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Journalism, a Triple Crown contender, is the 4-5 morning line favorite in the $1 million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park.

The Haskell Stakes, with a strong field including Journalism, Goal Oriented, and Gosger, is expected to draw large crowds and betting handles.

Bob Baffert aims for his 10th Haskell Stakes win with Goal Oriented.

OCEANPORT – The long-held wisdom along Oceanport Avenue is that Haskell Day can make the Monmouth Park meet.

That’s certainly been the case recently, with record betting totals each of the past two years, including a 2024 handle of $21.7 million from all sources, which topped the previous year’s $21.3 million.

The crowd of 38,976 was the largest since 60,983 showed up to see Triple Crown winner American Pharoah cruise to victory in 2015

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