Smooth Like Strait Faces Five In Defense Of 'Win And You're In' Shoemaker Mile Title
Flavien Prat will ride Smooth Like Strait on Monday's Memorial Day program at Santa Anita in Arcadia, California. Smooth like Strait is a homebred trained by Michael McCarthy. Count Again is one of three Phil D'Amato-trained entrants in the Shoe Mile. Irad Ortiz, Jr. will be aboard for the first time on the program. The winner of the Shoemaker Mile earns a berth in Breeders' Cup Mile at Keeneland on Nov. 5. It was originally run at Hollywood Park in 1938 and renamed to honor legendary Hall of Fame jockey William Shoaker.
