(May 6, 2024) – Monmouth Park and the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) announced a new partnership establishing FOX Sports as the television home for the Oceanport, New Jersey track’s 2024 season, which opens on Saturday, May 11.
Tom Pedulla offers a half-dozen takeaways from the $5 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, the $1.5 million Longines Kentucky Oaks, and other major developments at Churchill Downs this weekend.
The day after the first jewel of the Triple Crown came to a thrilling end with a three-horse photo finish in the May 4 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve at Churchill Downs, attention started to turn toward the second jewel.
With Churchill Downs closed on May 5, the day after the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. had planned to be on a flight to Louisiana that morning for a rare Sunday off from riding to enjoy live music during the day at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage
Justin Zayat, racing manager for Zayat Stables, looks hopefully at every young horse his family breeds or purchases, wondering if another American Pharoah might come his way again. He looks in vain.
