The rains came and forced Monmouth Park to cancel its Saturday card but not until Golden Brown had earned a stakes win.
Kentucky Derby first-past-the-post Maximum Security and Belmont show horse Joevia remain on track for the Haskell in two weeks.
Some 52 horses, including all three Triple Crown race winners, have been invited to the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational.
Hunter O’Riley made his first win in nearly two years a memorable one, taking the G1 United Nations Saturday.
Bigger Picture, the 2017 G1 United Nations winner, aims for a second win in that race Saturday and the 3rd graded win of his 8yo season.
G2 Charles Town Classic winner Runnin’toluvya will hunt his second graded stakes victory in Saturday’s G3 Iselin at Monmouth Park.
King for a Day upset Kentucky Derby first-past-the-post Maximum Security, a 1-20 favorite, to win the Pegasus at Monmouth Park.
Maximum Security, DQed from a Kentucky Derby victory, is an overwhelming favorite in Sunday’s Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park.
Almanaar and Sunny Ridge were won the first graded stakes of the year at Monmouth Park.
The ever-resilient jockey Jose Ferrer, 54, hopes to defend his Monmouth riding title just two years after suffering a nearly career-ending injury.