Out Post narrowly wins Monmouth feature
July 19, 2010OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) -Out Post took the early lead and held off Darjeeling in the stretch to win by a nose in the $82,000 allowance feature at Monmouth Park on Sunday.
Trained by Alan Goldberg and ridden by Elvis Trujillo, the 4-year-old filly covered the roughly 5 1/2 furlongs over a firm turf course in 1:02 3/5 and returned $5.20, $3 and $2.40. It was her third victory in 11 career starts.
Darjeeling paid $4.20 and $3.20, while Forever Grateful was another 1 1/2 lengths back in third and returned $4.80.