Belmont Park
Silver Mission tunes up for Rockville Centre Stakes
Emily Shields Silver Mission will be heavily favored in next Saturday’s $125,000 Rockville Centre Stakes for New York-bred juveniles at Belmont Park.
Silver Mission, who has won his first two starts against open company, will be heavily favored in next Saturday’s $125,000 Rockville Centre Stakes for New York-bred juveniles at Belmont Park.
On Friday, Silver Mission worked four furlongs in 49.05 seconds under regular rider John Velazquez. Silver Mission galloped out a strong five furlongs in 1:02.76 as he pulled away from his workmate, Heavenly View.
Silver Mission, a son of Mission Impazible, won a maiden race at Aqueduct in April and then the $181,000 Tremont Stakes by 6 1/4 lengths June 10.