If anyone is planning on being anywhere near the lead in the $1-million Haskell Invitational Handicap (gr. I) Aug. 5, they better think twice before taking on Cable Boy, the undefeated local hero who tore up the Monmouth track Friday, working five furlongs between races in :57 1/5.

With regular rider Jose Velez Jr. aboard the son of Jump Start and decked out in the green and black colors of majority owner Phantom House Farm, Cable Boy ripped off fractions of :22 2/5 and :45 3/5 before coming home his final eighth in :11 3/5. John Forbes, head of Phantom House and co-trainer of the colt with Patrick McBurney, caught him galloping out six furlongs in 1:09 4/5. (via Hard Spun News)