MONMOUTH PARK, Oceanport, NJ
| 1 | Get Serious | Margin: neck | BRIS: 99 | TrueNicks: B+ | $105,000 |
2004 | Chestnut Gelding | City Zip - Java Gal, Java Gold
Sire: City Zip , Chestnut, 1998. Raced 2 years. 23 starts, 9 wins, $818,225. Lifetime: 285 yearlings sold, median $24,000.
Broodmare Sire: Java Gold, Bay, 1984.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2005 Eastern Fall Yearling Sale, $130,000.
| 2 | Pleasant Strike | Margin: ½ | BRIS: 99 | TrueNicks: A++ | $35,000 |
2004 | Dark Bay or Brown Horse | Smart Strike - Colonella, Pleasant Colony
Sire: Smart Strike , Bay, 1992. Raced 2 years. 8 starts, 6 wins, $337,376. Lifetime: 463 yearlings sold, median $75,000.
Broodmare Sire: Pleasant Colony, Dark Bay or Brown, 1978.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association November 2010 Breeding Stock Sale, $125,000.
| 3 | Steve's Double | Margin: 1 | BRIS: 98 | TrueNicks: D | $19,250 |
2004 | Dark Bay or Brown Gelding | Stephen Got Even - Think Double, Al Nasr (FR)
Sire: Stephen Got Even , Bay, 1996. Raced 3 years. 11 starts, 5 wins, $1,019,200. Lifetime: 297 yearlings sold, median $20,000.
Broodmare Sire: Al Nasr (FR), Dark Bay or Brown, 1978.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds Sale 2006, $200,000.
Keeneland 2005 September Yearling Sale, $25,000.
Others: Mambo Meister, $10,500; Kiss the Kid, $5,250; Brave Tin Soldier; Pick Six; Jet Propulsion.
Scratched: Vanquisher; Custer; Proudinsky (GER).
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get Serious | Pablo Fragoso | John H. Forbes |
| 2 | Pleasant Strike | Christopher P. DeCarlo | Todd A. Pletcher |
| 3 | Steve's Double | Joseph Rocco, Jr. | Ronny W. Werner |
| 4 | Mambo Meister | Carlos H. Marquez, Jr. | Philip A. Gleaves |
| 5 | Kiss the Kid | Elvis Trujillo | Amy Tarrant |
| 6 | Brave Tin Soldier | Charles C. Lopez | Kiaran P. McLaughlin |
| 7 | Pick Six | Eddie Castro | Claude R. McGaughey III |
| 8 | Jet Propulsion | Daniel Centeno | Donna Green |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get Serious | Pablo Fragoso | $4.60 | $3.20 | $2.40 | |||||||
| Pleasant Strike | Christopher P. DeCarlo | $7.80 | $5.00 | ||||||||
| Steve's Double | Joseph Rocco, Jr. | $7.20 | |||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (4-1) | $32.60 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (4-1-9) | $224.40 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (4-1-9-2) | $1118.00 | ||||||||||
With a well-timed ride from Joe Bravo, favored Za Approval caught outsider Tune Me In in the final yards to capture the $111,000 Red Bank Stakes (gr. III) on the turf May 18 at Monmouth Park.
3 days ago
A full field of 13, including four graded stakes winners, will clash in the May 18 Red Bank Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Monmouth Park.
6 days ago
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
Patricia Generazio's Tune Me In silenced his doubters Sept. 1 at Monmouth Park when he shook free to win the $99,000 Cliff Hanger Stakes (gr. IIIT), his second straight graded stakes score in less than three months.
Saturday, September 01, 2012
Get Serious is a fan favorite at Monmouth Park, where he has won eight stakes (five of them grade III affairs). But the 8-year-old gelding faces multiple challenges going into the $100,000 Cliff Hanger Stakes Sept. 1.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Tune Me In was sent off as the longest price in the $152,500 Oceanport (gr. IIIT) at Monmouth Park, but that didn't stop the 25-1 shot from springing an upset over six other turf contenders July 29.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Eight-year-old gelding Get Serious looks to turn back the clock once again when he goes for his third victory in the $150,000 Oceanport Stakes (gr. IIIT) over his favored Monmouth Park turf course July 29.
