The Monmouth Beach Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

 run annually at Monmouth Park Racetrack

Monmouth Park Racetrack

Monmouth Park Racetrack is an American race track for thoroughbred horse racing in Oceanport, New Jersey. It is owned by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and is operated under a five-year lease as a partnership with Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City.Monmouth Park's marquee event...

 in Oceanport, New Jersey

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Raced near the end of May, it is open to fillies

Filly

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 and mare

Mare

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s, age three and older. It is contested on dirt at a distance of one mile and seventy yards. Weights are assigned at 117 lbs. for three-year-olds and at 124 lbs for older horses, plus specific allowances. It currently offers a purse of $70,000.

The Monmouth Beach Stakes has been raced at various distances, recently at one mile in 2002 and 2007, 1¹/16 miles in 2003, 2004 and 1⅛ miles in 2005.

Past winners include the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame

Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame

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 inductee Wilderness Song

Wilderness Song

Wilderness Song is a retired Canadian Champion Thoroughbred filly racehorse and a Hall of Fame inductee. Out of the mare Nalee's Rhythm, she was sired by the 1984 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Wild Again....

 who won in 1993.

Winners of the Monmouth Beach Stakes since 2000

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	C C's Pal	4	Kendrick Carmouche	Derek S. Ryan	Eric Fein	1:42.77
2010	Just Jenda	4	Terry Thompson	Cindy Jones	J. Larry & Cindy Jones	1:42.07
2009	Maren's Meadow	3	Justin Shepherd	Larry Jones Larry Jones Larry Jones is a retired American basketball player. He played professionally in the NBA and ABA, from 1964 to 1974....	River Ridge Ranch	1:40.53
2008	For Kisses	5	Carlos Marquez, Jr.	Richard W. Small	Buckingham Farm	1:41.71
2007	Maizelle	4	Chris DeCarlo	Todd Pletcher	Aaron & Marie Jones	1:36.31
2006	Emerald Earrings	5	Eddie Castro Eddie Castro Eddie Castro is a Panamanian-born jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He grew up on a produce farm in Panama where he learned to ride saddle horses. Influenced by the accomplishments of other local jockeys, Castro attended the Panamanian jockey school and began riding in races in...	Bruce Alexander	Daniel A. Herrmann	1:43.18
2005	Capeside Lady	4	Chris DeCarlo	Todd Pletcher	So Madcapt Stable	1:45.08
2004	Pocus Hocus	6	Eibar Coa Eibar Coa Eibar Coa Monteverde is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. A five-time judo champion in his teens, he attended jockey school from 1989 to 1991 then began his professional riding career in 1992...	James A. Jerkens James A. Jerkens James A. "Jimmy" Jerkens is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer. His father, U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee H. Allen Jerkens, and brother, Steve Jerkens, are also trainers....	Susan & John Moore	1:44.32
2003	Tonight's Wager	5	Dale Beckner	William I. Mott	Ervin Rodriquez	1:43.54
2002	Southern Fiction	4	Jose Velez, Jr.	Victoria Oliver	G. Watts Humphrey, Jr.	1:39.27
2001	Wittenberg	4	Dale Beckner	Victoria Oliver	G. Watts Humphrey, Jr.	1:41.85
2000	Too Too Divine	5	Marland Suckie	John J. Fee	Charles C. Lenz, Jr.	1:40.99