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Posted on Saturday, July 4th, 2009
In North America’s first 2009 Breeder’s Cup “Win and You’re In” Challenge at Monmouth Park, Robert LaPenta’s Coal Play, with jockey Joe Bravo aboard, employed front-running tactics to score by 3 lengths in the $250,000 Salvator Mile Handicap (G3) earning him a spot in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile field.
Coal Play hit the wire in 1:34 2/5 for the mile over a fast main track, just 3 ticks off the track record of 1:33 4/5. As fourth choice in the Salvator Mile field of 8 older horses, Coal Play paid $14.40, $5.40 and $4 across the board and topped a $45.80 exacta. Smooth Air paid $2.80 and $2.10 and Solar Flare returned $3.40 to show.
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Breeders’ Cup Challenge Entries: Salvator Mile Handicap & United Nations Stakes at Monmouth Park July 4
Posted on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Monmouth Park will celebrate the Fourth of July holiday with 6 stakes races, topped by the first two 2009 Breeders’ Cup Challenge races in North America–the $750,000 United Nations Stakes (G1) and the $250,000 Salvator Mile Handicap (G3)–where the winners will have a berth in their respective Breeders’ Cup races.
As part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge, the United Nations Stakes winner will automatically be part of the Breeders’ Cup Turf field while the Salvator Mile Handicap winner will have a berth in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile field.
Monmouth‘s Salvator Mile Handicap and United Nations Stakes are races 9 and 10 in its July 4 card. Salvator Mile post time is 4:50 pm while United Nations post time is 5:20 pm.
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Nick Zito May Run Wanderin Boy Against Curlin In The Woodward at Saratoga
Posted on Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Hall of Fame race horse trainer Nick Zito may be looking to run Authur Hancock’s Wanderin Boy against Curlin in The Woodward on August 30 at Saratoga. The 7-year-old Wanderin Boy is coming off an allowance win by 3 1/4 lengths at Saratoga on July 28.
The Woodward is a weight-for-age event, with 3-year-olds carrying 121 pounds and older horses 126 pounds.
“We’ve tried to beat every big horse that we could,” said race horse trainer Nick Zito, who ruined Big Brown‘s Triple Crown bid with Da’Tara in the Belmont Stakes and nearly beat Big Brown again with Coal Play in the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park on Sunday. “He had a wonderful prep race. He likes Saratoga. I think there’s a good possibility (for him to run in the Woodward). This is certainly a good spot for him.”
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Big Brown Redeems Himself & Won The 2008 Haskell Invitational At Monmouth Park
Posted on Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown displayed championship form at Monmouth Park on Sunday as he dug down deep to catch a stubborn Coal Play in the final furlong to win the $1-million Haskell Invitational (G1) by nearly two lengths.
Big Brown finished 9 furlongs in 1:48 1/5 and paid $2.40, $2.10 and $2.10 as the overwhelming choice. Coal Play, off at 20-1, completed the $25.20 exacta and paid $8 to place and $4.20 to show. Cool Coal Man, the 6-1 second choice, returned $2.80 to show.
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Big Brown Heavy Favorite In 2008 Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park Sunday, August 3
Posted on Friday, August 1st, 2008
Big Brown worked on the turf at Aqueduct Friday for Sunday’s $1-million Haskell Invitational (G1) and is scheduled to school in the Monmouth Park paddock Saturday afternoon. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner goes from Post 4 in the 1 1/8-mile Haskell and is the 1-2 morning line favorite.
The 2008 Haskell Invitational field of horses with jockeys, weight and morning line odds in post position order:
- Magical Forest under jockey Jorge Chavez carries 118 lbs. with morning line odds of 10-1
- Cool Coal Man under jockey Eddie Castro, 118 lbs., 4-1
- Alaazo under jockey Jose Lezcano, 118 lbs., 30-1
- Big Brown under jockey Kent Desormeaux, 122 lbs., 1-2
- Nistle’s Crunch under jockey Elvis Trujillo, 118 lbs., 15-1
- Coal Play under jockey Joe Bravo, 118 lbs., 8-1
- Atoned under jockey Edgar Prado, 118 lbs., 6-1
The 2008 Haskell Invitational is race 13 of 14 in Monmouth Park’s August 3 race card. Haskell post time is 6:14 pm Eastern.
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