Rockingham Park Oaks

The Fourth of July racing weekend got off with a bang at Rockingham Park on Saturday.
Rockingham's jockeys participated in a national effort to raise money for The Don McBeth Fund by autographing  souvenir caps and trading cards for fans.

 
Christina Gray & Jorge Vargas autograph caps

On the racing front The Rockingham Park Oaks was the feature for the day.
The Stronach Stable has been a major force on the national front, and they showed their 
strength at The Rock today. The Stronach owned, Joe Orseno trained Collect The Cash went to post as
the favorite. Local jockey Joe Hampshire had a snug hold on her down the backside and noted 
"she was full of run." At that point , Joe "let her do her thing". 

 
Collect The Cash and Joe Hampshire win Rock Oaks

Collect The Cash went on to a 1 1/2 length victory over Harbingerofspring in an exciting start to the local stakes races at the Rock..

 

 

 

Rockingham Breeder's Cup

On the Fourth Joe Hampshire donned the silks of another prominent owner,
this time the red, white and blue silks of Madeleine Paulson. Dominique's Joy went off as yet another stakes favorite for Joe this weekend and proved to be much the best. She pulled off at the top of the stretch and was ridden out.
Joe remarked,  "This is the nicest filly I've been on in ten years." Congrats to
Joe on a productive weekend. 

Jockeys relax before the Rock Breeders' Cup
 
Joe Hampshire guides Dominique's Joy to victory

The Lou Smith Memorial

Under cloudy, threatening skies the Lou Smith Memorial was run on July 29th.
The race looked wide open with several horses on winning streaks and the entry of Prolanzier.
Detener made it three in a row at the Rock as he pulled ahead mid-stretch to go on to 
a length and one-half victory. Trainer and part owner Marshall Novak is having a great meet at the Rock winning at a 30% clip.

Detener opened up mid-stretch to win the Lou Smith Memorial

Manchester Handicap

Over a very sloppy track a talented field of four contested the Manchester Handicap to start  the Labor Day Weekend Stakes Schedule. Makeyourselfathome a five-year-old gelding out of Tank's  Prospect drew off in the stretch to record his fifth win of the year. Makeyourselfathome was ridden by J.J. Delgado, trained by Peter Bazeos and owned by Jaguar Stable
Makeyourselfathome drives to a win in the Manchester Handicap

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