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Breeders’ Cup Challenge: Salvator Mile Handicap at Monmouth Park July 5
A field of 6 older horses will compete in the $300,000 Salvator Mile Handicap (gr. III) at Monmouth Park on Saturday, July 5.
Raced at 1 mile, the Salvator Mile Handicap is the first Breeders’ Cup Challenge race at Monmouth Park. The Salvator Mile Handicap winner will automatically be entered in the $1-million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile which will be run on October 25 at Santa Anita Park.
The complete Salvator Mile Handicap field with jockeys and weight:
Notional ridden by jockey Joe Bravo carries 117 lbs.
Rathor (IRE) ridden by jockey Kent Desormeaux, 117 lbs.
Better Than Bonds ridden by jockey Ramon Dominguez, 117 lbs.
Indy Wind ridden by jockey Stewart Elliott, 119 lbs.
Gottcha Gold ridden by jockey Eddie Castro, 121 lbs.
Honest Man ridden by jockey Gabriel Saez, 117 lbs.
Carrying top weight of 121 pounds, 5-year-old Gottcha Gold is aiming to win the Salvator Mile Handicap 2 year in a row. In his last start, the Edward Plesa trainee Gottcha Gold was 2nd in the Pimlico Special (gr. I) last May 16. Jockey Eddie Castro will be aboard Gottcha Gold in Saturday’s Salvator Mile Handicap.
The 6-year-old son of A.P. Indy, Indy Wind, may be Gottcha Gold’s biggest challenge in Monmouth Park’s Salvator Mile Handicap. Last year, Amy Tarrant’s Indy Wind placed 3rd in last year’s Salvator Mile Handicap. In his most recent start, Indy Wind was an impressive 7 1/2 lengths winner of the Frisk Me Now Stakes over at Monmouth Park’s main track. Indy Wind will be ridden by jockey Stewart Elliot this Saturday.
The Salvator Mile Handicap is the 11th race in Monmouth Park’s July 5 horse racing program. Salvator Mile Handicap post time is 6:13 pm.
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