Cali Thirty Seven Seeks 3rd Straight Win in Miss Liberty

Crush Management & DJ Stable LLC’s Cali Thirty Seven looks to make it three wins in a row, two in stakes company, as she faces 13 other fillies and mares in Sunday’s $75,000 Miss Liberty Stakes, going a mile on the turf.

“She has been doing good since coming back to Monmouth,” said trainer Joe Orseno. “She has done great since we put her on the grass.”

The 4-year-old filly by Eskendereya out of the Carson City mare Mama Tia is coming off of her first career stakes score in the Powder Break on April 30 at Gulfstream Park when she took the field wire-to-wire to score by a length and a quarter.

Since returning to Monmouth from Gulfstream, Cali Thirty Seven has worked once over the main track, where she went four furlongs in :53 on May 16.

“She’s used to having open gallops like that last one so it isn’t a question of fitness with her,” said Orseno.

Along with going for her third straight win, Cali Thirty Seven is going for her fourth straight at the mile distance dating back to July 19 when she beat allowance company in typical front-running fashion by three lengths on the Monmouth turf.

“I don’t mind the post for her,” said Orseno about Cali Thirty Seven breaking from post 3. “There are some horses with some speed so we won’t rush her. She just doesn’t like being trapped on the inside.”

To keep her multiple streaks going, Cali Thirty Seven will take on a strong field led by graded stakes winner Isabella Sings, out of the barn of Todd Pletcher, who won the Grade 2 Mrs. Revere Stakes on in Nov. 14 at Churchill Downs with Paco Lopez riding, who will be aboard once again on Sunday.

Also entering the starting gate on Sunday is Speed Seeker for Joan Scott, who set a stakes record two starts back in the Tampa Bay Downs Distaff Turf on April 9, and Notte d’Oro for Christophe Clement, who finished second behind Cali Thirty Seven last time out.

The Miss Liberty goes as race nine on Sunday’s 10-race program.  Gates will open early at 11 a.m. as Monmouth Parkhosts the second of a three-day Food Truck Festival.

BUSTIN OUT LOOKS TO CONTINUE STRONG FORM IN MONDAY’S OPEN MIND

Bustin Out strives to make it two-for-two in 2016 as she will enter the starting gate against five other New Jerseybreds in Monday’s $60,000 Open Mind Handicap, going six furlongs on the Monmouth main track.

“She came back great from spending the winter in Ocala (Florida),” said Chuck Spina, who conditions the horse for Joseph and Gayle Ioia.

In her first start of her 2016 campaign, Bustin Out went gate-to-wire to score a length and a quarter victory in a six furlong allowance optional claiming event on May 14.

The 4-year-old filly by Bustin Stones out of the Disco Rico mare Disco Shaker hasn’t worked since her win two weeks ago. She last breezed on May 9 when she went four furlongs in :51 4/5.

“She got a great post for the style she runs,” said Spina when asked about breaking from post 6. “Ferrer (Jose) has ridden her every time so he knows her and he’s a very good rider out of the gate.”

Bustin Out has run eight of her career 10 starts over the Monmouth Park main track posting a 4-2-1 record.

“It’s a tough race and very wide open,” said Spina. “She runs her best on the lead so that’s where we expect her to be.”

Of the five that will enter the gate with Bustin Out on Monday, three of them are stakes winners. Eddie Broome sends out More Than A Party, who is returning to defend his title in the Open Mind after taking the race by two lengths last year. Love Came to Town comes in as the most recent stakes victor, winning the Nellie Morse at Laurel Park by five and a quarter lengths on January 2.

The Open Mind goes as race eight on Monday’s nine-race program.  Gates will open at 11:30 a.m. as Monmouth Parkhosts the final day of a three-day Food Truck Festival.

FOOD TRUCKS ROLL INTO MONMOUTH PARK FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

Monmouth Park’s popular Food Truck Festival continue Sunday, May 29 and will span through Memorial Day; however, this year will see an expanded area, an early opening and better than 50 trucks on the grounds.

Gates will open at 11 a.m. Sunday, giving fans 30 more minutes to taste treats from their favorite food trucks from across the Garden State.  On Monday, gates open at 11:30 a.m.  In addition, Family Fun Day will be in full force all three days with clowns, pony rides, face painters and a bounce house to entertain the kids.

The food trucks first rolled into Monmouth in 2012 for a one-day event, which has expanded in size and scope to what it is today.  Among those who will be concocting their culinary delights are:  Empanada Guy, Max’s Hot Dogs, Betty’s Icebox, Red Hook Lobster and Enzo’s Deli, to name a few.

Over the three-day holiday weekend first post will be 12:50 p.m.  Admission to the Grandstand, where the food trucks will assemble, is $5 – seniors pay $3 and children 12 and under are free.

For more information, visit www.monmouthpark.com.

Source: Monmouth Park