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Monmouth moving to 12:15 p.m. post time on Saturday and Sunday; meet begins May 28 Post time on Fridays throughout the 53-day meet will be 5 p.m., according to a press release. The lone exception to the new 12:15 p.m. post time, as well as to the free parking and admission policy, will be July 17, when the $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes will be contested for the 54th time. Monmouth Park’s live racing schedule runs through Sept. 26. “With the overwhelming response from horsemen for stall ...

Monmouth Moves To 12:15 Post Time On Saturdays And Sundays Sponsored by: Racing at Monmouth Park Monmouth Park will switch to a 12:15 p.m. post time during live racing on Saturdays and Sundays while continuing to offer free parking and admission when the tracks 76th season gets underway on Friday, May 28. Post time on Fridays throughout the 53-day meet will be 5 p.m. The lone exception to the new 12:15 post time, as well as to the free parking and admission policy, will be July 17, w...

All Aboard the Express Train to Oaklawn All Aboard the Express Train to Oaklawn 16 April, 2021 12:52 AM Get ready, everyone! Another great Saturday of racing awaits! At Oaklawn Park, a couple of million-dollar stakes are on the agenda, including a fantastic renewal of the Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) at Oaklawn Park. But an allowance optional claiming race at Santa Anita is also worth watching (and betting); the field has come up surprisingly tough, and there might be a future Grade 1 winner in ...

Sponsored by: Swiss Skydiver and jockey Robby Albarado win the Beholder in the 2020 3-year-old filly champions seasonal debut Shortly after weights were released early Saturday afternoon, trainer Kenny McPeek said champion Swiss Skydiver “absolutely” would return to Oaklawn in Hot Springs, Ark., for a showdown with champion Monomoy Girl in the $1 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) for older fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles April 17. “Were coming with a beast,” McPeek said. P...

Champion Swiss Skydiver Makes Triumphant Return In Beholder Mile Sponsored by: Swiss Skydiver and jockey Robby Albarado win the Beholder in the 2020 3-year-old filly champions seasonal debut Mission accomplished.  Idle since a disappointing run in the Grade 1 Breeders Cup Distaff at Keeneland Nov. 7, trainer Ken McPeeks reigning Eclipse Champion Filly Swiss Skydiver saved ground early and went on to register a powerful 2 ¾-length victory in Saturdays G1, $300,000 Beholder Mile at Sa...

First Mare Scanned In Foal To Grade 1 Winner Honor A. P. Sponsored by: Honor A. P. after the Santa Anita Derby Lanes End announced today that Grade 1 winner Honor A. P., new to the farms roster for 2021, has his first mare confirmed in foal. The first mare scanned in-foal is stakes winner and graded-stakes placed Omaticaya (IRE), owned by Dell Ridge Farm, LLC. She is from the immediate family of Grade 1 winner Muhtarram, champion St. Hilarion, and graded stakes winners Ballet de Franc...

Sponsored by: Concert Tour arrives at Oaklawn Park with Bafferts assistant trainer, Jimmy Barnes Perhaps no trainer in Oaklawns 117-year history has had a tighter hold on a high-end race than Bob Baffert. That race, of course, is the Rebel Stakes (G2) for 3-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles. The Southern California-based Baffert has been represented by 13 horses in the Rebel – at least one starter every year since his first in 2010 – and has won the race a record seven times, finished sec...

Monmouth Park Announces Stakes Schedule Worth $6.15 Million Sponsored by: Led by the Grade 1, $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes, Monmouth Park is set to offer $6,150,000 in stakes races when the track kicks off its 76th season on Friday, May 28. This years race meet, which runs through Sept. 26, will feature 46 total stakes, 10 graded events, and 10 stakes restricted to New Jersey-bred horses. Last years Haskell Day saw Horse of the Year Authentic capture New Jerseys most prestigious ...

Joseph Looking At Fountain Of Youth Or Gotham For Swale Winner Drain The Clock Sponsored by: Drain the Clock winning the Swale Stakes with Edgard Zayas aboard Drain the Clock breezed a half-mile Sunday morning at Gulfstream Park in preparation for a possible start in the $300,000 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth (G2) Feb. 27 at the Hallandale Beach, Fla., track. The 3-year-old son of Macleans Music was timed in :49.02 in his first workout since romping to victory in the Jan. 30 Claiborn...

Sponsored by: Rachels Valentina proves best in the Spinaway. Rachels Valentina, a Grade 1 winner and the only daughter of Hall of Famer Rachel Alexandra, will be bred to record-setting sire Into Mischef in 2021, the mares owner Stonestreet Farm announced Monday on social media. The mating would produce the 8-year-old daughter of Bernardinis fourth foal. Her first foal, the Curlin colt Alejandro, is a newly-turned 3-year-old, and he has raced twice. Alejandro finished fourth on debut i...