Hot Rod Charlie Favored in $1 Million Haskell at Monmouth

Hot Rod Charlie, with exercise rider Johnny Garcia up, gallops on the track at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, N.J., on July 14, 2021. Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO via AP

Belmont Stakes runner-up Hot Rod Charlie has been installed as the morning-line favorite for Saturday’s $1 million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park.

For the first time in the history of the Grade I stakes at the Jersey Shore racetrack, the race drew all three second-place finishers in the recent Triple Crown events for 3-year-olds.