OT: Monmouth Park
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I haven't been in 15 years, but great place, always my favorite out of the NJ tracks.
Nice idea from your daughters - have fun!
Nice idea from your daughters - have fun!
Can’t bring your own food or drinks including alcohol. Huge bone of contention with the most loyal of fans. Also the jockeys can’t use the whip other than for safety. Lazy horses never get going as a result. Went for the 5pm card on Friday. No fans in the picnic area but bars did OK. Can’t see how Monmouth is going to be able to maintain this business model with an empty picnic area all summer.
Fathers day is typically one of the most crowded days of the year there.
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As someone whew grew up in oceanport, wish that place never existed…it ruined so many weekends with horrible traffic and bennies
Call the Governor. It wasn't a Monmouth Park decision for no coolers. The management knew it will kill this summer. Yet they had to make the announcement, election year crap. Hearing it "might be lifted" obviously before the Haskell. They are getting crushed so far.
To the OP get a table at Blue Grotto and walk in to watch the races. No entry cost at Monmouth Park so you can walk in/out and its right there. No lines, betting machines and great food at the Grotto. You'll have a different but great day at the track!
Eat at Bobby Flay's Burger palace. The kids will love it and more importantly on father's day so will you! Only a couple miles away. You shouldn't be screwing around on a grill on father's day.
Go to the paddock before each race. Choose your bets on which horses look good to you or which colors you kids like. A $2 bet to them will be like a big deal. Play it up. They'll love it which is what father's day is all about right?
Go to the paddock before each race. Choose your bets on which horses look good to you or which colors you kids like. A $2 bet to them will be like a big deal. Play it up. They'll love it which is what father's day is all about right?
The governor this the track that. Blah blah, blah.
Who needs a headache or a political statement on father's day
Do these people have kids?
Dude you just wanna have fun and not do work.
Let these other folks protest. Just get a burger at Flay's and have some fun.
BTW it was the only time I had a burger squirt me in the eye. Not an expert but I think if a burger squirts you in the eye it means it is perfectly cooked
Or maybe someone on here can form a political action committee
Who needs a headache or a political statement on father's day
Do these people have kids?
Dude you just wanna have fun and not do work.
Let these other folks protest. Just get a burger at Flay's and have some fun.
BTW it was the only time I had a burger squirt me in the eye. Not an expert but I think if a burger squirts you in the eye it means it is perfectly cooked
Or maybe someone on here can form a political action committee
Monthers Day, deserving so, is taking out to brunch or dinner. Father's Day is dad doing all the cooking. Time for dads to get Mother's Day treatment!
Bobby Flay's at Monmouth Mall? Out of business for years. It's a Shake Shack now.
I usually host a bbq a the track as well as a family lunch in the dining room. Passing on both this year due to the changes they made to both areas. We used to pay for a reserved area and bring in the food and drink. No more. They now want $1000 for the picnic area plus $32.00 for hot dogs and burgers per person and another $27.00 per person for beer and wine. Gratuity not included. My 50 person bbq would cost 4k not including gratuity.
Not doing the family lunch as they made it a limited buffet that you must buy tickets at $33.00 for plus pay for beverages and an 18% administrative fee. Does not include any gratuity as well. This would run me $500.00 before drinks and tip for my ten person lunch. Might be worth it for a high end champagne lunch but not for the crap they are offering. For the 1st time in many years I will not be spending any time at Monmouth.
Not doing the family lunch as they made it a limited buffet that you must buy tickets at $33.00 for plus pay for beverages and an 18% administrative fee. Does not include any gratuity as well. This would run me $500.00 before drinks and tip for my ten person lunch. Might be worth it for a high end champagne lunch but not for the crap they are offering. For the 1st time in many years I will not be spending any time at Monmouth.
Will second this after last night - went to see my buddy's band (Marty and the Martians - they've been a pretty successful cover band in CNJ/SNJ for 25+ years) there and the Blu Grotto was impressive. Great food, cool ambiance (very nice outdoor area on two levels), and the connections to the track, as you mentioned.
Not in my house, lol. It's going out for a nice brunch/lunch, then me sitting on my *** all day watching the US Open.
