Haskell Invitational highlights Monmouth's $3.5 million graded schedule

Haskell Invitational highlights Monmouth's $3.5 million

graded schedule

Led by the $1 million Haskell Invitational (G1) on

Sunday, August 2, Monmouth Park has announced a

graded stakes schedule worth $3.5

million for 2015.

In addition, the popular bonus programs for owners and

trainers will return this season, which begins for the 70th time on Saturday,

May 9. Throughout the 58 days of live racing at

Monmouth in 2015, all trainers will receive a $300 bonus for every

non-state-bred starter regardless of surface. Owners will also receive a

minimum of $700 for every non-state-bred dirt starter and a minimum of $500 for

every open turf runner.

Haskell Day 2015 will see four of Monmouth's

17 graded events, with the Monmouth Cup (G2),

Matchmaker S. (G3) and Oceanport S. (G3) adding to the track's

biggest racing event.

Haskell success continued to translate to

Breeders' Cup success in 2014, with Haskell romper Bayern (Offlee Wild) going on to capture the

Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) while Haskell favorite Untapable (Tapit) won the

Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) en route to champion three-year-old

filly honors.

Other highlights of the 2015 racing calendar

include the $500,000 United Nations (G1), won in 2014 by eventual champion turf

male and older male Main Sequence (Aldebaran), and $150,000 Salvator Mile (G3) on July 5,

as well as the $200,000 Monmouth S. (G2) on June 7; the $150,000 Molly

Pitcher S. (G3), to be renewed on July 3; and the $150,000 Philip H. Iselin S. (G3) on August 30.

The Red Bank S. (G3) will kick off Monmouth's graded stakes schedule when it is contested on Saturday, May 16.

The 2015 Monmouth Park racing season will run

from May 9 through September 27.

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