Jockey Paco Lopez wins both the Cliff Hanger and Miss Woodford stakes at Monmouth Park
Jockey Paco Lopez captured two stakes at Monmouth Park on Saturday, scoring with Tune Me In in the $100,000 Cliff Hanger Stakes and Say a Novena in the $60,000 Miss Woodford Stakes.
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Tune Me In help off Salto by a length in the Cliff Hanger on the turn. The Bruce Alexander-trained gelding covered the mile in 1:34 and paid $15.40, $5.20 and $2.20 in winning his second straight stakes at Monmouth Park.
Salto returned $3.40 and $2.20, while Get Serious finished another head back and paid $2.40 to show.
In the Miss Woodford, the Eddie Plesa Jr. trained Say a Novena ran six furlongs in 1:10.04 and paid $22.80, $8.40 and $4.20 in winning for the first time this year.
Singlet, who was a half-length back in second, returned $3.60 and $2.60. Klondike Kate, the favorite in the field of seven 3-year-old fillies, paid $2.80 to show.