf Hill Stakes.
Gaston Grant and Isabelle de Tomaso couldn’t be more dissimilar. But their stories, and those of their star horses, Green Gratto and Irish War Cry, merged Saturday.
The state’s breeders have named Sunny Ridge top New Jersey-bred of 2016, with Irish War Cry top freshman.
Monmouth Park horsemen and area breeders have fingers crossed, but with fewer days likely in ’17, optimism is in short supply.
With its season to open May 13, Monmouth Park’s 2017 stakes schedule will again be anchored by the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational.
New Jersey’s breeders’ TBANJ group will auction stallion seasons starting January 20.
New Jersey-bred Sunny Ridge won the Jazil Stakes at Aqueduct yesterday over the same strip where he won last year’s Grade 3 Withers.