Great Island Goes Last To First In Matchmaker Stakes At Monmouth Sponsored by:
Great Island wins the Matchmaker Stakes at Monmouth Park.
The Grade 1 Haskell Stakes undercard featured a series of graded stakes races, kicked off by the Grade 3 Matchmaker Stakes for fillies and mares, 3-years-old and up. In a race that was deep in stakes experience, Great Island got her first graded stakes win with a last-to-first performance in the 1 1/8-mile G3 stakes on the turf at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J.
The field of six included graded stakes winners Juliet Foxtrot, Always Shopping, and Nay Lady Nay, who was returning to try for a second consecutive win in the G3 Matchmaker Stakes. At the start, though, it was No Mercy Percy who got out to a quick lead. She ran the first quarter in :25.07, maintaining a 2-1/2 length lead over Juliet Foxtrot with another length back to Nay Lady Nay. At the half-mile mark, jockey Paco Lopez sent Nay Lady Nay past Juliet Foxtrot, the two mares
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Nay Lady Nay, Dr Post Aim for Stakes Wins at Monmouth
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Pixelate Leads List Of Nominees for Pimlico Turf Stakes Sponsored by:
Pixelate wins the Prince Georges County Stakes at Pimlico Race Course.
Godolphin homebred Pixelate, coming off a victory in last month s Prince George s County over the track, is one of seven graded-stakes winners among 28 horses nominated to the $200,000 Grade 3 Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup Saturday, July 24 at historic Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md.
The one-mile G3 BWI Turf Cup for 3-year-olds and up is one of four grass stakes worth $500,000 in purses on the program, joined by the $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby at 1 ½ miles for 3-year-olds and the $100,000 Sensible Lady Turf Dash sprinting five furlongs and $100,000 Big Dreyfus going 1 1/8 miles, both for fillies and mares 3 and up.
Micheline Preps for Beverly D in Eatontown at Monmouth
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