Salvator Mile Handicap
| Salvator Mile Stakes | |
|---|---|
| Grade III race | |
| Location |
Monmouth Park Racetrack Oceanport, New Jersey, United States |
| Inaugurated | 1948 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | Monmouth Park |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
| Track | Dirt, left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $150,000 |
The Salvator Mile Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first week of 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 offers a purse of $150,000.
This race is named for U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Salvator.
Records
Speed record:
- 1:34.25 - Gottcha Gold (2007)
Most wins:
- 2 - Peanut Butter Onit (1991, 1992)
- 2 - Sea of Tranquility (2001, 2002)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Bill Hartack (1954, 1959, 1960, 1970)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 - Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. (1966, 1970, 1974)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Brookfield Farm (1949, 1964)
- 2 - Jaclyn Stable (1954, 1959)
- 2 - Keystone Stable (1969, 1977)
- 2 - Elaine J. Meltzer (1991, 1992)
- 2 - Triple M Farm, Inc. (2001, 2002)
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 2014 | Itsmyluckyday | 4 | Paco Lopez | Edward Plesa, Jr. | Trilogy Stable/Plesa | 1:34.88 |
| 2013 | Raging Daoust | 4 | Victor Santiago | Charles J. Carlesimo, Jr. | Costabile/Juliano | 1:36.96 |
| 2012 | RACE NOT RUN | |||||
| 2011 | Kensei | 5 | Steve Asmussen | Stonestreet Stables | 1:36:83 | |
| 2010 | Gone Astray | 4 | Cornelio Velasquez | Shug McGaughey | Phipps Stable | 1:38.02 |
| 2009 | Coal Play | 4 | Joe Bravo | Nick Zito | Robert LaPenta | 1:34.54 |
| 2008 | Notional | 4 | Joe Bravo | Douglas F. O'Neill | J. Paul Reddam | 1:35.84 |
| 2007 | Gottcha Gold | 4 | Chuck Lopez | Edward Plesa, Jr. | Centaur Farms Inc. | 1:34.25 |
| 2006 | Flower Alley | 4 | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Eugene Melnyk | 1:35.87 |
| 2005 | Cherokee's Boy | 5 | Aaron Gryder | Gary Capuano | Z W P Stable Inc. | 1:36.79 |
| 2004 | Presidentialaffair | 5 | Stewart Elliott | Martin E. Ciresa | V. Papandrea/E. Ciresa | 1:35.20 |
| 2003 | Vinemeister | 4 | Jose Velez, Jr. | Alan Seewald | Travin Stables | 1:35.80 |
| 2002 | Sea of Tranquility † | 6 | Jose C. Ferrer | Richard E. Paulus | Triple M Farm, Inc. | 1:36.00 |
| 2001 | Sea of Tranquility | 5 | Jose C. Ferrer | Richard E. Paulus | Triple M Farm, Inc. | 1:36.60 |
| 2000 | Leave It to Beezer | 7 | Roberto Alvarado, Jr. | Scott A. Lake | Leo Gaspari Racing | 1:37.20 |
| 1999 | Truluck | 4 | Joe Bravo | W. Elliott Walden | Stonerside Stable | 1:36.00 |
| 1998 | El Amante | 5 | Julie Krone | William I. Mott | Snowden & Strauss | 1:34.80 |
| 1997 | Distorted Humor | 4 | Julie Krone | W. Elliott Walden | Prestonwood Farm | 1:36.00 |
| 1996 | Smart Strike | 4 | Sandy Hawley | Mark Frostad | Sam-Son Farm | 1:36.20 |
| 1995 | Schossberg | 5 | Dave Penna | Phil England | Steve Stavros | 1:35.80 |
| 1994 | Storm Tower | 4 | Rick Wilson | Ben Perkins, Jr. | Char-Mari Stable | 1:36.20 |
| 1993 | Dusty Screen | 5 | Eddie King, Jr. | John Pregman Jr. | Daniel J. Ljoka | 1:35.80 |
| 1992 | Peanut Butter Onit | 6 | Aaron Gryder | Frank Lange | Elaine J. Meltzer | 1:36.20 |
| 1991 | Peanut Butter Onit | 5 | Wigberto Ramos | John H. Forbes | Elaine J. Meltzer | 1:34.40 |
| 1990 | Shy Tom | 4 | Julie Krone | D. Wayne Lukas | William T. Young | 1:36.00 |
| 1989 | Bill E. Shears | 4 | Ruben Hernandez | Sonny Hine | Savin & Waltuch | 1:35.40 |
| 1988 | Slew City Slew | 4 | Marco Castaneda | D. Wayne Lukas | H. J. Allen & Tayhill Stable | 1:35.00 |
| 1987 | Moment of Hope | 4 | Mike Venezia | Bob G. Dunham | Four Fifths Stable | 1:34.60 |
