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Friday’s 10-race card at Aqueduct Racetrack will be bolstered by a Pick 6 carryover of $25,215 after the multi-race wager went unsolved on Thursday’s program. Friday will also feature a Late Pick 5 carryover of $172,117.
All of a sudden Michelle Nevin is sitting on a Breeders’ Cup contender. Dancing Buck, which Nevin trains for J & N Stables (the 4-year-old gelding’...
Sponsored by: He'spuregold, ridden by Nik Juarez, wins the Irish War Cry Handicap at Monmouth Park. Owner and breeder John Bowers was so confident in the turf breeding of He'spuregold that he specifically targeted a summer stakes race for trainer Kelly Breen to point to with then-3-year-old maiden gelding this spring. That race was Saturday's $85,000 Irish War Cry Handicap and Bowers' faith was rewarded in a big way as He'spuregold skimmed the rail coming out of the final turn and went on to a one-length victory in the feature at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J., just one race after...
Sponsored by: Golden Brown with Paco Lopez wins the John J. Reilly Handicap at Monmouth Park. Put Golden Brown in the familiar surroundings of Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J., and then against Jersey-breds, and good things tend to happen for gritty 6-year-old gelding. They did again on Sunday, when Golden Brown showed good early speed to work his way into contention and then flashed his strong closing kick as he added to his impressive career credentials with a 2¾-length victory in the $75,000 John J. Reilly Handicap for state-breds. Though trainer Pat McBurney remains unconvinced...