A Purse Bump And a “Phan Phestival” at Monmouth Park

About 10 minutes before American Pharoah arrived at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, NJ on Wednesday afternoon, the track announced that the purse for Sunday’s William Hill Haskell Invitational would be increased from $1 million to $1.75 million. While it’s not unusual for purse incentives to be added to big races to attract top horses, those…