BloodHorse.com | Horse Racing News

BloodHorse.com Articles for "Oceanport"

Monmouth Announces $6 Million Stakes Schedule

Monmouth Announces $6 Million Stakes Schedule

Led by the $1 million Haskell Invitational (gr. I) July 28, Monmouth Park has announced a total stakes schedule of $6 million, including 16 graded events worth $3.45 million, for the 2013 racing season.

 Friday, January 11, 2013
Graded Stakes Committee Downgrades 3 Races

Graded Stakes Committee Downgrades 3 Races

The American Graded Stakes Committee released a statement Aug. 5 that the previously grade II Lake George Stakes was automatically downgraded to grade III status because the originally scheduled turf event July 31 at Saratoga was moved to the main track.

 Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Plan Floated for Jersey Training Center

Plan Floated for Jersey Training Center

A proposal to use 80 acres from the soon-to-be-shuttered Fort Monmouth property in Oceanport, N.J., for a training and winter stabling facility has been made by Dennis Drazin, president of the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, to borough officials.

 Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Wagering in First Breeders' Cup Day Shatters Monmouth Record

Wagering in First Breeders' Cup Day Shatters Monmouth Record

A new all-sources handle of $30,370,671 was established for Monmouth Park during the Oct. 26 running of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, the track has reported.

 Friday, October 26, 2007
Bravo to Ride Again, Hopes for Breeders' Cup

Bravo to Ride Again, Hopes for Breeders' Cup

Jockey Joe Bravo, sidelined with a fractured left clavicle bone following a Sept. 7 spill at Belmont Park, will return to the saddle Oct. 13 at Belmont Park, said his agent, Drew Mollica.

 Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Grade III Turf Stakes Top Haskell Undercard

Grade III Turf Stakes Top Haskell Undercard

Topping Monmouth Park's undercard stakes on Haskell Invitational day Aug. 5 are the Oceanport and the Taylor Made Matchmaker, each a grade III stakes test on the turf worth $150,000.

 Friday, August 03, 2007

Three Valleys Sharp Winner in Oceanport Return

Juddmonte Farms' favored Three Valleys, returning to action after an absence of 10 months, collared Hotstufanthensome mid-stretch and went on to win the Oceanport (gr. IIIT) on the Monmouth Park turf course Sunday.

 Sunday, August 06, 2006

Ay Caramba! Frankel Wins Oceanport

Confident Gary Stevens astride Ay Caramba took the measure of Hotstufanthensome in the stretch and edged away to a three-quarters of a length win in the $150,000 Oceanport (gr. IIIT) on the Monmouth Park turf Sunday. It was one of six stakes on the New Jersey track's card worth at least $100,000.

 Sunday, August 07, 2005

Grass Stakes On Monmouth's Haskell Card

A pair of grade III stakes on the grass, the Taylor Made Matchmaker and the Oceanport, are among seven stakes that support the Haskell Invitational (gr. I) on the biggest day of racing at Monmouth Park all year.

 Friday, August 05, 2005

Grass Stakes On Monmouth's Haskell Card

A pair of grade III stakes on the grass, the Taylor Made Matchmaker and the Oceanport, are among seven stakes that support the Haskell Invitational (gr. I) on the biggest day of racing at Monmouth Park all year.

 Friday, August 05, 2005

Gulch Approval Has Winning Nose in Oceanport

Two noses were all that separated the first three finishers in a desperate finish to Sunday's $100,000 Oceanport Handicap (gr. IIIT). Gulch Approval, ridden by Pat Day, eked out a victory over favored Kathir and Stormy Roman on the grass at Monmouth Park.

 Sunday, August 08, 2004

Oceanport Loses Grade III for This Year

The June 15 Oceanport Handicap at Monmouth Park has lost its grade for this year. The Graded Stakes Committee routinely reviews the grades of races taken off the turf.

 Thursday, June 20, 2002