Independent Sports
Trio of stakes races, BBQ and N.J. craft beer festival on tap Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT – Three $100,000 stakes races and the popular BBQ and New Jersey Craft Beer festival will highlight the four-day Labor Day weekend of...
2021 N.J. turf champion He’spuregold wins dirt debut in Charles Hesse Handicap
OCEANPORT – Trainer Kelly Breen knew he was rolling the dice a little by trying He’spuregold on the dirt for the first time in...
Eagles hoping to soar again as 2022 football season kicks off
MIDDLETOWN - Win, restock, repeat. That has been the recipe of success for the Middletown South High School football team for 24 seasons under...
Freedom Road looking to build off debut win at 27-1 in $200,000 Sapling Stakes
OCEANPORT – Of the eight colts entered in the $200,000 Sapling Stakes for 2-year-olds on Aug. 27 at Monmouth Park, seven are coming off...
American Blaze sets sights on Saturday’s Sapling Stakes at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT – There was plenty for trainer Ben Colebrook to like about American Blaze's dazzling 17-length win in his career debut on July 30...
Vedareo romps by six lengths in $200,000 Sorority Stakes at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT – It is going to take a few more dazzling performances like Sunday's romp in the Sorority Stakes for Vedareo to come close...
Blewett drives borrowed ride to victory lane with Modified win
WALL TOWNSHIP — When Modified stock car driver Jimmy Blewett found out his own No. 76 would not be ready for competition on Aug....
Informative scores upset at odds of 14-1 in Grade 3 Iselin Stakes
OCEANPORT – Just call trainer Uriah St. Lewis the upset king of Monmouth Park.
A little more than a year after Informative shocked the field...
Reid has high hopes for Vedareo in $200,000 Sorority Stakes at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT – Despite Vedareo's disappointing and trouble-filled effort in the Grade 3 Schuylerville at Saratoga in her last start on July 14, trainer Butch...
Forza Di Oro to mark return following long layoff in Grade 3 Iselin Stakes
OCEANPORT – The last time Forza Di Oro ran, he followed up a third place finish in the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup...
Raritan, Middletown North grapplers support ‘Wrestling for Recovery’
HAZLET — Wrestling mats were brought out of storage for a special purpose on Aug. 12 in Hazlet when members of the Raritan High...
Nothing Better wins Rainbow Heir Stakes; Kuramata claims Oceanport Stakes
OCEANPORT – As soon as trainer Jorge Duarte Jr. saw Monmouth Park's turf course listed as firm for Aug. 14 he knew he had...
Trainer hoping Hot Blooded keeps moving forward in $100,000 Oceanport Stakes
OCEANPORT – Trainer Carlos David wasn't sure what to expect when he made the decision to geld the underperforming Hot Blooded this winter, but...
Jockey Rendon making his presence felt at Monmouth following absence from riding
OCEANPORT — After taking off nearly two years from riding to be with his family in Medellin, Colombia, as COVID-19 raged, jockey Jairo Rendon...
Breakthrough seeking second straight stakes win in Rainbow Heir Stakes
OCEANPORT – Juan Carlos Avila said there was no magical fix that turned the 4-year-old gelding Breakthrough into a stakes winner and has him...
Bay Storm scores one-length victory in Incredible Revenge Stakes
OCEANPORT – With all of the positives signs Bay Storm has been giving in the mornings since arriving at Monmouth Park at the start...
Barney, McCarthy and Krause top Wall Stadium Modified triples
WALL TOWNSHIP — Blake Barney of Jackson, Brick Township's Eddie McCarthy and Holmdel's Andrew Krause were the feature race winners in Triple 20-lap Modified...
Provocateur takes advantage of opening on the rail to win Jersey Shore Stakes
OCEANPORT – Given a perfect set-up with a stalking trip behind dueling leaders, jockey Jairo Rendon only had one difficult decision to make midway...