Alice Kulina, mother of current Monmouth Park president Bob Kulina and wife of late longtime trainer Joe Kulina, passed away Monday at age 89.
Monmouth Park Racetrack has launched its own fantasy sports website with real money games starting this Saturday, January 2, 2016.
New Jersey will be the first US state to allow exchange wagering, and if all goes according to plan, Monmouth Park will be offering it by March 2016.
With the retirement of longtime director of racing Mike Dempsey, Monmouth Park this week named Michael Anifantis to that position.
Wagering at this year’s Monmouth-at-the-Meadowlands meet is up nearly 14 percent versus 2014, and field size has grown, as well.
A record-setting Haskell day enabled Monmouth Park to conclude its 2015 meet with average handle and attendance numbers similar to last year’s.
Trainer Ben Perkins has runners in two of the three New Jersey-bred stakes highlighting Saturday’s New Jersey Thoroughbred Festival at Monmouth Park.
Jockey Nik Juarez made the first stakes win of his career a big one, guiding Valid to a win in the Grade 3 Iselin at Monmouth Park.
“It’s nice to work with horses instead of humans,” says 20yo Liam Benson, who will balance training Tyro winner Expected Ruler with attending fall classes.
Expected Ruler, a 47-1 outsider making his racing debut, shocked Monmouth Park’s Tyro Stakes on Sunday with a two-length victory.