Sunday, July 31, 2011
Morning line favorite is trainer Dale Romans' Preakness winner, Baffert trying to go 5-for-5 with Coil, Farmingdale trainer Kelly Breen's two also looking to claim Monmouth's top prize
Preakness Stakes winner Shackleford is the morning line (5-2) favorite for the $1 Million Resorts Casino Haskell Invitational today at Monmouth Park, and Farmingdale trainer Kelly Breen's wily Belmont winner Ruler On Ice (ML 4-1) is seeking to give him a run for his money. When the two horses last met at the Belmont Stakes on a wet Saturday in early June, Ruler On Ice charged through the mud past a tired Shackleford in the final turn of the one and a half mile course. "I might come in the middle of the night and just flood the track," Ruler On Ice's jockey Jose Valdivia, Jr. joked at a Haskell Press Conference held Thursday. Neither horse has raced since the Belmont. Dale Romans has been training Shackleford at Churchill Downs in Kentucky…
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Breen grew up in Old Bridge, trains at Monmouth Park, and has two horses in the bidding for this year's $1 Million Resorts Casino Haskell Invitational
Trainer Kelly Breen won this year's Belmont Stakes with Ruler On Ice, and he's hopeful his 3-year-old can beat out Preakness winner Shackleford again for the $1 Million Resorts Casino Haskell Invitational trophy this Sunday. Breen currently resides in Farmingdale, and says in the above video (shot shortly after his big win at Belmont) that he grew up in Old Bridge, and learned to ride horses at Baymar Farms in Morganville when he was 13. Ruler On Ice is owned by George and Lori Hall, of Rumson, who chose Breen to be their private trainer in 2007.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Shackleford and locally-stabled Ruler On Ice among eight elite three-year-olds set to face off in Monmouth Park's main event July 31
Preakness Stakes winner Shackleford is headed for the $1 Million Resorts Casino Haskell Invitational next Sunday at Monmouth Park, where local trainer Kelly Breen's wily Ruler On Ice will be waiting for him. When the two horses last met at the Belmont Stakes on a wet Saturday in early June, Ruler On Ice charged through the mud past a tired Shackleford in the final turn of the one and a half mile course. Neither horse has raced since the Belmont. Dale Romans has been training Shackleford at Churchill Downs in Kentucky, most recently running 59.60 in a five furlong (5/8 mile) workout on Sunday. Ruler On Ice also ran Sunday, clocking in at 1:02.60 over five furlongs at Monmouth. Fire and Ice Ruler On Ice is not the only horse that Breen, of …
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Peter W Bennett
8:24 pm on Thursday, July 28, 2011
Best of luck on Sunday. more ›