Salvator Mile Stakes
# Salvator Mile Stakes

The Salvator Mile Stakes (formerly the Salvator Mile Handicap) is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in June or 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 currently offers a purse of $155,000. This race is named for U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Salvator.

The Salvator Mile (G3) is the lead off leg of the Mid Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships Long Dirt Division or MATCh Races. MATCh is a series of five races in five separate thoroughbred divisions run throughout four Mid-Atlantic States including; Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park Racecourse in Maryland; Delaware Park Racetrack in Delaware; Parx, Philadelphia Park and Presque Isle Downs in Pennsylvania and Monmouth Park in New Jersey.

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | Petulante | 4 | Luis Saez | Victor Barbosa Jr. | Lugamo Racing Stable | 1:36.88 |
| 2022 | Mind Control | 6 | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Red Oak Stable & Madaket Stables | 1:35.79 |
| 2021 | Informative | 5 | José C. Ferrer | Uriah St. Lewis | Uriah St. Lewis | 1:37.01 |
| 2020 | Pirate's Punch | 5 | Jorge A. Vargas Jr. | Grant T. Forster | Gulliver Racing LLC, Craig W. Drager, & Dan Legan | 1:37.19 |
| 2019 | Sunny Ridge | 6 | Jose Lezcano | Jason Servis | Dennis A. Drazin | 1:37.17 |
| 2018 | Page Mckenney | 8 | Horacio Karamanos | Mary E. Eppler | Staple, Adam and Jalin Stable | 1:36.49 |
| 2017 | Classy Class | 5 | Antonio Gallardo | Kiaran McLaughlin | Cheyenne Stables LLC | 1:35.27 |
| 2016 | Res Judicata | 6 | Nik Juarez | John Servis | Someday Farm (Roy & Patricia Chapman) | 1:36.07 |
| 2015 | Bradester | 5 | Corey J. Lanerie | Eddie Kenneally | Joseph W. Sutton | 1:35.32 |
| 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 held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 2011 | Kensei | 5 | Edgar Prado | Steve Asmussen | Stonestreet Stables | 1:36:83 |
| 2010 | Gone Astray | 4 | Cornelio Velásquez | 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 | José Vélez Jr. | Alan Seewald | Travin Stables | 1:35.80 |
| 2002 | Sea of Tranquility † | 6 | José C. Ferrer | Richard E. Paulus | Triple M Farm, Inc. | 1:36.00 |
| 2001 | Sea of Tranquility | 5 | José 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 | Diane Snowden & David 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 K. Cleveland Jr. | Dravo Foley | 1:36.60 |
| 1979 | Revivalist † | 5 | Don MacBeth | Virgil W. Raines | Greentree Stable | 1:35.40 |
| 1978 | Do Tell George | 5 | William Mize | Lafe 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 | Edward Burke & Irving 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 L. 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 Vásquez | 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 | Douglas R. Small | Nathan 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 | Perne 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 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.
