Napoleon Solo and Iron Honor, 1-2 in the Preakness Stakes, head a list of 19 nominations for the Grade 1 Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park

By Tom Luicci —-

NAPOLEON SOLO AND IRON HONOR, 1-2 IN THE PREAKNESS,

OCEANPORT, N.J. – Napoleon Solo and Iron Honor, the 1-2 finishers, respectively, in the Preakness Stakes, and three-time graded stakes winner Further Ado head a list of 19 nominations to the Grade 1 NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes on Saturday, July 18, at Monmouth Park, it was announced today.

Napoleon Solo, a two-time Grade 1 winner trained by Chad Summers, will head into Monmouth Park’s $1 million showcase for 3-year-olds off a nine-week layoff.

Iron Honor, trained by Chad Brown, finished 1¼ lengths behind Napoleon Solo in the May 16 Preakness Stakes. He won the Grade 3 Gotham Stakes on Feb. 28.

The Brad Cox-trained Further Ado bounced back from an 11th-place finish in the Kentucky Derby to win the Grade 3 Matt Winn Stakes at Churchill Downs on June 7. The son of Gun Runner also won the Grade 1 Blue Grass on April 4 and the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club as a 2-year-old.

Tampa Bay Derby winner The Puma, second by a nose in the Florida Derby, and Baby Vino, a 10 ¾-length winner of the Pegasus Stakes on Haskell Preview Day at Monmouth Park on June 13, were also among the list of nominations.

The 59th edition of the Haskell Stakes, at a mile and an eighth, offers the added bonus as a “Win and You’re In” challenge race for the Oct. 31 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keenelend in Lexington, Ky.

Five stakes races will support the Haskell card: The Grade 2, $500,000 United Nations; the Grade 2, $500,000 Molly Pitcher; the Grade 3, $350,000 Monmouth Cup; the Grade 3, $300,000 WinStar Matchmaker and the $100,000 Wolf Hill Stakes.

The NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes nomination list is as follows:

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