| 1986 | Jyp | 5 | Joe Rocco | John J. Tammaro III | Diamond Ten | 1:35.80 |
| 1985 | Valiant Lark | 5 | Vince Bracciale, Jr. | Henry L. Carroll | Dee Jo Stable | 1:36.00 |
| 1984 | Rumptious | 4 | Herb McCauley | Daniel Dufford | Low Meadows | 1:34.60 |
| 1983 | Naughty Jimmy | 6 | Larry Samuell | Richard Delp | Quality Hill Stable | 1:37.00 |
| 1982 | Count His Fleet | 4 | William Nemeti | John J. Tammaro III | John D. Marsh | 1:35.60 |
| 1981 | Colonel Moran | 4 | Craig Perret | Thomas J. Kelly | Townsend B. Martin | 1:35.60 |
| 1980 | Convenient | 4 | Vince Bracciale, Jr. | Edwin Cleveland, Jr. | D. Foley | 1:36.60 |
| 1979 | Revivalist † | 5 | Don MacBeth | Virgil W. Raines | Greentree Stable | 1:35.40 |
| 1978 | Do Tell George | 5 | William Mize | L. Carmine | Betty L. Davis | 1:36.40 |
| 1977 | Peppy Addy | 5 | Billy Phelps | George Zateslo | Keystone Stable | 1:36.00 |
| 1976 | Royal Glint | 6 | Jorge Tejeira | Gordon R. Potter | Dan Lasater | 1:35.20 |
| 1975 | Mongongo | 6 | Buck Thornburg | Daniel Perlsweig | S.K.S. Stable | 1:36.20 |
| 1975 | Proper Bostonian | 5 | Mike Miceli | George Handy | Buake & Saunders | 1:36.20 |
| 1974 | Okavango | 4 | Walter Blum | Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. | William Haggin Perry | 1:35.80 |
| 1973 | Prince of Truth | 5 | Walter Blum | Lawrence Jennings | Lucky Irish Stable | 1:35.80 |
| 1972 | Red Reality | 6 | Braulio Baeza | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stables | 1:37.00 |
| 1971 | Well Mannered | 4 | Mickey Solomone | Anthony Basile | Bwamazon Farm | 1:38.80 |
| 1970 | Tyrant | 4 | Bill Hartack | Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. | Locust Hill Farm | 1:37.40 |
| 1969 | Addy Boy | 4 | Michael Hole | George Zateslo | Keystone Stable | 1:37.40 |
| 1968 | R. Thomas | 7 | Jimmy Nichols | David Erb | Roger W. Wilson | 1:37.00 |
| 1967 | Swoonaway | 6 | Jacinto Vasquez | S. Bryant Ott | E. Gay Drake | 1:37.80 |
| 1966 | Tom Rolfe | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. | Powhatan Stable | 1:37.00 |
| 1965 | Twice as Gay | 4 | Phil Grimm | D. R. Small | N. L. Cohen | 1:38.80 |
| 1964 | Inbalance | 6 | Joe Culmone | Edward I. Kelly, Sr. | Brookfield Farm | 1:37.00 |
| 1963 | Dedimoud | 4 | Joe Culmone | Eddie Yowell | Bruce S. Campbell | 1:36.80 |
| 1962 | Towson | 4 | Danny French | B. Frank Christmas | Mary G. Christmas | 1:40.20 |
| 1961 | Careless John | 4 | William Boland | Howard Hoffman | Louis Lee Haggin II | 1:35.00 |
| 1960 | I'm Willing | 4 | Bill Hartack | Eugene Jacobs | P. L. Grissom | 1:37.00 |
| 1959 | Li'l Fella | 4 | Bill Hartack | J. Bowes Bond | Jaclyn Stable | 1:37.20 |
| 1958 | Sonny Dan | 4 | Walter Blum | George E. Roberts | Victory Stable | 1:37.20 |
| 1957 | Nahodah | 4 | Joe Culmone | Frank A. Bonsal | Montpelier Stable | 1:34.60 |
| 1956 | Skipper Bill | 6 | Joseph Regalbuto | Jack Long | Darby Dan Farm | 1:37.00 |
| 1955 | Helioscope | 4 | Sam Boulmetis, Sr. | Howard Hausner | William G. Helis, Jr. | 1:36.80 |
| 1954 | Closed Door | 5 | Bill Hartack | Sidney Jacobs | Jaclyn Stable | 1:37.00 |
| 1953 | Tuscany | 5 | James Stout | J. Bowes Bond | Mrs. Samuel M. Pistorio | 1:37.40 |
| 1952 | General Staff | 4 | James Stout | Jimmy McGee | Larry S. MacPhail | 1:39.20 |
| 1951 | Call Over | 4 | Mel Peterson | Eddie Yowell | Bedford Stable | 1:38.80 |
| 1950 | Noble Impulse | 4 | Willie Downs | Frank Gall | Justin Funkhouser | 1:39.00 |
| 1949 | Istan | 4 | Henry Mora | D. W. Kerns | Brookfield Farm | 1:37.60 |
| 1948 | Vertigo II | 7 | Arnold Kirkland | J. Frank Laboyne | Marlet Stable | 1:39.00 |
- † In 2002, First Lieutenant finished first but was disqualified and set back to third.
- † In 1979, Nice Catch finished first but was disqualified and set back to third.