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Posted on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
On Saturday, July 19, Philadelphia Park will host its first Breeders Cup Challenge horse race, the $250,000 Greenwood Cup Stakes at 1 1/2 miles.
Part of the Breeders Cup “Win and You’re In” program, the Greenwood Cup winner will be one of the Breeders’ Cup entries for the inaugural Breeders Cup Marathon on October 25 at Santa Anita Park.
The Greenwood Cup field of 3-year-old and up horses with jockeys and weight in post position order:
- Barcola under jockey Kendrick Carmouche carries 122 lbs.
- Bureaucratic under jockey Shaun Bridgmohan, 114 lbs.
- Three in the Bag under jockey Mario Pino, 117 lbs.
- Solemn Promise with no rider announced, 114 lbs.
- Phil the Power under jockey Anthony Black, 114 lbs.
- Evening Attire under jockey Jose Espinoza, 114 lbs.
Topping the 6-horse field of the Greenwood Cup the 10-year-old gelded son of Black Tie Affair, Evening Attire. Racing for Joseph and Mary Grant & Thomas Kelly, Evening Attire has won over $2.8 million in his career.
Evening Attire has 14 wins with 9 graded victories including the 2002 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1), and twice a winner in the Saratoga Breeders Cup (2002 and 2004). Evening Attire also raced in two Breeders Cup Classics (2003 and 2004). Race horse trainer Patrick Kelly has named jockey Jose Espinoza to ride Evening Attire in the Greenwood Cup Stakes.
Owned by Paul Reddam and trainer by Mark Henning, Barcola may be Evening Attire’s most formidable opponent in the Greenwood Cup. In his most recent start, Barcola finished 3rd behind Horse of the Year Curlin in the Stephen Foster (G1) at Churchill Downs June 14. Jockey Kendrick Carmouche will pick up the mount.
The Greenwood Cup Stakes is the 8th of 10 horse races in Philadelphia Park’s July 19 card. Greenwood Cup post time is 3:22 pm Eastern.
Tags: Barcola, Bureaucratic, Evening Attire, Phil the Power, Solemn Promise, Three in the Bag
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