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YOUR WEEKEND GUIDE DOWN THE SHORE

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah arrives at Monmouth Park Wednesday for Sunday's Haskell Invitational.

Triple Crown winner arrives, readies for Haskell

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STEPHEN EDELSON
COMMENTARY

What to know if youre going to the Pharoah Phan

Phestival. STORY, 6A

OCEANPORT Its difficult to trace the

Did you know? Monmouth Park racetrack dates

back to July 30, 1870. STORY, 14A
Reality is hes here. Hes in the barn. SPORTS, 1C
Seats to see American Pharoah now as low
as $19. SPORTS, 3C
Find out everything there is to know about the
Haskell and American Pharoah or share your Haskell
experience with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and
more by searching or using the #APPHaskell
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Road closures
Roads closed from 7:00 am
to 9:00 pm.
Roads closed after 4:00 pm.
Roads closed after 5:50 pm.

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Race toward park

may cause logjam
With Triple Crown hero American Pharoah racing
at the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park Sunday,
officials are bracing for a potential traffic nightmare.
Lt. Mike Kelly, traffic safety coordinator of the
Oceanport Police Department, said the force is preparing for the largest crowd in Monmouth Park history, in
the neighborhood of 60,000 spectators, almost double
the attendance of 35,093 for last years race.
All of those people will have to get in and out on secondary roads near the racetrack, which is expected to
create a logjam on the roads.
People are going to have to be patient, Kelly said,
Its not like theyre just going to be able to jump on the
roadways and go where theyre going.
Still, Kelly said authorities are very well prepared to handle the crowds.
Message boards will direct motorists exiting the

Federal loans pitched for pension woes

MICHAEL SYMONS @MICHAELSYMONS_

billion, and Senate President Stephen Sweeney has a

new plan for paying it: a low-interest loan from Washington.
Sweeney, D-Gloucester, says the federal government should help states fix their pension shortfalls,
which are approaching $1 trillion nationally, by creating a pension debt restructuring program.
Voters in a state would have to approve participating
in the plan, and states would have to agree to make required payments into their retirement systems to ensure they wont rack up the same debts again. Loans
would be repaid over 30 years. They should have an interest rate of 1 percent to 2 percent, Sweeney suggested.

ASBURY PARK PRESS FILE PHOTO

Senate President Stephen Sweeney says the feds should have

a loan program to help states restructure pension debts.

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Chicago Blackhawks star

Trevor van Riemsdyk brings
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All this and more inside! 2A

Happy Hour
DJais, Belmar. 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.; free hot and
cold buffet. $4 mixed drinks, Coors Light
bottle specials, bucket of Coronitas specials.
Shore House, Point Pleasant. 6 p.m. - close:
$2 Coors Light drafts, $2.50 Coors Light
bottles; 9 p.m. - close, Beat the Bottle, $1
mixed drinks, go up $1 every hour maxing out
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The Triple Crown winners at Monmouth Park to race in the

Haskell Sunday. But fans can catch a glimpse of the horse
Friday and Saturday, and there are plenty of giveaways all
weekend at the Pharoah Phan Phestival. Story, 6A.

roots of all this, the well-decorated

horse van carrying equine royalty
rolling into the barn area at Monmouth Park on a blistering summer
afternoon.
Maybe it was after the Belmont
Stakes on June 6. But more than likely
it was in the late 1990s, when Monmouth Park officials began building a relationship with trainer Bob
Baffert.
Better yet, look back three decades ago, when
they lured Spend A Buck to the Haskell Invitational
and turned it into an event, before Bet Twice, Alysheba and Lost Code turned the race into a midsum-

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