That's really a killer, I've gone just about every year on Father's Day for the last 15 or so years. The lines for food/drinks are always long with people bringing their own, I can't imagine what it's like now.
Bringing a cooler to the picnic area was the best part about Monmouth and what set it apart from the other tracks. IMO, it is a stupid decision to not allow it.
I know one know it all says it isn't a money grab, but anybody who regularly used to go there knows 
it is. The people who kept that place afloat before sports betting, are getting forked,plain and simple. Until last year, Father's Day and Mother's Day we had a 15 year tradition. Fork them
it is. The people who kept that place afloat before sports betting, are getting forked,plain and simple. Until last year, Father's Day and Mother's Day we had a 15 year tradition. Fork them
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If the weather is nice, you're in for a great day. I've been several times for father's day and have had a blast. Bet races, hit up the paddock. There will probably be a band and a face-painting station for kids. Get an autograph from Joe Bravo.
No Family Fun Day/Kids Club due to Covid.https://www.monmouthpark.com/things-to-do/family-activities-2-2/
You are too stupid to know what a money grab is. You can't even figure out the math!I know one know it all says it isn't a money grab, but anybody who regularly used to go there knows
Money grab or not the regular guy that goes a few times a year to the pincic area is gonna feel like it’s a money grab. He doesn’t care who is at fault, whether it’s the track, abc or state etc . He just knows he’s getting screwed and will pass on going. I am that regular guy.
Get a Hot Dog from Max's...I think they have 2 locations at Monmouth Park
https://www.maxsbarandgrillnj.com/ and a cold beer! And on way home stop at Zacharys https://zacharys-nj.com/ and bring home a pie! Basically right across street..Oh and most important Bet the #5
https://www.maxsbarandgrillnj.com/ and a cold beer! And on way home stop at Zacharys https://zacharys-nj.com/ and bring home a pie! Basically right across street..Oh and most important Bet the #5
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I've been that regular guy since I got my drivers license in 1978 so you don’t have to tell me. Went just 3 times last year as compared to normal year about 5x that. Monmouth Park will sell far less beer and food because of no coolers. Nobody is going at all. Plus they aren't getting parking program and admission $ They are going to take a bath for the 2nd year in a row. But the fact is that this isn't a money grab.
You call me a forkin troll, really? Wow, just wow. Shortbus just being Shortbus I guess. How many people have you pissed off today?
100% Plum Street. Every Fathers and Mothers Day, behind the benches, coolers, beer, subs and 12-15 people for 15 straight years. Plus we'd go at least 4 or 5 more times every summer. The money we saved by bringing our own food and drink, went into the racing. They lose, money grab loses. They can't hire people to check underage drinking, I don't believe that. Dollars spent on hiring more people to check coolers and walking to police underage drinking will keep the loyal customers coming back to spend their money on the RACING!!!! No one is going, the benches were always filled, they forked themselves. MONEY GRAB. Don't even go there with COVID, before COVID they started the squeeze on making the area for coolers smaller and smaller. Please explain to me Shortbus the reason that was put into effect. Your the obvious "money guy" explain yourself, spell it out for the less intelligent. You've been going since 1978, well I got you beat, DL 1972, so I'm not impressed. I've dealt with d-bags like you plenty of times so suck it.
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Apparently just you! Good day. And you trolled me so...
BTW they have never had live racing on Mother's Day. That is how stupid and uniformed about Monmouth Park you are!
What a dumb ***. Just you being a troll!
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??? yea OK, check who's answered most of my posts. Explain the money grab, you can't, but you sure can shoot your mouth off to anyone who questions it is. Too funny.
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I have explained it. Please explain the great Mother's Day events at Monmouth Park dumbass! There has never been one! And nobody answered your posts on this thread. They have answered my posts.
Bravo is boycotting Monmouth because of the no whip rule. Biggest jockeys there now are Paco Lopez and Jose Ferrer. Bunch of no names otherwise except Ferrin Peterson who is a young, female rider on the come up.
Jose a former neighbor, friend and fellow Great Dane owner has won the Monmouth Park title several times. Certainly not a nobody.
