Spendthrift Farm's homebred Following Sea, an especially promising colt recently transferred to the stable of newly-elected Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, drew the rail and Joel Rosario gets the return call. We'll see what Flavien feels like coming out of the gate, but I imagine it will be a similar race as the last couple." Obviously in his last couple of races he went out strong. "I think the draw sets it up perfectly for us," said Roadrunner Racing's Greg Helm, the owner of the colt along with Boat Racing, Gainesway Stable, and William Strauss. Start Earning the Best Daily Rewards in Horse Racingīreaking just to his outside in post 4 will be Hot Rod Charlie and Flavien Prat, who was aboard for the Belmont and for the Kentucky Derby, where the horse and rider were third, just one length behind Mandaloun. "He's a good horse and he's been training extremely well," said Cox. Mandaloun, a Juddmonte Farms homebred, won TVG Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park in his last start June 13 while prepping for the Haskell.Ī Kentucky-bred son of Into Mischief, Mandaloun will depart from post 3 under Florent Geroux, who has ridden the Grade 2 winner in each of his previous seven starts. Just huge," said reigning Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox, who will send out 2-1 morning line second choice Mandaloun, the runner-up in the Kentucky Derby. 5 due to COVID-19) and the Breeders' Cup Classic. The Haskell is the highlight of Monmouth Park's 48-stakes race schedule, and it marks the beginning of the all-important second half of the season to determine the divisional champion and potentially the eventual Horse of the Year.Īuthentic launched his 2020 Horse of the Year campaign last year by winning the Haskell Stakes before going on to win the Kentucky Derby (re-scheduled last year to Sept. The mile and an eighth Haskell, where champions validate their greatness, presents the opportunity to reach that top level, and it also offers the chance for an all-expenses-paid spot to the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic as part of the "Win and You're In" Breeders' Cup Challenge Series. Bet on the Haskell at Monmouth Park - JOIN OTBĭespite their considerable accomplishments so far this season, none of the colts has earned a Grade 1 victory.
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