Saturday: $1 Million Haskell Invitational & CVFC Southern Round-Up

Saturday, 20 July, will see the running of the $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park.  The race is over a distance of 1 1/8 miles (9 furlongs), and the post time is 5:45.  There are seven entries, with Maximum Security chosen as the morning-line betting favorite at odds of 8 to 5.   Here are the post positions, the names of the entries, and the betting odds:
 1.   King for a Day       5 to 2
 2.   Joevia                   10 to 1
 3.   Spun to Run          15 to 1
 4.   Bethlehem Road   20 to 1
 5.   Mucho Gusto          2 to 1
 6.   Everfast                  10 to1
 7.   Maximum Security    8 to 5

Maximum Security, morning line betting favorite for the Haskell

At 7 a.m., the Saltwater Cowboys will convene at the main corrals on Beach Road in the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on Assateague Island, Virginia.  The southern herd round-up is usually conducted in the afternoon, but this year, with the heat index projected to be 115° in the afternoon, the herd-gathering will take place before the heat of the day strikes.   The souhern herds consist of three groups - one led by Surfer's Riptide, one led by the Don Leonard Stud II (DLS2), and the 2018s (last year's group of Buy Back foals).  The northern herds will be rounded up Sunday morning.

Stallion Surfer's Riptide

Stallion DLS2

Four of the 2018 yearlings

Southern Herds in Holding Pen

The southern herds on Assateague Island were rounded up by the Saltwater Cowboys yesterday.  Surfer Dude and his band, a group of the young bachelor stallions, and a few yearlings are now in the holding pens between the Beach Road and the big bend of Tom's Cove.  Here are a few photos:

Surfer Dude (sorrel stallion) and three of his foals

Seven of Surfer Dude's foals this year

Yearlings

Chincoteague Spring Round Up

Round Up men stop at AJ's on the Creek

 

Heading out at the start of the Spring Round Up

 

Chincoteague ponies take a break after the Round Up

 

With many thanks to Joanne Snyder Schoeberl, this is another shot of the southern herd in the Holding Pen during the Spring Round Up