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DIRT MILE DIVISION

  • Purse: $1 Million
  • Class: N/A
  • Age: 3yo & up
  • Distance: 1 mile, 70 yards

dirt mile ORDER OF FINISH

Friday, October 26 • Monmouth Park • ESPN2 • 5:35 p.m. ET
$1,000,000 • 1 mile, 70 yards • 3yo and up
FIN Horse Owner Trainer Breeder
1 Corinthian Centennial Farms James Jerkens Gracefield Equine and Hargus Sexton
2 Gottcha Gold Centaur Farms, Inc. Edward Plesa Jr. Centaur Farms, Inc.
3 Discreet Cat Godolphin Racing Saeed bin Suroor E. Paul Robsham
4 Wanderin Boy Arthur B. Hancock Nick Zito Arthur B. Hancock
5 Lewis Michael Frank Calabrese Wayne Catalano Frank Calabrese
6 Xchanger Circle Z Stable, Joseph Masone, Mark Shuman Mark Shuman Oscar Martinez
7 Park Avenue Ball Char-Mari Stable James Ryerson C. J. Hesse, Inc.
8 High Finance West Point Thoroughbreds Richard Violette Jr. Dan Borislow

DIRT MILE DIVISION News

Corinthian Blows Away Foes in Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile
Corinthian leaves the rest behind in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile.

Corinthian Blows Away Foes in Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile
Laying just off the early pace, Corinthian rallied around the turn and made a thunderous move under jockey Kent Desermeaux in the stretch to take the inaugural $1-million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Oct. 26 at Monmouth Park by 6 1/2-lengths. More...

Suspensory Injury Ends Tiz Wonderful's Race Career
Tiz Wonderful, a graded stakes winner and undefeated 2-year-old last year, suffered a career-ending and potentially life-threatening suspensory injury and is being treated at New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa.

E Z Warrior, Tiz Wonderful Headline More Than Ready
Trainer Bob Baffert, encouraged by E Z Warrior’s last start in which the colt finished third behind Hard Spun and First Defence in the King’s Bishop Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga, will use the $75,000 More Than Ready Stakes at Belmont Park Sept. 12 as gauge as to what the future holds for the Exploit colt.

The Great Face Has Reason to Smile in Longacres Mile
Pacesetting The Great Face refused to give way when collared by favored Raise the Bluff mid-stretch, fighting back to win the $391,250 Longacres Mile Breeders' Cup Presented by TVG (gr. III) by a head on a sloppy track at Seattle's Emerald Downs Aug. 19.