Monmouth's Haskell Card Tops Graded Stakes Schedule

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Midnight Bisou

Each Saturday NTRA and BloodHorse provide a one-stop guide to the day's graded stakes races. Races are listed in chronological order (all times Eastern). Click on links for full preview.

1:51 p.m.—$150,000 Oceanport Stakes (G3T) at Monmouth Park (TVG)

Multiple grade 1 winner Divisidero seeks his first victory in more than a year when he faces a field of five challengers in the 1 1/16-miles Oceanport. The 7-year-old son of Kitten's Joy  has dropped his last seven outings since taking the grade 3 Arlington Handicap last July but has put in some good runs during that span, including a fourth-place finish in the 2018 Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T).


Entries: Oceanport S. (G3T)

Monmouth Park, Saturday, July 20, 2019, Race 5

  • Grade IIIT
  • 1 1/16m
  • Turf
  • $150,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 1:51 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Divisidero (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jevian Toledo 116 Kelly Rubley 3/2
2 2Bird's Eye View (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jose Lezcano 116 Michael Dini 8/1
3 3Dover Cliffs (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jomar Torres 116 J. Kent Sweezey 10/1
4 4Projected (GB) Joe Bravo 116 Chad C. Brown 2/1
5 5Pizmo Time (MD)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jorge A. Vargas, Jr. 116 Edward L. Graham 15/1
6 6Just Howard (MD)Keeneland Sales Graduate Trevor McCarthy 116 H. Graham Motion 5/2

 

3:27 p.m.—$150,000 Molly Pitcher Stakes (G3) at Monmouth Park (TVG)

Midnight Bisou, currently ranked No. 3 on the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll, aims to remain unbeaten at the 1 1/16-miles distance when she brings her class to the Jersey Shore for the Molly Pitcher. The multiple grade 1-winning daughter of Midnight Lute  looms an overwhelming presence in the field of eight having most recently captured the grade 1 Ogden Phipps Stakes at Belmont Park June 8 by 3 1/2 lengths. That victory was the fourth straight for Midnight Bisou and her fourth career top-level triumph. 


Entries: Molly Pitcher S. (G3)

Monmouth Park, Saturday, July 20, 2019, Race 8

  • Grade III
  • 1 1/16m
  • Dirt
  • $150,000
  • 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
  • 3:27 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Pacific Wind (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Joe Bravo 116 Chad C. Brown 8/1
2 2Coach Rocks (KY) Luis Saez 116 Dale L. Romans 12/1
3 3Midnight Bisou (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Mike E. Smith 123 Steven M. Asmussen 3/5
4 4Electric Forest (KY) UNKNOWN 123 Chad C. Brown 6/1
5 5Varanasi (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Paco Lopez 116 Todd A. Pletcher 20/1
6 6Sun Studio (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate John R. Velazquez 116 Todd A. Pletcher 12/1
7 7Cosmic Burst (PA)Keeneland Sales Graduate Richard E. Eramia 116 Donnie K. Von Hemel 10/1
8 8Breaking Bread (KY) Angel Suarez 120 Jorge Navarro 15/1

4:29 p.m.—$200,000 Monmouth Cup Stakes (G3) at Monmouth Park (TVG)

Coal Front, a group 2 winner in Dubai in March, looks to rebound from an off-the-board effort in the grade 1 Runhapy Metropolitan Handicap June 8 when he breaks from post 3 in the seven-horse field for the Monmouth Cup. 


Entries: Monmouth Cup S. (G3)

Monmouth Park, Saturday, July 20, 2019, Race 10

  • Grade III
  • 1 1/8m
  • Dirt
  • $200,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 4:29 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Zanotti (KY) Jorge A. Vargas, Jr. 116 Juan Carlos Guerrero 15/1
2 2Lemonade Thursday (KY) Paco Lopez 116 Arnaud Delacour 9/2
3 3Coal Front (KY) John R. Velazquez 123 Todd A. Pletcher 8/5
4 4Monongahela (PA) Jose Lezcano 123 Jason Servis 3/1
5 5Moon Gate Warrior (KY) Emmanuel Esquivel 116 Louis C. Linder, Jr. 20/1
6 6War Story (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Luis Saez 116 Jorge Navarro 9/2
7 7Bal Harbour (KY) Mike E. Smith 116 Todd A. Pletcher 7/2

4:50 p.m.—$125,000 Ontario Colleen Stakes (G3T) at Woodbine (TVG)

Sister Peacock, a 3-year-old daughter of Real Solution , goes after her third straight stakes score in Saturday's Ontario Colleen. 


Entries: Ontario Colleen S. (G3T)

Woodbine, Saturday, July 20, 2019, Race 8

  • Grade III
  • 1m
  • Inner turf
  • $125,000
  • 3 yo Fillies
  • 4:50 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Queen of Bermuda (IRE) Alan Garcia 115 H. Graham Motion 8/1
2 2Seek and Destroy (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Luis Contreras 115 Chad C. Brown 5/2
3 3Sister Peacock (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jesse M. Campbell 117 Stuart C. Simon 3/1
4 4Enjay's Brass (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Gary Boulanger 115 Michael J. Trombetta 20/1
5 5I'll Take the Gold (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Skye Chernetz 115 Bonnie Eshelman 20/1
6 6Holyanna (ON) Eurico Rosa Da Silva 115 Kevin Attard 4/1
7 7Wings of Dawn (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jerome Lermyte 115 Mark E. Casse 12/1
8 8Speedy Soul (ON) Patrick Husbands 119 Mark E. Casse 6/1
9 9Carnival Colors (GB) Emma-Jayne Wilson 115 Michael Stidham 15/1
10 10Double Medal (FL) Rafael Manuel Hernandez 115 Michael P. De Paulo 12/1

5:06 p.m.—$150,000 WinStar Matchmaker Stakes (G3T) at Monmouth Park (TVG)

Grade 1 winner Competitionofideas brings her consistency and class to the table in the field of seven for the 1 1/8-miles Matchmatcher on the Monmouth turf. Owned by Klaravich Stables and trained the three-time Eclipse Award winner Chad Brown, Competitionofideas scored in the grade 1 American Oaks at Santa Anita Park last December and was second last time out behind stablemate Homerique in the grade 2 New York Stakes June 7. 


