Big Brown doesn't disappoint at Monmouth
BY DOUG McKENZIE Correspondent
      This time, Big Brown delivered. In his first race since a disastrous performance at the Belmont Stakes, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness-winning Big Brown used a late charge to catch upsetminded Coal Play in the final furlong to win the $1 million Haskell Invitational presented by Vonage (G1) by n...
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Local swimmers participate in national competition
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer
      Three swimmers from the Middletown Swim & Tennis Club's team competed in the YMCA Summer Nationals last week at the University of Maryland. Greg Daniele, Harrison Cefalo and Christel Murray, all of whom also swim for the Red Bank Area YMCA, made the trip to Maryland.
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Asbury Park 5K scheduled for Saturday morning
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer
      The fifth annual Asbury Park 5K road race will take place Saturday. Race director Phil Hinck is expecting 1,000 or so runners to compete in the event, which begins at 8:30 a.m. A year ago 868 people, many from Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties, participated.
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A day at the races
     Above: Jockey Kent Desormeaux and Big Brown (right) lead the early action in the 2008 $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport on Aug. 3. Below: Desormeaux holds the winner's trophy from the race. Earlier in the year, Desormeaux led the horse to victories at the Kentuc...
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