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Posted on Saturday, July 5th, 2008
J. Paul Reddam’s Notional captured the $300,000 Salvator Mile Stakes (G3). The Salvator Mile is one of the 2 Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” events at Monmouth Park on Saturday, July 5. The Salvator Mile winner Notional has a starting date in the $1-million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile to be held on October 25 at Santa Anita Park.
Notional, ridden by jockey Joe Bravo and sent off at 7-1 in the field of 6, raced the 1 mile over a fast track in 1:35 4/5 and paid $17.80, $5.40 and $2.80. Gottcha Gold, last year’s Salvator Mile winner and the 4-5 favorite, paid $2.60 to place and $2.10 to show. Honest Man was two and a quarter lengths farther back and returned $2.60 to show. Indy Wind, the second choice, finished fourth.
This was the first win this year for Notional, a 4-year-old son of In Excess who was a stakes winner last year as a 3-year-old for race horse trainer Doug O’Neill and finished second in the 2007 Florida Derby.Notional suffered a fractured cannon bone and did not return to the races until this February. The Salvator Mile was Notional’s fourth lifetime win, and the winner’s prize of $180,000 raised his bankroll to $695,790.
Race horse trainer Mark Hennig, who watched the race on television, said, “Mr. Reddam thought the artificial surface in California wasn’t suiting him well. He sent him to me in New York at the beginning of June. Doug (O’Neill, race horse Notional’s former trianer) and I talked about him. He was frustrated out there. He didn’t know if he could attribute it to the surface or his injury after the Florida Derby. Doug and I worked together well – it was an East-West attack.”
Race horses who ran in Monmouth Park’s Salvator Mile in order of finish: Notional, Gottcha Gold, Honest Man, Indy Wind, Better Than Bonds and Rathor.
Tags: Better Than Bonds, Gottcha Gold, Honest Man, Indy Wind, Notional, Rathor
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