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2013 NETWA HOF Class Elected

Trainer Tim Hills; New England-bred champion Ask Queenie and her owner/breeder Lloyd Lockhart; jockey Leroy Moyers; and publicity director Bob Varey are the newly-elected members of the New England Turf Writers Hall of Fame.

 Monday, May 13, 2013
Jockey Eibar Coa Rides 4,000th Winner

Jockey Eibar Coa Rides 4,000th Winner

Jockey Eibar Coa notched career win number 4,000 when Maddy's Crowd won the ninth race at Monmouth Park on July 9.

 Friday, July 09, 2010
Waquoit's Love Gets Her First Stakes Win

Waquoit's Love Gets Her First Stakes Win

Waquoit's Love, never out of the money in six starts on the Gulfstream Park turf, finally broke through with her first stakes win Jan. 11 when she scored a neck victory in the $100,000 Marshua's River Stakes.

 Sunday, January 11, 2009
Hills Expects Gimme Credit to Rebound in Red Bank

Hills Expects Gimme Credit to Rebound in Red Bank

After undergoing minor surgery to correct a breathing problem, the New York-bred Gimme Credit appears ready to go for trainer Tim Hills in the $150,000 Red Bank Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the Monmouth Park turf Sept. 1.

 Thursday, August 30, 2007

Toll Taker Well Suited for Chaposa Springs

Toll Taker, a game second last out behind grade I winner Splendid Blended in an overnight stakes on Dec. 3, returns in the $100,000 Chaposa Springs Handicap Saturday at Calder Race Course with a big chance in a field of only six fillies and mares going seven furlongs.

 Thursday, December 28, 2006

Four Monmouth Horses Test Positive for Virus

Four Monmouth Park-based horses with fevers who had blood tested were determined to be positive for the respiratory version of Equine Herpes Virus, it was learned late Wednesday afternoon.

 Wednesday, October 25, 2006

New Monmouth Turf Course Gets First Test

A quartet of runners from the Tim Hills barn were the first to try the new Monmouth Park turf when they all worked over the surface on Monday -- the first horses to set foot on the $4.5 million course.

 Monday, June 12, 2006

Toll Taker Can Collect in Monmouth BC Oaks

Toll Taker can lose her "inconsistent" tag when the 3-year-old filly heads to the post in Sunday's $200,000 Monmouth Park Breeders' Cup Oaks (gr. III).

 Friday, August 12, 2005

Toll Taker Game Winner in Boiling Springs

Sea Gull Associates' Toll Taker, the odds-on choice in a field of just three 3-year-old fillies, was all heart on the front end to finish a neck in front of Pleasant Lyrics in the $136,500 Boiling Springs Stakes at Monmouth Park Sunday.

 Sunday, May 29, 2005

Melhor Aiinda Stands Out in Boiling Springs Field

Sunday's 29th running of the $150,000 Boiling Springs Stakes (gr. IIIT) – just the second running at Monmouth Park – brings together an assortment of 3-year-old fillies who are just beginning their grass careers.

 Friday, May 27, 2005

Monmouth Reports Substantial 2004 Gains

Spurred by the largest single-day mutuel handle in the track's history, Monmouth Park showed across-the-board gains in betting and attendance for the 87-day 2004 meeting that came to a close Sunday.

 Sunday, September 26, 2004

Tee-N-Jay Farm Races to Find Cure for Celiac Disease

The owners of Tee-N-Jay Farm hope their horses can do more than just win races at Monmouth Park and Saratoga, they hope they can help find a cure for celiac disease.

 Monday, August 02, 2004

Hills Hopes Short Ship Holds Key for Lojo

Tim Hills, Monmouth's leading trainer in 2004, hopes a short van ride from Belmont Park to the New Jersey track helps his grass contender Lojo get untracked.

 Thursday, July 08, 2004

Harmony Lodge Genuine Threat This Time

Third in last year's Genuine Risk Handicap (gr. II) as an outsider, Harmony Lodge figures to be the mare to beat in Sunday's renewal of the $150,000 event Sunday at Belmont Park.

 Friday, May 07, 2004

Desirable Moment Lowers Gulfstream Mark

Five-year-old mare Desirable Moment broke the course record for five furlongs Sunday at Gulfstream Park when her half-length victory over Sunshine Dreamer stopped the timer in :55.61.

 Sunday, March 28, 2004

Trio of Stakes Winners March Down Aisle for Herecomesthebride

A trio of stakes winners highlight the field for Saturday's $100,000 Herecomesthebride Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Gulfstream Park. The Herecomesthebride, which is the eighth event on the 11-race card, drew 14 but the 1 1/8-mile race will be limited to a dozen starters.

 Thursday, February 26, 2004

Stormy Roman Pointing to Sunshine Millions

Bonnie Heath Turf Cup Handicap winner Stormy Roman will likely skip Sunday's $150,000 Appleton Handicap (gr. III), according to trainer Tim Hills, but is still very much pointing toward Sunshine Millions Day and a date in the $500,000 Franks Farms Turf January 24.

 Tuesday, December 30, 2003

Stormy Roman Takes Bonnie Heath Turf Cup

Calder-based Stormy Roman won the $150,000 Bonnie Heath Turf Cup on Florida Million day for his owner/breeder Thomas Croley and trainer Tim Hills, defeating several invaders in the process.

 Saturday, November 15, 2003

Lojo Ready for Graded Stakes Debut

Since returning to New York from Florida this spring, Lojo has posted a hard-knocking, three-win campaign with two seconds and a third from seven starts. Throughout the year, the 4-year-old filly has ascended the class ranks from second-level allowances to stakes. Now she is ready to go against stakes company in Saturday's $100,000 Athenia (gr. IIIT), going 1 1/16-miles on the Aqueduct turf.

 Thursday, November 06, 2003

Agreement in New Jersey: Tracks Need Slot Machines

A hearing Sept. 19 by the New Jersey Assembly Tourism and Gaming Committee produced a rare show of unity between Thoroughbred and Standardbred horsemen as representatives from each testified in favor of legislation that would allow slot machines at four New Jersey racetracks.

 Friday, September 20, 2002

Henning Takes Double Shot at First Lady

Trainer Mark Hennig is entering a pair of multiple stakes winners, Raging Fever and Gold Mover, in the $100,000 The First Lady Handicap (gr. III) at six furlongs on Friday at Gulfstream Park.

 Thursday, January 17, 2002