Entries: WinStar Matchmaker S. (G3T)

Monmouth Park, Saturday, July 20, 2019, Race 11

  • Grade IIIT
  • 1 1/8m
  • Turf
  • $150,000
  • 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
  • 5:06 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Dark Artist (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Nik Juarez 116 Jane Cibelli 10/1
2 2I'm So Fancy (IRE) Trevor McCarthy 120 Arnaud Delacour 9/2
3 3Valedictorian (NJ) Paco Lopez 123 Kelly J. Breen 5/2
4 4Touriga (BRZ) John R. Velazquez 116 H. Graham Motion 3/1
5 5My Sistersledge (MD) Jose Lezcano 116 Michael J. Trombetta 12/1
6 6Competitionofideas (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Joe Bravo 116 Chad C. Brown 9/5
7 7Xenobia (IRE) Luis Saez 116 Jonathan Thomas 8/1

5:47 p.m.—$1,000,000 TVG Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park (NBC and TVG)

Despite the imposing presence of Maximum Security, who crossed the wire first in the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) before being disqualified for interference, a field of seven 3-year-olds was drawn for the 52nd renewal of the Haskell Invitational. Maximum Security, who won the grade 1 Florida Derby earlier in the season, will break from post 7 and was installed as the 8-5 morning-line favorite by oddsmaker Brad Thomas despite losing by a length to King for A Day prepping for the Haskell last out in the Pegasus Stakes June 16. Red Oak Stable's homebred King for a Day has been training for this race at Todd Pletcher's Saratoga Race Course headquarters and he returns to the Jersey Shore in an attempt to win his second consecutive stakes race, his first graded stakes and his first grade 1 event.


Entries: TVG.com Haskell Invitational S. (G1)

Monmouth Park, Saturday, July 20, 2019, Race 12

  • Grade I
  • 1 1/8m
  • Dirt
  • $1,000,000
  • 3 yo
  • 5:47 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1King for a Day (KY) John R. Velazquez 118 Todd A. Pletcher 5/2
2 2Joevia (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jose Lezcano 118 Gregory D. Sacco 10/1
3 3Spun to Run (KY) Paco Lopez 118 Juan Carlos Guerrero 15/1
4 4Bethlehem Road (KY) Luis A. Rodriguez Castro 118 Dee Curry 20/1
5 5Mucho Gusto (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Joseph Talamo 118 Bob Baffert 2/1
6 6Everfast (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Julien R. Leparoux 118 Dale L. Romans 10/1
7 7Maximum Security (KY) Luis Saez 120 Jason Servis 8/5

6:30 p.m.—$200,000 San Diego Handicap (G2) at Del Mar (TVG)

Hronis Racing's Catalina Cruiser seeks a title defense in Saturday's San Diego Handicap where he will face five challengers in the 1 1/16-mile event that is the main steppingstone to the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic Aug. 17. 


Entries: San Diego H. (G2)

Del Mar, Saturday, July 20, 2019, Race 4

  • Grade II
  • 1 1/16m
  • Dirt
  • $200,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 3:36 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Catalina Cruiser (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Joel Rosario 123 John W. Sadler 1/2
2 2Core Beliefs (KY) Flavien Prat 119 Peter Eurton 5/1
3 3Higher Power (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Drayden Van Dyke 116 John W. Sadler 15/1
4 4Draft Pick (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Martin Garcia 118 Peter Eurton 8/1
5 5Mongolian Groom (KY) Abel Cedillo 115 Enebish Ganbat 15/1
6 6Dr. Dorr (KY) Rafael Bejarano 119 Bob Baffert 4/1

 

8:30 p.m.—$200,000 San Clemente Stakes (G2T) at Del Mar (TVG)

The extensive racetrack tour of Stillwater Cove will make Del Mar its seventh stop when the daughter of Quality Road  runs in the San Clemente Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at one mile on the Jimmy Durante Turf Course. Owned by Marcus Stables and trained by Wesley Ward, Stillwater Cove has two wins from seven starts and compiled $120,834 in earnings.


Entries: San Clemente S. (G2T)

Del Mar, Saturday, July 20, 2019, Race 8

  • Grade IIT
  • 1m
  • Turf
  • $200,000
  • 3 yo Fillies
  • 5:36 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Keeper Ofthe Stars (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Rafael Bejarano 118 Jonathan Wong 12/1
2 2Seranitsa (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Ruben Fuentes 118 Neil D. Drysdale 8/1
3 3Mucho Unusual (CA)Keeneland Sales Graduate Joel Rosario 123 Tim Yakteen 7/2
4 4Devils Dance (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jorge I. Velez 120 Craig Anthony Lewis 20/1
5 5Apache Princess (CA) Kent J. Desormeaux 123 J. Keith Desormeaux 8/1
6 6Over Emphasize (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Alonso Quinonez 118 Michael W. McCarthy 8/1
7 7Harmless (KY) Abel Cedillo 118 Robert B. Hess, Jr. 20/1
8 8Stillwater Cove (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Victor Espinoza 118 Wesley A. Ward 5/2
9 9Maxim Rate (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Drayden Van Dyke 123 Simon Callaghan 3/1
10 10Kalliniki (KY) Flavien Prat 118 Michael W. McCarthy 20/1