Open Mind Handicap

Saturday’s $65,000 Open Mind Handicap for New Jersey-bred fillies and mares brought out some familiar names like Love That Dance and Karmageddon, and one mare making her stakes debut – Brian Drazin’s Ever Always.   The 5-year-old state-bred mare has made only four starts in her life (all impre...Read More

Horse Racing Nation is your source for the $50 million summer meet at Monmouth Park. HRN Editor Jarrod Horak will recap all of the action from the Jersey Shore, including track bias information and horses to watch. This is his fourth in a series of reports from Monmouth Park. June 11 (day nine) - Fa...Read More

Living up to her odds-on billing, George L. Schwartz’s Way With Words cruised to a four-length win in the $100,000 Open Mind Handicap.   Ridden by Eddie Castro, Way With Words sat off the early pace before rolling by her foes at the eighth pole and drawing off to pay $4, $2.60 and $2.60 as the ...Read More

Sunday’s $100,000 Open Mind Handicap, which honors the 3-year-old filly champion of 1989 and one of the best New Jersey-bred runners of all time, should live up to the high standards of the six-furlong event. A field of nine state-bred fillies and mares will line up for this edition, with John Petr...Read More