With Bayern’s Haskell win, all three winners of Breeders’ Cup Classic “Win and You’re In” races this year have been sired by stallions at Pin Oak Lane Farm in Pennsylvania.
Sunday’s Haskell Invitational drew a crowd of more than 35,000 to Monmouth Park. Here’s what the day looked like from one vantage point.
Coming off two tough beats, Valid turned the tables today, wearing down Bradester to win the Grade 2 Monmouth Cup.
Speedy Bayern showed a new dimension today, ripping off a 7-lengths win in the Grade 1 Haskell and spoiling filly Untapable’s venture into open company.
Guys Reward, a horse trainer Dale Romans describes as a “hard campaigner,” took the second graded stake of his 2014 season in the Grade 3 Oceanport.
Starstruck snapped a six-race losing streak by powering between horses to win her second consecutive Matchmaker Stakes.
Majestic River sat a perfect trip before powering home to a comfortable score in the Grade 2 Molly Pitcher at Monmouth Park.
All of the runners in Sunday’s G1 Haskell Invitational feel great, look great, love the track, and are in a great frame of mind. Seriously.
Sophomore Social Inclusion will run in tomorrow’s Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park without using the anti-bleeder medication Lasix.
Monmouth’s biggest weekend, plus a pair of state-bred stakes at Parx, are all on tap this weekend.
