Defending Horse of the Meeting Assessment and track record-holder Noosa
Beach head a list of 12 older handicap stars nominated to the $50,000
Budweiser Handicap on Sunday, June 20.
Run at one-mile, the 15th
running of the Budweiser will be an important stop on the road to the
$250,000 Longacres Mile (GIII) on Sunday, Aug. 22. Assessment
(26-7-4-3-$357,230) finished fifth in the May 16 Seattle Handicap at
six furlongs, and figures to improve in his first two-turn assignment
of 2010. The 6-year-old Jump Star gelding was two-for-two at the mile
distance last year—scoring a neck victory over Wasserman in the
Budweiser and a smashing ¾-length triumph over Awesome Gem in the
Longacres Mile.
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