American Pharoah has a long and prosperous stud career ahead of him, but he’s not done making his mark on the track.

Owner Ahmed Zayat told ESPN that the Triple Crown winner will run in the Aug. 2 Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J., a Grade 1 stakes race for 3-year-olds.

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“I’ve decided to do the logical step and run American Pharoah at Monmouth,” Zayat said. “I’m trying to create one of the best days racing has ever seen for its fans and one that will also fit the prestige that surrounds American Pharoah. I want it to be a great day for everyone that will celebrate racing.”

The controversial and flamboyant Zayat, who made his money through a beer distributorship in Egypt, is a resident of Teaneck, N.J. He will bring horse racing’s biggest star to the Garden State for a weekend-long celebration. Zayat says he wants to bring Bruce Springsteen to the track, too.

Despite the risks involved in running a horse that’s worth so much, Zayat has said he believes he owes it to horse racing fans to have American Pharoah race through the end of 2015. Zayat told ESPN he wants to run the horse until he shows Zayat’s camp he can’t anymore.

“This will be the biggest day ever in the history of racing in New Jersey,” Monmouth Park president Bob Kulina told ESPN. ”We’ve been racing for 70 years and this is the first time we will have a Triple Crown champion here. I didn’t think I would ever say this, but this will be even bigger than 2007 when we hosted the Breeders’ Cup.”

MORE: Where does Pharoah rank?

American Pharoah trainer Bob Baffert has had the winning horse at the Haskell in four of the last five years. After the colt won the Belmont Stakes for racing’s first Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978, Zayat said the horse would likely run at least once more before retiring at the end of 2015. American Pharoah will stand at Coolmore Farm in Kentucky and likely garner a stud fee of about $200,000, which would be the second-highest in the country behind Tapit, who at $300,000 has almost a decade-long resume of successful offspring.

After the Haskell, American Pharoah will likely be pointed toward October’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, the biggest event in American horse racing outside of the Triple Crown circuit. It features the top horses in racing and many Triple Crown contenders from multiple years. The Classic figures to be his last race, which would make him the least-raced Triple Crown winner ever with 10 career starts.

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August 2nd: William Hill Haskell Invitational

William Hill Haskell Invitational
August 2nd, 2015

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Make plans now to attend the summer’s biggest race!

The nation’s best 3-year-olds converge on Monmouth Park for the 48th of the Grade 1, $1,000,000 William Hill Haskell Invitational.

It’s the biggest party at the Jersey Shore and this year the Haskell is bigger and better than ever!

Come watch and wager on the best horses in the country.  Arrive early for your free commemorative Haskell hat.  Dress to impress and you might be asked to participate in our Haskell Day Best Dressed Couple contest.

Gates open early at 10am.  First race 12 noon.

Enjoy rockin’ live music from Low Cash Cowboys and Big Hix, courtesy of Thunder 106.

Bring the friends, bring the family, just don’t miss out on the biggest race – and biggest day - of the summer. 

This is the Haskell – Where Champions Prove Their Greatness!

 

          http://www.monmouthpark.com/haskell/

 

 

 

California Chrome Arrives at Arlington

• By Blood-Horse Staff,  July 7, 2015 7:05 PM

 

 

Steve Coburn and Perry Martin’sCalifornia Chrome, the 2014 Horse of the Year, arrived at Arlington International Racecourse July 7 to prepare for the Aug. 15 Arlington Million (gr. IT).

California Chrome, a California homebred 4-year-old colt by Lucky Pulpit   out of the Not For Love mare Love the Chase, finished second in this year’s Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) behindPrince Bishop in his most recent start in late March. He was sent to Great Britain to compete in the June 17 Prince of Wales’s Stakes (Eng-I) at Royal Ascot but didn’t compete because of a bruised foot.

He remained in England before his flight to the United States.

California Chrome, who won the first two legs of the Triple Crown before a fourth-place finish in the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) for trainer Art Sherman, has raced only once on the turf, but with success. He won the Hollywood Derby (gr. IT) versus fellow 3-year-olds last fall at Del Mar.