Eleven Twitter Accounts to Follow for the Haskell
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The biggest weekend of New Jersey racing each year is upon us - it's Haskell weekend at Monmouth Park. While you'll have to pick between a bunch of tough-looking colts and an unbeatable-looking filly named Untapable on Sunday, I'll make it a little easier for you to identify some of the most important social media accounts leading up to the big race.
And so, I present the top 11 Twitter accounts to follow for Haskell weekend.
1. @MonmouthPark
An automatic follow. The official Twitter account of Monmouth Park is your best source for updates and changes on races, promotions going on around the track and photos of all of this weekend's festivities.
2. @CamhatsNYC
Hat designer Christine Moore sets up shop this Sunday at Monmouth Park and has your ticket to pulling off a hip yet refined Jersey Shore summer look. Even if you aren't in the market for a hat, through this account you can still look and admire the hats others are wearing.
3. @BradShadesOff
The official Twitter account of Monmouth's iconic shade-wearing handicapper Brad Thomas is a must-follow if you're serious about making the money playing the races this weekend. Thomas is a fixture on the New Jersey racing scene and has a proven "track record" of picking longshot winners.
4. @LillyPulitzer
Follow the fun fashion of Lilly Pulitzer as the brand sponsors a fashion show at Monmouth on Saturday, which is Ladies' Day. All ladies wearing fancy hats or fascinators will also receive free admission and there will be a contest for best hat, the winner of which to be announced in the winner's circle.
5. @DanonymousMan
Yep, that's me. I'll be at Monmouth all weekend with my fellow America's Best Racing brand ambassador @itsmevictoriag. We'll be posting updates and photos of all of the horses, people and moments that are sure to make Haskell weekend memorable. We'll also grab photos from unique perspectives, and show you what the weekend looks like from the paddock and winner's circle.
6. @liamdbenson
One of the cooler stories at Monmouth Park this summer is that of Liam Benson. Get this: Liam trains a string of horses and he isn't even old enough to drink. The 19-year-old is a still student at the University of Louisville. How's his job for a neat summer gig?
7. @AndyScoggin
Perhaps the most confusing Twitter handle of all, aside from mine, Andy Scoggin isn't actually Andy Scoggin - he's Matt Shifman. You still with me? As it turns out, there are more reasons follow him on Twitter than he has aliases. He's not only a great guy, husband and teacher, he's also one heck of a handicapper. Matt also covers Monmouth for Horse Racing Nation.
8. @JockeyPacoLopez
This is a guy who has absolutely dominated the Monmouth jockey colony all meet long. You could just blindly bet all of the horses he's on and win three or four races a day. But you won't make much of a profit doing that because the secret is out and lots of people will be betting on him to have a huge Haskell weekend.
9. @Jkearns33168, @Pmasterpalo, @Switch123123, @Bleck1022, @RutgersKev, @NJthoroughbred, @ThruTheBridle
I could probably list a dozen more but these are some of the most notable Monmouth Park horseplayers on Twitter. They've each been around for a while and regularly tweet out some of their predictions and plays at Monmouth. Once in a while, they even get it right! Easy fellas, I'm just playing.
10. @Josepheirace
We'll chalk up his last name being “I-race” to pure coincidence. Joe is actually a councilman in the town of Oceanport, N.J., which is home to Monmouth Park. He grew up in the area and has remained a steady track-goer and supporter of horse racing.
11. @NJHorseplayer
His Twitter handle pretty much describes what Bill Holobowski is all about but, in addition to handicapping and playing New Jersey races, Bill has his hands in a few other interesting projects. Most recently, he joined a group of more than a dozen area race fans who volunteer as Monmouth Ambassadors (kudos to some of the horseplayers listed above for volunteering, as well), doing everything from giving people paddock tours to explaining to them how to read and understand a racing program.