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Pat McBurney wins Buddy Raines Award

Trainer Pat McBurney has been named the winner of Monmouth Park’s Virgil “Buddy” Raines Award for distinguished achievement.

John Forbes, a former trainer and a mainstay of racing and the Thoroughbred industry in New Jersey, passed away on Sunday.

At Sunday’s New Jersey Throughbred Festival at Monmouth Park, trainer Pat McBurney figures prominently — he’ll send out nine runners.

Kelly Breen is one of several trainers who could contend for the Monmouth Park title, with last year’s top two both under indictment.

New Jersey-bred Golden Brown is one of two Monmouth-based horses hoping for big things in Sunday’s Haskell Invitational.

Golden Brown, the NJ-bred who upset the Grade 3 Kent at Delaware Park, will run in Sunday’s Grade 1 Haskell Invitational.

Score two for the Midlantic-breds, as NJ-bred Golden Brown upset the G3 Kent at Delaware Park Saturday and PA-bred Prince of Hempt won the Hanford.

Virginia-bred — and New Jersey-based — Just Call Kenny will likely contest the Richard W. Small Stakes at Laurel Park November 11.

It was a long, cold winter, but the opening of Monmouth Park’s stable area has New Jersey-based trainers happy to be home — and excited about summer.