Salvator Mile Stakes Explained

Class:Grade III
Horse Race:Salvator Mile Stakes
Location:Monmouth Park Racetrack
Oceanport, New Jersey, United States
Inaugurated:1948
Race Type:Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Distance:1 mile (8 furlongs)
Surface:Dirt
Track:left-handed
Qualification:Three-year-olds & up
Weight:Assigned
Purse:US$155,000 (2023)

The Salvator Mile Stakes (formerly the Salvator Mile Handicap) is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in June or July at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. Open to horses age three and older, it is contested on dirt at a distance of one mile (8 furlongs). A Grade III event, it currently offers a purse of $155,000.[1] This race is named for U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Salvator.

The Salvator Mile (G3) is the lead off leg of the Mid Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships Long Dirt Division or MATCh Races. MATCh is a series of five races in five separate thoroughbred divisions run throughout four Mid-Atlantic States including; Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park Racecourse in Maryland; Delaware Park Racetrack in Delaware; Parx, Philadelphia Park and Presque Isle Downs in Pennsylvania and Monmouth Park in New Jersey.

Records

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Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2023Petulante4Luis SaezVictor Barbosa Jr.Lugamo Racing Stable1:36.88
2022Mind Control6John VelazquezTodd PletcherRed Oak Stable & Madaket Stables1:35.79
2021Informative5José C. FerrerUriah St. LewisUriah St. Lewis1:37.01
2020Pirate's Punch5Jorge A. Vargas Jr.Grant T. ForsterGulliver Racing LLC, Craig W. Drager, & Dan Legan1:37.19
2019Sunny Ridge6Jose LezcanoJason ServisDennis A. Drazin1:37.17
2018Page Mckenney8Horacio KaramanosMary E. EpplerStaple, Adam and Jalin Stable 1:36.49
2017Classy Class5Antonio GallardoKiaran McLaughlinCheyenne Stables LLC1:35.27
2016Res Judicata6Nik JuarezJohn ServisSomeday Farm (Roy & Patricia Chapman)1:36.07
2015Bradester5Corey J. LanerieEddie KenneallyJoseph W. Sutton1:35.32
2014Itsmyluckyday4Paco LopezEdward Plesa Jr.Trilogy Stable/Plesa1:34.88
2013Raging Daoust4Victor SantiagoCharles J. Carlesimo Jr.Costabile/Juliano1:36.96
2012Race not held
2011Kensei5Edgar PradoSteve AsmussenStonestreet Stables1:36:83
2010Gone Astray4Cornelio VelásquezShug McGaugheyPhipps Stable1:38.02
2009Coal Play4Joe BravoNick ZitoRobert LaPenta1:34.54
2008Notional4Joe BravoDouglas F. O'NeillJ. Paul Reddam1:35.84
2007Gottcha Gold4Chuck LopezEdward Plesa Jr.Centaur Farms Inc.1:34.25
2006Flower Alley4John VelazquezTodd A. PletcherEugene Melnyk1:35.87
2005Cherokee's Boy5Aaron GryderGary CapuanoZ W P Stable Inc.1:36.79
2004Presidentialaffair5Stewart ElliottMartin E. CiresaV. Papandrea/E. Ciresa1:35.20
2003Vinemeister4José Vélez Jr.Alan SeewaldTravin Stables1:35.80
2002Sea of Tranquility 6Richard E. PaulusTriple M Farm, Inc.1:36.00
2001Sea of Tranquility5José C. FerrerRichard E. PaulusTriple M Farm, Inc.1:36.60
2000 Leave It to Beezer7Roberto Alvarado Jr.Scott A. LakeLeo Gaspari Racing1:37.20
1999Truluck4Joe BravoW. Elliott WaldenStonerside Stable1:36.00
1998El Amante5Julie KroneWilliam I. MottDiane Snowden & David Strauss1:34.80
1997Distorted Humor4Julie KroneW. Elliott WaldenPrestonwood Farm1:36.00
1996Smart Strike4Sandy HawleyMark FrostadSam-Son Farm1:36.20
