Breeders’ Cup Challenge Race Results: Wasserman Wins Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs

Posted on Sunday, August 17th, 2008

SBG Global RacebookWasserman, as has been his habit all season, staged a dramatic stretch rally and scored a neck victory Sunday in the 73rd running of the $300,000 Longacres Mile Handicap at Emerald Downs.

As part of the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Challenge, the Longacres Mile winner Wasserman automatically becomes one of the Breeders’ Cup horses and qualifies for the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile on October 25 at Santa Anita Park.

Owned, bred and trained by Howard Belvoir, Wasserman ran one mile in 1:35 under 118 pounds and paid $22.40, $7.60 and $3.20. Wasserman has now won 3 photo finishes in stakes races this season, and the 6-year-old Washington-bred gelding earned $137,500 for the victory.

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Breeders’ Cup Challenge: Longacres Mile Handicap at Emerald Downs August 17

Posted on Saturday, August 16th, 2008

The 73rd renewal of the $300,000 Longacres Mile Handicap (G3) at Emerald Downs will be contested by 12 race horses on August 17, Sunday, where the Longacres Mile winner will automatically be one of the Breeders’ Cup field for the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile on October 25 at Santa Anita Park.

Emerald Downs’s Longacres Mile Handicap field of horses with jockeys, weight and morning line odds in post position order:

  1. SBG Global RacebookSouthern Africa under jockey Russell Baze carries 113 lbs. with morning line odds of 20-1
  2. Tropic Storm under jockey Aaron Gryder, 118 lbs., 5-2
  3. Luhuk’s Dancer under jockey Kevin Radke, 115 lbs., 6-1
  4. Wasserman under jockey Jennifer Whitaker, 118 lbs., 5-1
  5. Schoolin You under jockey Gallyn Mitchell, 110 lbs., 30-1
  6. Diligent Prospect under jockey Kate Repp, 112 lbs., 20-1
  7. Nationhood under jockey Seth Martinez, 119 lbs., 6-1
  8. Flamethrowintexan under jockey Gary Baze, 116 lbs., 15-1
  9. Honour the West under jockey Leslie Mawing, 113 lbs., 20-1
  10. Assessment under jockey Juan Gutierrez, 113 lbs., 20-1
  11. True Metropolitan under jockey James McAleney, 122 lbs., 3-1
  12. Call On Carson under jockey Ricky Frazier, 115 lbs., 20-1

The Longacres Mile Handicap is race 8 of 10 horse races in the August 17 Emerald Downs card. Longacres Mile Handicap post time is 5:30 pm.

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