Weekend Winners Club

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Sunday, June 16. Monmouth Park. Undefeated Kentucky Derby champion Maximum returns to racing in the Pegasus Stakes Sunday after skipping the Preakness and Belmont to rest up after getting clobbered by War of Will in the Derby.
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The excellent son of New Year’s Day (Street Cry) and Lil Indy looks to take his winning streak to 6 while putting in a solid prep for the Haskell Stakes on July 20, giving him another 5 week layoff.
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Trainer Jason Servis says that the best 3yo in training is in good health and ready to race without any further ado. 5 others are brave enough to take him on, but he will have to run his career worst race for any of them to beat him.
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All contenders will make their racing fee ($1500) money back since 6th to last pay $2000, so it’s surprising to not see more run for the $20k 2nd place prize or even the $10k for 3rd. 1 of the opponents is another Servis trainee, Direct Order.
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Todd Pletcher looks to liven up the competition with 2 entries, including King for a Day, who won the Sir Barton stakes on the Preakness undercard in his first race of the year. Last Judgment is coming off a disastrous Pat Day Mile on the Ky Derby undercard.
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But it shall be a fun day of racing at Monmouth, with over 100 horses entered in 13 races. The $150k Pegasus Stakes is race 10 at about 5pm ET.
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As promised, the Monmouth Grid is here free for Sunday. Happy Father’s day!

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