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Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher will have two chances to secure a record-equaling fifth victory in the Grade 2, $200,000 Amsterdam when he sends out reigning Champion 2-Year-Old Colt Corniche and graded stakes winner My Prankster

Jack Christopher and Taiba were the Haskell Stakes favorites, but Cyberknife, with a strong NJ connection, will strut in the spotlight now.

Fern Circle Stables, Back Racing, and Magdalena Racing’s graded stakes-placed Creative Minister competed in two-thirds of the Triple Crown, but will step into restricted company in Friday’s 13th renewal of the $135,000 Curlin Stakes, a nine-furlong test for 3-year-olds at Saratoga Race Course.

Jim Bakke, Gerald Isbister, Coolmore Stud, and Peter Brant’s Jack Christopher was handed his first career loss when running a game third in the TVG.com Haskell Invitational (G1) at Monmouth Park on Saturday, but trainer Chad Brown was nevertheless proud of the talented colt’s effort when stretching out to two turns for the first time.

Cyberknife thrusts past Taiba in track-record Haskell at the Kentucky Derby. The 2023 Kentucky Derby is the 149th renewal of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports. Live odds, betting, horse bios, travel info, tickets, news, and updates from Churchill Downs Race Track.

  In the quest to determine who is the best three-year-old male of 2022, the Haskell Stakes on July 23 may have provided a clue.   Cutting up the rail, Cyberknife made the lead late and held off the talented Taiba in this grade 1 run at Monmouth Park. So what tells us that this victorious son of Gun Runner might be the cream of the 2022 classic distance crop? Let us expound.   The Haskell featured a very talented field including the previously unbeaten Jack Christopher...

HORSE RACING

Gold Square’s Cyberknife set a track record while rallying from off the pace and charging up the rail, then held off the late rally from Taiba by a head to win Saturday’s $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park.

Cyberknife wins $1 million Haskell at Monmouth Park | 2022-07-24 08:17:52

Cyberknife upsets Santa Anita-based Taiba and undefeated Jack Christopher to win the Haskell Stakes at Monmouth in New Jersey.