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Smile Sprint Handicap at Calder Race Course July 12
A field of 9 older horses will race in the $400,000 Smile Sprint Handicap (gr. II), the 2nd Breeders’ Cup Challenge event at Calder Race Course on Saturday, July 12, where the Smile Sprint Handicap winner will be entered in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint on October 25 at Santa Anita Park.
The field of the 6-furlong Smile Sprint Handicap horses with jockeys and weight:
Man of Danger ridden by jockey Eibar Coa carries 115 lbs.
How’s Your Halo ridden by jockey Juan Leyva, 113 lbs.
Indian Chant ridden by jockey Jamie Theriot II, 117 lbs.
Winnies Tigger Too ridden by jockey Pascacio Lop1ez, 111 lbs.
Blue Pepsi Lodge ridden by jockey Elvis Trujillo, 114 lbs.
Ravalo ridden by jockey Victor Espinoza, 115 lbs.
Finallymadeit ridden by jockey Eduardo Nunez, 113 lbs.
Benny the Bull ridden by jockey Edgar Prado, 124 lbs.
Rockerfeller ridden by jockey Javier Santiago, 114 lbs.
Carrying top weight of 124 pounds, Benny the Bull is looking for a win for his 5th straight start. The 5-year-old son of Lucky Lionel, Benny the Bull, won last fall’s Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash Stakes (gr. I), the January 26 Sunshine Millions Sprint Stakes, the May 29 Gulf News Dubai Golden Shaheen (UAE- I), and the June 7 True North Handicap (gr. II).
Trained by Richard Dutrow, Jr., who also trains Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown, Benny the Bull will be ridden by jockey Edgar Prado in the Smile Sprint Handicap this Saturday.
The 5-year-old gelding by Suggest, Indian Chant, may prove to be a threat to Benny the Bull. Indian Chant enters the Smile Sprint Handicap off a victory in the May 31 Aristides Stakes (gr. III) at Churchill Downs. Trained by Thomas Amoss, Indian Chant is an expert at 6 furlongs. Indian Chant set a new track record for that distance in 1:07.55 last year at Churchill Downs. Jockey Jamie Theriot will be riding Indian Chant in the 6-furlong Smile Sprint Handicap.
The Smile Sprint Handicap is the 10th race in Calder Race Course’s July 12 horse racing program. Smile Sprint Handicap post time is 4:54 pm.
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