Oceanport Stakes

Skeedattle Stable’s Just Howard made a determined bid to keep his head in front at the wire in Saturday’s Grade 3 Oceanport Stakes, delayed to a 6:00 p.m. post time by Monmouth Park management due to heat advisories in the area. The 5-year-old son of English Channel and jockey Trevor McCarthy fended off the late […]

Trainer Michael Stidham has no qualms about shipping Synchrony wherever there’s a graded turf stakes race that fits the horse’s schedule, which explains why six of his past eight starts have been at different racetracks and on both coasts. But there is no place the ultra-consistent 6-year-old enjoys more than Monmouth Park’s turf course. “He […]

Pin Oak Stable’s homebred Synchrony bulled his way through at the rail to earn a three-length win in Sunday’s Grade 3 Oceanport Stakes at Monmouth Park, giving jockey Joe Bravo his second win on the card. Trained by Mike Stidham, the 5-year-old son of Tapit was sent off as the 1-2 favorite in the seven […]

Jump Sucker Stable’s Blacktype finally earned that designation in his 19th career start, winning Sunday’s Grade 3 Oceanport Stakes for trainer Christophe Clement. A 5-year-old son of Dunkerque, he crossed the wire a neck in front under Joe Bravo for the jockey’s third win on the card. The final time over Monmouth’s yielding turf course […]

Terry Hamilton’s Heart to Heart went wire-to-wire for a victory in Sunday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Oceanport Stakes at Monmouth Park. Victor Espinoza, who rides American Pharoah in the Haskell a race later on the card, guided Heart to Heart to the colt’s sixth win in 16 starts. Hothersal and Cage Fighter completed the trifecta. Final […]

In the 68th running of the Metropolitan Jets Oceanport Stakes on Sunday at Monmouth Park, Michael J. Bruder’s Guys Reward burst out of the pack in midstretch and went on to a one-length victory over Fredericksburg, who had set all the pace. Guys Reward, trained by Dale Romans and ridden by Paco Lopez, raced the […]

Silver Max and Robby Albarado cruised to an easy victory by daylight in Sunday’s Grade 3 Oceanport Stakes at Monmouth Park. The 4-year-old Dale Romans trainee collected his ninth career win from 20 starts for owners Mark Bacon and Dana Wells. Most recently, the Virginia Derby winner appeared in a third-place finish in the Grade […]

Yummy With Butter took the lead at the top of the stretch and got away to win the Grade 3 Oceanport Stakes at Monmouth Park by a length and a half over Sayif (IRE) and Baryshknikov. Yummy With Butter is trained by Yvon Belsoeur and was ridden to victory by Paco Lopez. Time for the […]

Get Serious will go for his third Grade 3 Oceanport Stakes victory on the Haskell Invitational undercard at Monmouth Park Sunday.  The Monmouth turf specialist is up against it, facing a field of 10 rivals, including Straight Story, Violon Sacre and Sayif.  Get Serious has been beaten all three starts this year. In other Haskell […]