Curalina headlines the field as the morning line favorite at odds of 7-5 for trainer Todd Pletcher. A chestnut daughter of Curlin owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, she is undefeated from four starts this year and comes into this race off of back to back Grade 1 victories. Last time out, she moved up for the win via disqualification after I’m a Chattebox finished first by a nose. John Velazquez will be in the irons and they will break from post position two.
Second choice at odds of 5-2 is I’m a Chatterbox for trainer Larry Jones. The chestnut daughter of Munnings will be trying to avenge her loss in the Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) after being stripped of the win by disqualification after drifting in the stretch. She has won four of her eight starts and is a multiple graded stakes winner. Florent Geroux will be back in the irons and they will break from post position four.
Also in the field for trainer Larry Jones is Lovely Maria who has been tabbed at odds of 5-1 on the morning line. A bay daughter of Majesticperfection, she has won four of her nine starts and earned the biggest victory of her career in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) in May. She is trying to rebound after a fifth-place finish in the Delaware Oaks (G3) and will have regular rider Kerwin Clark aboard from post three.
The field is set for the $1 million Haskell, where Nyquist will be trying to re-stake his claim as the top three-year-old in the country.
On Sunday at Monmouth Park, the featured race is the $300,000 United Nations Stakes. Scheduled to be run at a mile and three-eighths on the turf, the Grade 1 event has drawn a field of ten colts and geldings.
On Sunday at Monmouth Park, the featured race is the $150,000 Pegasus Stakes, a key prep race for the Haskell Invitational (G1). The Grade 3 event will be contested at a mile and a sixteenth and has drawn a field of seven three-year-olds.
With five grade 1 races and a grade 2, the undercard for the June 11 Belmont stakes could be the best single day of racing on the calendar outside of the Breeders’ Cup.
Haskell Invitational Picks for Monmouth Sunday
29 July 2016The field is set for the $1 million Haskell, where Nyquist will be trying to re-stake his claim as the top three-year-old in the country....
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