Monmouth Park

April 5, 2024

DINERMAN NAMED TRACK ANNOUNCER AT MONMOUTH PARK

Oceanport, N.J. – Monmouth Park Race Track has named Matt Dinerman the new track announcer for the 2024 racing season, which gets underway on Saturday, May […]
September 11, 2023

Jersey Trainer Ben Perkins Sr. Passes at 89; Won the 1981 Haskell With Star Flight

OCEANPORT – Ben Perkins, Sr., a fixture as a trainer on the New Jersey Thoroughbred racing circuit since 1958 whose 854 career winners included 1981 Haskell […]
August 5, 2021

Gov. Murphy signs bill approving fixed odds wagering

Monmouth Park now awaiting regulatory go-ahead OCEANPORT – Fixed Odds wagering will be available at Monmouth Park in the coming weeks after Gov. Philip Murphy signed […]
July 18, 2021

Groovy Surprise notches second straight stakes victory

Wins today’s Jersey Girl Handicap at Monmouth Park Groovy Surprise  (#1) apparently enjoyed her first stakes victory so much in her last start that she wanted […]
July 3, 2021

Local Artists, Musicians and Photographers – Tens of Thousands of Dollars in Grants Awarded

Asbury Park’s The Stone Pony and Senator Vin Gopal’s Civic Association have teamed up to support the Jersey Shore music and art industry with a virtual […]
June 14, 2021

Kentucky Derby runner-up Mandaloun rallies to win Sunday’s TVG.com Pegasus Stakes by a neck

OCEANPORT  – Whatever plans trainer Brad Cox and jockey Florent Geroux had in their minds for how Sunday’s TVG.com Pegasus Stakes would unfold for Kentucky Derby […]
May 30, 2021

Tickets for $1 million TVG.COM Haskell Stakes to go on sale

OCEANPORT – Tickets for the TVG.com Haskell Stakes, the centerpiece of the Monmouth Park Thoroughbred meet, will go on sale starting Sunday, June 6, at 11:30 […]
May 26, 2021

Jersey Derby draws field of eight plus one MTO for Monmuoth Park’s season opener on Friday

OCEANPORT – Sifting Sands, from the powerhouse Chad Brown stable, is among eight 3-year-olds (plus one main track only entrant) set to go in the $100,000 […]
January 4, 2021

Carl Thomas Wagner, age 76 of Long Branch passes

Carl Thomas Wagner, age 76 of Long Branch, died peacefully on Friday, January 1, 2021 at Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation in Shrewsbury. Born in Jersey City, […]