Purse Increase, Dates Added at Monmouth

Officials at Monmouth Park have announced an across-the-board increase in purses to begin on TVG.com Haskell S. day July 17 and have added three live September dates on Fridays to the calendar.

“We're thankful to Gov. Philip Murphy and to the leadership in the state Senate and Assembly who continue to support racing in New Jersey,” said Dennis Drazin, the Chairman and CEO of Darby Development LLC, the operators of Monmouth Park. “A supplemental appropriation was passed and signed into law, and with rain preventing us from writing more races during the early stages of the meet, we have $5.5 million to spend on purses to support the Monmouth Park product as a result.

“We believe it was important to make the announcement at this time, so horsemen can plan for the balance of the meet. We feel these increases will further strengthen what is already a quality product.”

A 20% increase will be applied to all maiden special weight and allowance races, while claiming races run for $12,500 tags or higher will see a prize money increase of 10%. The purses for lower-level claimers will be raised by 5%. Open stakes races that are currently listed at $75,000 will be contested for $100,000, while state-bred stakes will run for $85,000, up from $75,000.

Other stakes races will receive more significant bumps. According to the release, the Sept. 26 Nownownow S. for 2-year-olds at a mile on the turf, will see the largest boost from $150,000 to $500,000. The race in named in honor of the winner of the inaugural Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf held at Monmouth in 2007 and will serve as a stepping-stone to this year's race at Del Mar Nov. 5.

The Sapling S. (Sept. 5) and Sorority S. (Sept. 6.), for 2-year-old males and females, respectively, see their purses doubled to $200,000, while the GIII Monmouth Oaks and GIII Iselin S. are each to be raised by $50,000 to $250,000.

Monmouth's original schedule called for weekend racing only during the month of September, but the track will now hold live programs Friday-Sunday and will conduct live racing on Labor Day, Sept. 6.

Officials also announced that after a one-year hiatus owing to the coronavirus, the Monmouth-at-Meadowlands meet will return in 2021. Nine all-turf programs will also see significant purse increases. That schedule will be announced at a later date.

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Mischievous Dream Lands Sorority in Dramatic Fashion for Into Mischief

The stellar weekend for Spendthrift Farm stalwart Into Mischief continued with a new stakes winner in Monmouth’s Sorority S. Monday.

Unveiled against New York-breds sprinting at Saratoga, Mischievous Dream closed to win by a length July 19, but could only manage fourth after a wide trip over course and distance in the Bolton Landing S. there Aug. 19. Stepped up to a mile for the first time, the third choice sidled over to the rail and settled in midpack in the full field behind splits of :23.20 and :48.37. Catching all the breaks, she began to make inroads with a quarter mile to travel and was just off the first flight and building momentum when a hole close directly in front of her. Forced to check sharply, jockey Joe Bravo angled her farther out asked her to re-engage the afterburners and she dove in between rivals to win as much the best, showing a sharp burst of acceleration in the process.

“I thought she was very impressive,” said trainer Christophe Clement. “She scared me at the eighth pole [when Bravo had to check severely]. I didn’t know she was good enough to overcome that and make it to the wire first. But I guess she is.”

“We always thought she was a nice filly. She broke her maiden impressively and we saw that she was better than she had done in her last start. She was training very well at Saratoga. That’s why we were trying to be a bit more ambitious with her and it worked out today.”

The 78th black-type winner for her sire, who sired 2020 GI Kentucky Derby hero Authentic Saturday, Mischievous Dream is second winner from five runners for her dual-winning dam. Just Livin a Dream foaled a filly by Practical Joke this year and was bred back to Disco Partner. The winner is a half-sister to the Leroidesanimaux (Brz) gelding Keepthedreamalive, who was SP. Second dam Princesa’s Passion is the dam of MGISW Presious Passion (Royal Anthem), known for his frontrunning tactics, good for two wins in one of Monmouth’s signature races, the GI United Nations S.

SORORITY S., $112,000, Monmouth, 9-7, 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:38.98, fm.
1–MISCHIEVOUS DREAM, 118, f, 2, by Into Mischief
                1st Dam: Just Livin a Dream, by Trippi
                2nd Dam: Princesa’s Passion, by Marquetry
                3rd Dam: Sizzlin Sunshine, by Sunshine Forever
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O/B-Patricia A. Generazio (NY);
T-Christophe Clement; J-Joe Bravo. $60,000. Lifetime Record:
3-2-0-0, $99,200.
2–Invincible Gal (GB), 120, f, 2, Invincible Spirit (Ire)–Alsindi
(Ire), by Acclamation (GB). (200,000gns Ylg ’19 TATOCT).
O-Michael J. Ryan, Jeff Drown & Team Hanley; B-Rabbah
Bloodstock Limited (GB); T-H. Graham Motion. $20,000.
3–Tic Tic Tic Boom, 120, f, 2, Hit It a Bomb–Miss Dolan’s Rose,
by Judge T C. ($4,500 RNA Ylg ’19 FTKOCT). O-Timory Ridall;
B-Anita Nesser & BHMFR, LLC (KY); T-Alan Bedard. $10,000.
Margins: HF, HF, HF. Odds: 3.70, 1.60, 129.90.
Also Ran: Stellar Grace, Little Nutter, Flying Aletha, Sky Proposal, Miss Wild, Cilla, Social Exclusion, Tiz Ferguson, Unrequited Love. Scratched: My Beautiful Belle.
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