Tom Pedulla presents five key takeaways from Saturday’s $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes at New Jersey’s Monmouth Park and other major weekend developments:
Tag: The Sport
Cyberknife Sets Track Record with Thrilling Haskell Win
For the better part of 50 years, Al Gold traveled from his New Jersey home to Monmouth Park a countless amount of times. He saw more editions of the TVG.com Haskell Stakes in the course of his 66 years on this earth than he can remember.
Nest Rolls to Overpowering Win Over Secret Oath in CCA Oaks
Although it looked like it battle might loom in the $500,000, Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks July 23 at Saratoga Race Course when Longines Kentucky Oaks victress Secret Oath drew even with Kentucky Oaks runner-up
Wickerr: Hall of Fame Trainer Bobby Frankel’s Del Mar Specialist
Once upon a time, not all that many years ago, there was a Thoroughbred racehorse named Wickerr who called California his home. Much like the fabled Goldilocks, Wickerr was a picky individual with clear-cut preferences. But whereas Goldilocks could verbally communicate her disdain for poorly made porridge or uncomfortable beds, Wickerr – being a horse – could only communicate his preferences with visual demonstrations. We’re left to imagine his reasoning.
