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Month: September 2021
Lady Mystify Gets First Graded Stakes Win In Remington Park Oaks
Lady Mystify made the trip from California to Oklahoma a winning one with a pace-stalking performance in the Grade 3 Remington Park Oaks at the Oklahoma City, Okla., track.
In her only previous try at graded stakes company, Lady Mystify, trained by Peter Eurton, was fifth in the Grade 3 Torrey Pines at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif. in late August. In the G3 Oaks, facing a field that included G3 Fantasy Stakes winner Pauline's Pearl and Cathryn Sophia Stakes winner Lovely Ride, Lady Mystify broke cleanly, jockey Flavien Prat putting her third behind front-runner My Girl Red early in the 1 1/16-mile stakes.
Around the far turn, Prat pulled his filly even with My Girl Red as Ricardo Santana, Jr. moved Pauline's Pearl on the outside of horses to start her bid in the stretch. At the top of the lane, Lady Mystify took over the lead as Pauline's Pearl tried to challenge on her outside. The Eurton trainee was too much for Pauline's Pearl, drawing away to win by three lengths. Amendment Nineteen was third and Bobbin Tail fourth.
The final time for the G3 Remington Park Oaks was 1:44.13. Find this race's chart here.
Lady Mystify paid $14.00, $5.00, and $2.80. Pauline's Pearl paid $2.80 and $2.10. Amendment Nineteen paid $2.10.
Bred in Kentucky by Scott Dilworth and Evan Dilworth, Lady Mystify is by Bernardini out of the Unbridled's Song mare J. Quirk. She is a 3-year-old filly owned by Exline-Border Racing LLC, SAF Racing, and Richard Hausman. Lady Mystify was purchased by Exline-Border Racing from consigner Niall Brennan Stables for $325,000 at the 2020 Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training. With her win in the G3 Remington Park Oaks, Lady Mystify has three wins in five starts in 2021, for a lifetime record of 6-3-1-1 and career earnings of $217,520.
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Handle Up at Monmouth
Monmouth Park's 2021 season, which concluded Sunday, showed an increase in overall handle from 2020, with $173,511,161 wagered during the 55-day meet compared to $167,511,608 during last year's 44-day meet.
On-track handle was $15,216,978 this year. Last season, which was hampered by attendance restrictions due to the pandemic, had on-track handle of $8,917,436.
The simulcast handle was down slightly from $158,594,172 in 2020 to $158,294,183 this year.
Jockey Paco Lopez took his eighth riding title at the Oceanport oval, while Wayne Potts was the leading trainer. Colts Neck Stables, with 14 winners from 34 starters, was the leading owner.
Thoroughbred racing in New Jersey shifts to the Meadowlands in East Rutherford for the seven-day Monmouth-at- Meadowlands meet starting Oct. 1.
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Overall Handle Up, On-Track Wagering Doubled At Monmouth
Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J., showed an increase in overall handle and nearly doubled its on-track handle for this year's 55-day meet compared to a year ago as the track concluded its 76th season on Sunday.
“We were happy to have our fans back, we had another memorable TVG.com Haskell Invitational, and we feel good about how Monmouth Park is positioned as we move forward and return to some sense of normalcy during these COVID-19 times,” said Dennis Drazin, chairman and CEO of Darby Development, the operators of Monmouth Park. “This wound up being a transitional year coming out of the worst of COVID-19 a year ago. We overcame some challenging weather, especially early in the meet, purses were very good and the quality of racing was excellent.”
Monmouth Park's overall handle for the meet was $173,511,161 compared to $167,511,608 a year ago.
The return of fans had a significant impact, with the on-track handle increasing to $15,216,978 compared to $8,917,436 a year ago.
The simulcast handle was down slightly from $158,594,172 in 2020 to $158,294,183 this year.
Monmouth conducted 44 days of live racing a year ago.
Jockey Paco Lopez wrapped up his eighth Monmouth Park riding title with a flourish on Sunday by booting home six winners to bring his final total to 109 for the meet. Runner-up Isaac Castillo had 55 winners. Lopez's eight titles are second in track history to Joe Bravo's 13.
Wayne Potts captured the training title with 38 wins after winning the abbreviated Meadowlands-at-Monmouth meet last fall.
Colts Neck Stables, with 14 winners from 34 starters, was the leading owner.
Thoroughbred racing in the state shifts to the Meadowlands in East Rutherford for the seven-day Monmouth-at-Meadowlands meet starting on Friday, Oct. 1. The six-race all-turf cards will have a first race post time of 7 p.m.
The Monmouth-at-Meadowlands meet will also hold live racing on Saturday, Oct. 2. The Friday-Saturday schedule will continue on Oct. 8 and 9 before shifting to just Friday on Oct. 15 and then to just Saturday on Oct. 23 and 30.
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