 More Than Ready shows his disdain for the competition |
Dateline: 08/03/00
The first of the two big $1 million mid-summer races for the 3 year olds is the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park on Sunday August 6th. This race will bring together several veterans of the Triple Crown Trail including Kentucky Derby runner-ups Impeachment and More Than Ready and Belmont winner Commendable. This should be a very interesting race with such a classy line-up.
Post time is 5:42 p.m. EDT. The race will be shown on ESPN2 on tape delay at 7pm EDT but you can listen live online with Real Audio. Past performances are available free from Daily Racing Form and Glenners will have selections available sometime Saturday.
| PP / Number | Horse | Weight | Jockey | Trainer | M/L Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 / 1 | Impeachment | 116 | Perret | Pletcher | 4-1 |
| 7 / 1A | Commendable | 122 | Day | Lukas | 4-1 |
| 1 / 2 | Thistyranthasclass | 114 | Velez Jr. | Tammaro | 8-1 |
| 2 / 3 | More Than Ready | 119 | Velazquez | Pletcher | 5-2 |
| 3 / 4 | Captain Steve | 118 | Nakatani | Baffert | 3-1 |
| 4 / 5 | Milwaukee Brew | 117 | McCarthy | Attard | 5-1 |
| 5 / 6 | Kiss a Naive | 113 | Kabel | Bell | 12-1 |
| 8 / 7 | Dixie Union | 117 | Solis | Mandella | 6-1 |
| 9 / 8 | Mercaldo | 112 | Bravo | Forbes | 20-1 |
 Captain Steve comes in off a win in the Swaps Stakes in California |
I will go with More Than Ready here as this seems to be his race. He has speed, the blinkers being added, home town connections, and even a weight break so this is his race to win. Second should be one of Captain Steve, Commendable, or Impeachment based on class.
 Dixie Union in the Haskell post parade |
Pgm Horse Jockey Win Place Show 7 Dixie Union Solis 11.40 4.80 4.40 4 Captain Steve Nakatani 3.20 2.80 5 Milwaukee Brew McCarthy 5.40 Winning Time: 1:50 $2 Exacta 12-5 41.60 $2 Trifecta 12-5-1 340.80 $1 Superfecta 12-5-1-9 541.90Results Chart
Finish of the 2000 Haskell Invitational
More articles and info:
- Monmouth Park
- Haskell Invitational from Equibase - free program, past performances, ChartPlus, and articles
- Past performances and Thoro-Graph sheets from DRF
- Glenners' Picks
- Haskell Day Contest - win prizes from Monmouth Park by picking the winners of all the stakes on the Haskell card
- Live Audio
- Current weather
- Scratches and changes
- Results Chart from Equibase (available late Sunday)
- News Index Search to find Haskell articles
- History of Monmouth Park - from Monmouth
- Haskell History
- Past Haskell winners from Fox Sports
- Haskell Charts 1968-1998 - from Monmouth (PDF)
- About the Haskell - from Monmouth (PDF)
- Haskell Fact and Figures - from Monmouth, a bit dated but mostly accurate
