Overview
- Journalism launched a dramatic late surge to win the $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park on Saturday.
- The victory marked the colt’s sixth triumph in nine career starts for trainer Michael McCarthy and jockey Umberto Rispoli.
- As part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge "Win and You’re In" series, the performance earned him an automatic berth in the $7 million Classic at Del Mar on Nov. 1.
- Gosger finished second and Bob Baffert’s Goal Oriented was third, extending Baffert’s season-long winless streak.
- Journalism remains the only 3-year-old to run all three Triple Crown races this year, capturing the Preakness and placing second in the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes.