Belmont Park Barn Under Quarantine After Strangles Case

Belmont Park Barn Under Quarantine After Strangles Case

The New York Racing Association and the New York State Gaming Commission have placed Barn 28 at Belmont Park under a 14-day precautionary quarantine until further notice due to a positive case of strangles in that barn. NYRA, the NYSGC, and the NYS Department of Agriculture remain in close contact regarding any further precautionary measures that may…

Whiskey Decision, Redistricting Score on Monmouth Grass

Whiskey Decision, Redistricting Score on Monmouth Grass

The two stakes on grass June 14 on Haskell Preview Day at Monmouth Park belonged to trainer Chad Brown. The five-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer, whose stable is known for its dominance on turf, won the Monmouth Stakes with Redistricting  before running 1-2 with Whiskey Decision  and Maggie Go  later in the Eatontown Stakes (G3T). Both races on Saturday carried a…

Take Charge Milady Edges Immersive in Monomoy Girl

Take Charge Milady Edges Immersive in Monomoy Girl

Racing June 14 in the $168,450 Monomoy Girl Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs, Take Charge Milady  did what no filly could do last year: beat champion Immersive . Throwing down with the reigning Eclipse Award-winning juvenile filly of 2024, who made her first start in 7 1/2 months in Saturday’s race, Take Charge Milady outgamed Immersive through a…

Bracket Buster Romps in Pegasus, Punches Haskell Ticket

Bracket Buster Romps in Pegasus, Punches Haskell Ticket

Although he failed to pick up his feet over the slop on Derby Day, Bracket Buster  was undeterred by Monmouth Park‘s wet track June 14, splashing home an eye-catching winner of the $162,000 Pegasus Stakes. Braxton Lynch, the part-owner and founder of BBN Racing, was confident Bracket Buster would avenge his disappointing seventh-place allowance finish…

Carmouche Fined, Suspended for Riding Crop Violation

Carmouche Fined, Suspended for Riding Crop Violation

Stewards in New York fined jockey Kendrick Carmouche $5,500 and suspended him one riding day for exceeding the limit for use of the riding crop in riding Deterministic  to victory in the June 8 Manhattan Stakes (G1T) at Saratoga Race Course. He struck Deterministic seven times on the colt’s hindquarters, one more than the six-strike limit under Horseracing Integrity…