Simulcasting and Gaming Resumes on Friday; Del Mar Pick-Six Carryover at $103,938
Friday, July 30, 2010
GAMING AND SIMULCASTING RESUME ON FRIDAY
GATES OPEN FOR GAMING AT 10:00 A.M. AND SIMULCASTING AT 11:00 A.M.
GAMING REMAINS OPEN UNTIL 4:00 A.M. ON SATURDAY
FRIDAY IS SURF AND TURF NIGHT AT LAGNIAPPE'S BUFFET
DEL MAR PICK-SIX CARRYOVER POOL AT $103,938
Friday is Surf and Turf Night at Lagniappe's Buffet in the Gaming Center.
Twin Quin will resume on Friday. Players will compete for $1,588 plus all the day's entry fees.
The Simulcast schedule for Friday includes Monmouth, Woodbine, Calder, Ellis Park, Louisiana Downs, Saratoga, Arlington, Hoosier Park, Evangeline Downs, Mountaineer, Del Mar, Prairie Meadows,…
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Oaklawn Handicappers Hour Returns on Saturday; Steve Haskin of Bloodhorse.com, Special Guest
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Once again this year fans from around the country may tune into the Resort Racing Network, which has covered Oaklawn and national racing for over three decades.
The Resort Racing Network (KVRE, 92.9 FM) presents the Oaklawn Handicappers' Hour, a one-hour interactive call-in show, presented each Saturday through Labor Day weekend. This week, Saturday, July 31, the broadcast airs at its normal air time of 9:07-10:00 a.m. The Oaklawn Handicappers Hour is also available at the Oaklawn website. Simply click on the "Oaklawn Handicappers Hour" link on the left hand side ot the page. Oaklawn track announcer, Terry Wallace,…
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Lookin At Lucky, Super Saver Carry Oaklawn Banner in Sunday's Haskell
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Only a year ago the big story for the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth was that Calvin Borel had taken the mount on Fantasy and Kentucky Oaks winner Rachel Alexandra over Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird. When Calvin and his mount, the eventual Horse-of-the-Year, Rachel Alexandra, beat her male rivals in the mile-and-an-eighth feature on that day, it went a long way to her gaining the championship title.
This year's Haskell, on Sunday, August 1, give some others with Oaklawn in their backgrounds a chance to make the big headlines as the end of the day. Featured in the…
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Rachel Alexandra Returns With Style in Lady's Secret at Monmouth
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Rachel Alexandra (in picture winning the 2009 Fantasy Stakes), who dazzled fans at Monmouth Park just a year ago when she beat the best of the three-year-old males to win the Haskell, returned to the Oceanport track on Saturday afternoon and did not disappoint the nearly 13,000 fans who showed up to see the reigning Horse of the Year dominate her rivals in the $400,000 Lady’s Secret Stakes.
Wagering on the card totaled $11,421,794, a new record for Monmouth Park outside of a Breeders’ Cup or Haskell Day in track history. The previous mark of $9,787,620 was set on…
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Oaklawn Performers Shine at Canterbury's Claiming Crown
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
In one of the most exciting finishes of the late season, Chance and a Half got up in the final jump to top Humble Smarty (inside in the photo) in the Nodouble Breeders' Stakes on March 28. On Saturday Humble Smarty made up for that loss in a big way as he stormed from just off the pace to take a three-quarters lengths victory in the Claiming Crown Rapid Transit Stakes at Canterbury Park. The Rapid Transit was one of a series of events offered for claiming horses in the annual program staged at the Minnesota track.
Humble Smarty…
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