Gregory Kilka

In honor of champion and favorite son Book'em Danno (Bucchero), Monmouth Park has officially designated Friday, July 17, as 'Book'em Danno Day,' with the multiple Grade I winner scheduled to race in the six-furlong Mr. Prospector Stakes that day, the track said in a Thursday press release. Under the conditions of the race, the $100,000 purse for the Mr. Prospector doubles to $200,000 if a multiple Grade I winner starts in the race. In addition, Monmouth Park will have a special Book'em Danno T-shirt giveaway to the first 2,000 paid...

Monmouth Park and the connections of last year's champion male sprinter, Book'em Danno (Bucchero), are negotiating to get the five-year-old New Jersey-bred gelding to race at Monmouth on Friday, July 17, which is the day before the track's premier event, the GI Haskell Stakes. Dennis Drazin, the chairman and chief executive officer of Darby Development LLC, which operates Monmouth, disclosed the plans during Wednesday's New Jersey Racing Commission meeting. Drazin explained that the initiative would involve a special day in Book'em Danno's honor, with the aim of promoting the overall...

Reigning Eclipse Champion Book'em Danno (Bucchero) has been named New Jersey-bred Horse of the Year for the third consecutive year by the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association of New Jersey, the organization said in a press release on Tuesday. Owned by Atlantic Six Racing LLC and trained by Derek Ryan, the gelding won four of five starts during 2025. The state's all-time leading New Jersey-bred money earner, now boasting $1,855,425 in career earnings, swept Saratoga's older sprint series--the GIII True North Stakes, GII Vanderbilt Stakes and GI Forego Stakes--en route to being...