Kiss The Kid Tries Dirt In The Salvator Mile Handicap at Monmouth Park July 4
Hardacre Farm’s Kiss the Kid, who tried Presious Passion in the Monmouth Stakes on turf last out, will go for his first graded stakes victory on the Monmouth Park main track in Saturday’s $250,000 Salvator Mile Handicap July 4.
The 6-year-old son of Lemon Drop Kid, Kiss the Kid, has won two Grade 3 events on the grass (Cliff Hanger at the Meadowlands and Appleton at Gulfstream Park), and owner-trainer Amy Tarrant thinks the Salvator Mile is a good spot for Kiss the Kid to pass the versatility test.
“I thought I should give him a chance in here because we have the home field advantage,” Amy Tarrant said. “He trains over this track every day, and he’s already won on the dirt here.”
“If ever I was going to try him in a graded stakes on dirt, this is the place to take a shot,” she added.
The Salvator Mile is part of the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Challenge where the Salvator Mile winner will automatically be part of the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile field.
Kiss the Kid won a 1 1/16-mile allowance event at Monmouth in 2006, and took an off-the-turf allowance on a muddy track in 2007. Last year, Amy Tarrant sent him out in the Grade 1 Donn Handicap at Gulfstream on the main track, and Kiss the Kid finished a game third behind Spring at Last and A.P. Arrow.
“He’s run well enough on the main track here to deserve a chance,” Amy Tarrant said. “I think he can get a piece of it.”
Horse racing news edited from www.monmouthpark.com.
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"Kiss The Kid Tries Dirt In The Salvator Mile Handicap at Monmouth Park July 4" was posted on 2 July 2009 9:39 PM under Horse Racing News, Horses, Race Tracks, Stakes Races
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