Monmouth’s 2010 Elite Summer Meet - Purses will Average Nearly $1 Million Per Day

Monmouth Park - The Shore's Greatest Stretch kicks off its season today. Monmouth’s 2010 Elite Summer Meet, the 50-day racing season during which purses will average nearly $1 million per day.

"Multiple Grade 3 winner Get Stormy heads the contentious field of seven in Saturday’s $100,000 Elkwood Stakes, which co-features the opening day card along with the $100,000 Decathlon Stakes … Monmouth will offer free grandstand admission and half-price clubhouse admission for opening day … Great Destinations Travel Show sponsored by the Star-Ledger on tap this weekend." Monmouth Park reports.

Monmouth Park fans will receive free grandstand admission as part of celebrating the opening of the 2010 season,  and half-price clubhouse admission on Saturday. Monmouth will offer racing on Saturday and Sunday this weekend, followed by Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Memorial Day on May 31.  The track comes back with live racing on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through the summer, with additional Monday cards on July 5 and Sept. 6.

Monmouth Park’s 2010 season gets underway on Saturday, May 22 and runs through Sunday, Nov. 21.  The 50-day Elite Summer Meet, with purses averaging nearly $1 million per day, goes from opening day through Labor Day, Sept. 6.

Gates will open at 11:30 a.m. and first post is set for 12:50 p.m. every day except Haskell Day, Aug. 1, when the gates open at 10 a.m. and first post will be 12 noon.  In addition, Monmouth will offer twilight cards on July 9, 16 and 23 – first post 2:10 p.m.