Oceanport, NJ - Monmouth Park opens this Saturday, May 11, with a 12-race program attracting a total of 117 entries.
Topping the day's card is the $75,000 Decathlon Stakes for 3-year-olds and upward, which features a field of eight, including E. Paul Robsham Stables' Travelin Man.
A six-furlong dash, the Decathlon is the first of this year's stakes events, which includes 16 graded stakes. As always, the centerpiece of Monmouth's summer will be the $1 million William Hill Haskell Invitational, which has its 46th running on Sunday, July 28. Monmouth's Grade 1 turf race, the $500,000 United Nations Stakes, will be the highlight of the Fourth of July weekend when it's renewed on Saturday, July 6.
Horse betting at Monmouth Park with OffTrackBetting.com
Gates will open at 11:30 a.m. and first post is set for 12:50 p.m. every day except Haskell Day, when gates will open at 10:00 a.m. and first post will be 12 noon.
Travelin Man, a 5-year-old by Trippi from the Gone West mare West Side Dancer, captured his last outing, the Sir Shackleton Stakes at Gulfstream on March 30. The Todd Pletcher trainee has won 5 of his 13 outings. Thirteen-time Monmouth riding champion Joe Bravo has the call.
