Four-year-old Got Lucky turned the tables on Stiffed, upset winner of the Monmouth Beach, in yesterday’s G3 Molly Pitcher at Monmouth Park.
Joe Bravo, the all-time leading rider at Monmouth Park, will return there to ride this summer, where he’ll find a deep jockey colony and many new trainers.
In our third “Behind the numbers” feature, we review the charts and wonder if a steady is always a steady.
Paco Lopez is running away with the Monmouth Park riding title, with a 66-win lead over his nearest competitor. Chalk it up to hard work — and maturity.
In our second “Behind the numbers” feature, we dig into jockey standings, which are a true winner-take-all market.
Stake winners and top Midlantic-breds, plus a top jock and two leading runners, in our weekend RaceBrief.
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.
In its recently concluded 2013 meeting, Monmouth Park has reported solid handle and attendance gains.