Metropolitan Handicap 2020

United States of America

Belmont Park · 04.07.20

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Metropolitan Handicap

1stVekoma4yo by Candy Ride × Mona De MommaUS$315,000

2ndNetwork Effect4yo by Mark Valeski × Sandy Key GalUS$100,000

3rdCode Of Honor4yo by Noble Mission × ReunitedUS$50,000

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JockeyJavier Castellano

TrainerGeorge Weaver

OwnerR A Hill Stable & Gatsas Stables

BreederAlpha Delta Stables

PurseUS$500,000

To the winnerUS$315,000

Distance1609 metres

Winning time1m 32.88s

SurfaceDirt · Good

Conditions3-year-olds and up

Runners8

Stories of this Result

Vekoma

With this win, Vekoma now has 2 Group 1 wins this season. The four-year-old colt is by Candy Ride out of Mona De Momma. The win was worth USD 315,000 to the winner. The winning time was 1m 32.88s.

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Result

8 runners · prize money to 4th place

PosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize

1stVekoma4yo colt by Candy Ride × Mona De MommaJavier CastellanoGeorge WeaverUS$315,000

2ndNetwork Effect4yo colt by Mark Valeski × Sandy Key GalIrad Ortiz JrChad C BrownUS$100,000

3rdCode Of Honor4yo colt by Noble Mission × ReunitedJohn R VelazquezClaude McGaughey IIIUS$50,000

4thWarrior's Charge4yo colt by Munnings × Battling BrookFlorent GerouxB CoxUS$35,000

–Mckinzie5yo colt by Street Sense × Runway ModelMike E SmithBob Baffert

–Hog Creek Hustle4yo colt by Overanalyze × Candy FortuneJose L OrtizVickie Foley

–Endorsed4yo colt by Medaglia D'oro × Dance CardJoel RosarioWilliam Mott

–Mr Freeze5yo colt by To Honor And Serve × Heavenly CatManuel FrancoDale Romans

Pedigree of the winner

As of race day 04.07.20

Vekoma

Candy RideSire

Mona De MommaDamby Speightstown

DamMona De Momma

Vekoma is out of Mona de Momma (Speightstown), who beat the champion Informed Decision in the Grade 1 Humana Distaff Handicap in 2010. He is one of her two runners, alongside Bloody Point (War Front), a winner of three of her six starts, and he is her last recorded foal; she also has the unraced L'Age d'Or (Medaglia d'Oro).

Second damSociety Gal

Second dam Society Gal (Linkage) was unplaced and is a half-sister to Mr. Greeley (Gone West), second in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Sprint, and to the stakes winner Majestic Legend (His Majesty), whose daughter Bedazzle (Dixieland Band) produced the champion Street Sense (Street Cry), winner of the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile and the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby.

Third damLong Legend

Third dam Long Legend (Reviewer).

Wider family

This is also the family of Paradise Woods (Union Rags), a multiple Grade 1 winner.

Connections

JockeyJavier Castellano

TrainerGeorge Weaver

OwnerR A Hill Stable & Gatsas Stables

BreederAlpha Delta Stables