Penn National hosts $300,000 Penn Mile on Friday
At 0h02, on May 26, 2021 • By PENN NATIONAL
Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course announced today that a field of seven horses has been entered for the eighth running of the $300,000 Penn Mile (G2) for three year-olds going one mile on the turf to be run on Friday, May 28.
Post time for the 11-race card is 6 p.m. with the Penn Mile set as the fourth race scheduled for approximately 7:45 P.M.
Also featured on the evening card is a mandatory payout of the Hollywood High 5 carryover in race 7 which currently stands at over $216,000 as of Friday, May 21
Outadore, trained by Wesley Ward, was installed as the 8-5 morning line favorite for the Penn Mile. A winner in his last race in the Animal Kingdom Stakes at Turfway Park on the synthetic surface, Outadore will switch back to the turf for Friday’s featured race. Twice a winner on the turf as a two-year-old, Outadore also finished third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) at Keeneland last fall. Irad Ortiz, Jr., Eclipse Award winner as the top rider in North America for three consecutive years and winner of the 2017 Penn Mile, is scheduled to ride.
