A soggy day took the Incredible Revenge Stakes off the turf and allowed Chalon in, and she responded with her ninth career win.
In the last “official” Derby prep, Pneumatic rolled to victory in the Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park to earn 20 Kentucky Derby points.
In a new “Where are they now?” Linda Dougherty catches up with multiple graded stakes-winning trainer Ben Perkins, Sr., 86,,who still is active in the game.
Saturday’s Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park offers one last opportunity for horses to earn Kentucky Derby points, with 20 to the winner.
In a Tyro Stakes taken off the turf and scratched down to four runners, favored County Final proved much the best.
Eons, winner of last year’s Grade 3 Kent Stakes , will look to recapture his good form Sunday in the Oceanport Stakes at Monmouth Park.
Apprentice rider Ferrin Peterson won four times on August 2 to make Monmouth Park take notice, as she’s moved into fourth by wins there.
Blink and you’d miss her, as speedy juvenile Wink, trained by Wesley Ward, shot to the lead and the win in the Colleen Stakes at Monmouth Park.
Hopeful Growth, well beaten last out in the Delaware Oaks, bounced back in style to win the Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks Saturday.
Trainer Matthew Williams, just 24, is hunting his first stakes win Saturday in a wide open renewal of the G3 Monmouth Oaks.