Horse Racing News by Mike Farrell

Team Valor International and trainer H. Graham Motion employed another surface switch to win a 3-year-old stakes as Summer Soiree dominated the Grade 3, $155,000 Boiling Springs Stakes for fillies on the rain-softened turf at Monmouth Park on Saturday.

Jockey Rajiv Maragh masterfully slowed the pace, and Giants Play dug in when called upon to win the Grade 2, $150,000 New York Stakes for fillies and mares on the turf at Belmont Park on Saturday.

Another Saturday, another 3-year-old stakes win for owners George and Lori Hall and trainer Kelly Breen.

Stormy's Majesty, the lone New York-bred in the field, rolled to a two-length win over Not Abroad Saturday in the Grade 3, $100,000 Discovery Handicap for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct.

Already a stakes winner in Panama and Canada, Golden Moka looks to break through in the United States when he faces six rivals Saturday in the Grade 3, $100,000 Discovery Handicap for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct.

The stakes are high for Musket Man on Saturday in the Grade 2, $300,000 Monmouth Cup.

It defies logic, but Get Serious seems to be getting stronger in the eyes of trainer John Forbes.

A determined Madman Diaries held off Vengeful Wildcat and Chipshot to win the Grade 3, $153,000 Sapling Stakes for 2-year-olds on Saturday at Monmouth Park.

Just Jenda went out a winner, decisively beating 3-5 favorite Malibu Prayer by 3 1/2 lengths on Sunday in the Grade 2, $294,000 Molly Pitcher Stakes at Monmouth Park.

Purses will be higher than initially expected for the post Labor Day portion of the Monmouth Park meet. The 22 days from Sept. 11 to Nov. 21 will average $375,000 a day, well above the projected $275,000.