I get 1 of the 13 trackside groves for the Haskell and have had it for the pas 12 years. There used to be a waiting list to get one of those groves and once you get it, you can keep it year after year. Last year they said you could still keep the grove, even if you did not book it. I think it was only me and 1 other group who used the grove last year. The Haskell was empty last year, because they were charging $100 a ticket, so nobody went. Last year the grove was 50 tickets at $20 a ticket, so it was $1000 for the grove. This year it is 75 tickets at $40 a ticket, so it is now. $3,000. It looks like only 3 of the groves are booked this year for the Haskell, because all the other groves are available by table/seat on seat geek for $75 a ticket. My group does not care about the food, but we did the 4 hour open bar last year and everyone loved it and are doing it again this year. It works out to $100 a ticket with 50 people for a seat in the reserved picnic area with 4 hour open bar including beer, wine and mixed drinks. I had to ask more people than normal this year, but have close to the 50 number. In 2015 when American Pharaoh ran I had to turn people down who wanted to come, because I always offer the tickets to the people who come every year first.
My advise for Fathers Day is go eat lunch at Mar Belo in Long branch for Portuguese food and sangria and then head over to the track after that.
My advise for Fathers Day is go eat lunch at Mar Belo in Long branch for Portuguese food and sangria and then head over to the track after that.
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Monmouth Park has plenty in store for moms and racing fans alike to complement an 11-race card of live racing on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 13.
All ladies will be admitted free to the track on Mother’s Day, with the first 1,000 ladies also receiving free carnations. Additionally, there will be a Mother’s Day Champagne Bar outside the Grandstand in the paddock area.
There will also be drawings for a Monmouth Mall shopping spree, Ed Sheeran tickets, jewelry, an Ocean Place spa trip and In the Garden flower shop.
As is the case every Sunday of live racing it will also be Family Fun Day, with free clowns, face painters, a bounce house and pony rides for children 12 and under.
Following the races, Chuck Lambert will provide the musical entertainment at the Beer Garden at Blu Grotto. The William Hill Sports Bar will offer post-race Happy Hour Specials as well.
Pretty sure Phi-1055 just posted a link about Mothers Day, and to beat you over the head, I'll post another. What event did I say happened on Mothers Day? All I said was family and friends meet every Mothers Day and Fathers Day for the past 15 years. The "event" is the get together among family and friends a concept you clearly don't have. Mothers Day usually is the the Saturday before, and the Official Opening Day for the track, and it's our family tradition. Whatever day Monmouth Park picks as it's Official Mothers Day, we go as a family, I don't get your argument.
But the track has been open on Mothers Day as Phi-1055 posted. So much for the track has never had live racing on Mothers Day, dumb ***, as you like to say. Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit I see. . Twice I won on Fathers Day. 4 tickets to see Seton Hall vs Xavier at The Rock, and 4 tickets to see The Yankees. After the 5th or 7th race you check the board where you placed the ballots, and my name was up there. Does that sound right? Proof I go on Fathers Day? Back to Mothers Day, you know, the day you said the park NEVER has live racing[lmfao}, it's always free admission for all Moms, and they usually get a single flower. Point proven wrong again. lol.https://mommypoppins.com/new-jersey-kids/event/outdoor/mothers-day-at-monmouth-park-0
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I meant YOU answer every post I make, reading comprehension. It's not a contest, MY point was, your trolling everything I say, doesn't matter what thread, so yes now, you've drawn me in again. I don't post in the Yankee thread but once, yet you've trolled my posts in the Mets. I go to the Philly thread since their in the Mets division, you troll my comments there. I was surprised to even see you in the Phillies thread, but I see with the Yankees thread so boring with no action, your disparate to talk baseball so your all over the place. Someone should start a Tokyo Giants thread, you'd be shooting your mouth off in that, too funny. Your so wrong on all things Monmouth Park. The money grab started the year before Covid. They can't stand people bringing in food and drink, plain and simple. Cordoned off the areas outside the picnic area making them smaller and smaller, as a start. Once they got sports betting, they forked the regular guy. Used to be able to sit anywhere downstairs from where the benches started right to the finish line, then that became maybe 5 rows only, from the stands to the fence at the dirt track. I know, it's because of the ABC and underage drinking, nothing to do with the money grab, yea, OK
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