1995Schossberg5Dave PennaPhil EnglandSteve Stavros1:35.80
1994Storm Tower4Rick WilsonBen Perkins Jr.Char-Mari Stable1:36.20
1993Dusty Screen5Eddie King Jr.John Pregman Jr.Daniel J. Ljoka1:35.80
1992Peanut Butter Onit6Aaron GryderFrank LangeElaine J. Meltzer1:36.20
1991Peanut Butter Onit5Wigberto RamosJohn H. ForbesElaine J. Meltzer1:34.40
1990Shy Tom4Julie KroneD. Wayne LukasWilliam T. Young1:36.00
1989Bill E. Shears4Ruben HernandezSonny HineSavin & Waltuch1:35.40
1988Slew City Slew4Marco CastanedaD. Wayne LukasH. J. Allen & Tayhill Stable1:35.00
1987Moment of Hope4Mike VeneziaBob G. DunhamFour Fifths Stable1:34.60
1986Jyp 5Joe RoccoJohn J. Tammaro IIIDiamond Ten1:35.80
1985Valiant Lark5Vince Bracciale Jr.Henry L. CarrollDee Jo Stable1:36.00
1984Rumptious4Herb McCauleyDaniel DuffordLow Meadows1:34.60
1983Naughty Jimmy6Larry SamuellRichard DelpQuality Hill Stable1:37.00
1982Count His Fleet4William NemetiJohn J. Tammaro IIIJohn D. Marsh1:35.60
1981Colonel Moran4Craig PerretThomas J. KellyTownsend B. Martin1:35.60
1980Convenient4Vince Bracciale Jr.Edwin K. Cleveland Jr.Dravo Foley1:36.60
1979Revivalist 5Don MacBethVirgil W. RainesGreentree Stable1:35.40
1978Do Tell George5William MizeLafe CarmineBetty L. Davis1:36.40
1977Peppy Addy5Billy PhelpsGeorge ZatesloKeystone Stable1:36.00
1976Royal Glint6Jorge TejeiraGordon R. PotterDan Lasater1:35.20
1975Mongongo6Buck ThornburgDaniel PerlsweigS.K.S. Stable1:36.20
1975Proper Bostonian5Mike MiceliGeorge HandyEdward Burke & Irving Saunders1:36.20
1974Okavango4Walter BlumFrank Y. Whiteley Jr.William Haggin Perry1:35.80
1973Prince of Truth5Walter BlumLawrence JenningsLucky Irish Stable1:35.80
1972Red Reality6Braulio BaezaMacKenzie MillerCragwood Stables1:37.00
1971Well Mannered4Mickey SolomoneAnthony L. BasileBwamazon Farm1:38.80
1970Tyrant4Bill HartackFrank Y. Whiteley Jr.Locust Hill Farm1:37.40
1969Addy Boy4Michael HoleGeorge ZatesloKeystone Stable1:37.40
1968R. Thomas7Jimmy NicholsDavid ErbRoger W. Wilson1:37.00
1967Swoonaway6Jacinto VásquezS. Bryant OttE. Gay Drake1:37.80
1966Tom Rolfe4Bill ShoemakerFrank Y. Whiteley Jr.Powhatan Stable1:37.00
1965Twice as Gay4Phil GrimmDouglas R. SmallNathan L. Cohen1:38.80
1964Inbalance6Joe CulmoneEdward I. Kelly Sr.Brookfield Farm1:37.00
1963Dedimoud4Joe CulmoneEddie YowellBruce S. Campbell1:36.80
1962Towson4Danny FrenchB. Frank ChristmasMary G. Christmas1:40.20
1961Careless John4William BolandHoward HoffmanLouis Lee Haggin II1:35.00
1960I'm Willing4Bill HartackEugene JacobsPerne L. Grissom1:37.00
1959Li'l Fella4Bill HartackJ. Bowes BondJaclyn Stable1:37.20
1958Sonny Dan4Walter BlumGeorge E. RobertsVictory Stable1:37.20
1957Nahodah 4Joe CulmoneFrank A. BonsalMontpelier Stable1:34.60
1956Skipper Bill6Joseph RegalbutoJack LongDarby Dan Farm1:37.00
1955Helioscope4Sam Boulmetis Sr.Howard HausnerWilliam G. Helis Jr.1:36.80
1954Closed Door5Bill HartackSidney JacobsJaclyn Stable1:37.00
1953Tuscany5James StoutJ. Bowes BondMrs. Samuel M. Pistorio1:37.40
1952General Staff4James StoutJimmy McGeeLarry MacPhail1:39.20
1951Call Over4Mel PetersonEddie YowellBedford Stable1:38.80
1950Noble Impulse4Willie DownsFrank GallJustin Funkhouser1:39.00
1949Istan4Henry MoraD. W. KernsBrookfield Farm1:37.60
1948Vertigo II7Arnold KirklandJ. Frank LaboyneMarlet Stable1:39.00

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Salvator Mile Stakes. www.equibase.com. 3 July 2016.