Friday, July 27, 2012
It had been almost two years since Get Serious earned his last victory, the 2010 edition of the $100,000 Red Bank Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Monmouth Park. On July 4 he made a definitive return to a familiar winner's circle.
Wednesday, July 04, 2012
Queen'splatekitten is the 5-2 morning line favorite for what shapes up as a contentious renewal of the $100,000 Red Bank Stakes (gr. IIIT), the one-mile Independence Day feature on the Monmouth Park turf.
Sunday, July 01, 2012
A day after winning the Belmont Stakes (gr. I), jockey John Velazquez teamed with odds-on Data Link to produce a victory in the $200,000 Monmouth Stakes (gr. IIT) on the turf at the New Jersey track June 10.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
One race before trainer Graham Motion saddles Went the Day Well in the May 19 Preakness (gr. II) at Pimlico Race Course, he will send out Augustin Stables' Smart Bid, the 7-2 overnight favorite in the Dixie Stakes (gr. IIT).
Thursday, May 17, 2012
A six-time group/graded stakes winner and a veteran of 44 career starts, 10-year-old Musketier returns for yet another season when he opens up his 2012 campaign in the $150,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes (gr. IIT) Feb. 26.
Thursday, February 23, 2012Multiple graded stakes winner Kiss the Kid sired his first reported foals recently in Florida when a filly and colt were both born within a few days of one another at Hardacre Farm near Ocala.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
The Fort Lauderdale Stakes (gr. IIIT) not only drew a full field, but many of the entrants are recognizable names with both turf and dirt experience. It should make for an interesting race, as a field of 12 will do battle.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Making his stakes debut, career claimer Jimanator outdueled odds-on favorite Mambo Meister to win the $100,000 Fred W. Hooper Handicap (gr. III) Nov. 26 at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
While lightly raced this year, four-time grade I winner Winchester has by far the most decorated career heading into the Nov. 26 W.L. McKnight Handicap (gr. IIT) at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Mambo Meister, who got upended two races back in the Woodward Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga, will try for his third stakes win this year at Calder Race Course when he takes on seven rivals in the Fred W. Hooper Handicap.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Bonnie Heath Farm's homebred Mad Flatter won the $100,000 Spend a Buck Handicap (gr. III) for the second straight year when he held off Mambo Meister by a length Oct. 15 at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Mad Flatter and Mambo Meister, the winners of the last two editions of the $100,000 Spend a Buck Handicap (gr. III), will face off again in the 1 1/16-mile race Oct. 15 at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Will Havre de Grace beat the boys? If not, then who's the winner?
Right One, winner of the Jaipur Stakes (gr. IIIT) in July, returns as the one to beat in the $100,000 Cliff Hanger (gr. IIIT) Sept. 4 at Monmouth Park.
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Locally-based Get Serious has been off form this season but will try to get back to his winning ways when he goes for his third straight victory in the $200,000 Oceanport Stakes (gr. IIIT) July 31 at Monmouth Park.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
After two races paid more than $40 in the sequence, the Del Mar pick six paid out more than $1.1 million dollars to one patron.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011There were 11 winning tickets for the record-setting Pick 6 at Belmont Park June 15, with each ticket paying $308,963.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Teaks North, biding his time for jockey Eddie Castro into the stretch, surged past odds-on choice Get Stormy near the sixteenth pole en route to victory in the $250,000 Monmouth Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the turf June 12.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
You don't witness it very often, but one of those cheering the loudest for D. Wayne Lukas and Oxbow in the final quarter mile of the May 18 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) was one of his opponents in the race. [More]