Big Salt Lick (USA)
About
Big Salt Lick is a 5yo US‑bred horse trained by Hugo Andrade. He is by Ghostzapper out of Rubindy and has earned two career victories. On 21 Sep 2025 at Churchill Downs, Big Salt Lick captured his most important win to date, taking the $57,000 Race 2 purse.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Keeneland 11-Oct-25 1410m FIRM R4 Race 4 $10,000 (of $50,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:24.770, SP: 3.75 backed out from between horses soon after the start, raced well back in the four to five path and rallied willingly to be second best. | O Villarreal 55.8kg 2.25L | 2 (8) |
| Churchill Downs 21-Sep-25 1310m R2 Race 2 $35,910 (of $57,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:17.230, SP: 4.50 was bumped by an inner rival and steadied between horses at the start, trailed early on, gained in the four path around the turn, bid leaving the five sixteenths pole, sustained his challenge outside of the leader into the final furlong and drove past at the sixteenth pole. | O Villarreal 54.9kg | 1 (5) |
| Horseshoe Indianapolis 26-Aug-25 1610m FIRM R6 Race 6 $280 (of $38,079) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:35.830, SP: 21.00 was jostled at the start, saved ground, bid at the eighth pole and faltered. | O Villarreal 55.3kg 5.20L | 8 (10) |
| Ellis Park 27-Jul-25 1310m FIRM R3 Md $19,688 (of $31,251) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:17.750, SP: 6.50 dropped back early on, advanced outside of rivals nearing the turn, progressed in the five path around the bend, sustained his charge to bid at the furlong grounds and edged past leaving the sixteenth pole. | L Machado 56.2kg | 1 (9) |
| Churchill Downs 26-Jun-25 1610m FIRM R2 Md $4,800 (of $48,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:36.360, SP: 6.00 rated in the three path, was ridden in the four path around the turn, fanned out to the seven path at the top of the lane, and rallied for show. | O Villarreal 56.7kg 3.50L | 3 (7) |
| Churchill Downs 09-Jun-25 1810m FIRM R2 Md $3,360 (of $48,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:51.760, SP: 13.00 bumped with an inner foe at the start, raced off the pace in the four path, fanned out to the eight path turning into the stretch, and finished evenly. | O Villarreal 56.7kg, Cd 59kg 8.75L | 4 (9) |
| Churchill Downs 18-May-25 1410m FIRM R2 Md $7,000 (of $35,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:23.740, SP: 1.83 laid off of the pace in the three path, swung six wide into the lane, rallied to issue a late bid but was fended off. | R Bejarano 56.2kg 0.50L | 2 (9) |
| Keeneland 14-Apr-25 1210m FIRM R9 Md $4,800 (of $48,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:12.330, SP: 6.00 pursued off of the pace from the four to five path then rallied to miss place. | G Corrales 56.7kg 1.10L | 3 (10) |
| Turfway Park 20-Mar-25 1210m FIRM R2 Md $2,092 (of $29,900) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:12.150, SP: 3.00 sharp outside, angled in to chase winner to stretch but weakened readily in the final furlong. | E A Roman 56.7kg 11.75L | 4 (5) |
| Turfway Park 14-Feb-25 1310m FIRM R1 Md $1,144 (of $31,900) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:19.530, SP: 4.33 no speed to the turn, pushed with no response in the stretch. | E A Roman 56.7kg 2.75L | 5 (7) |
| Turfway Park 22-Dec-24 1710m FIRM R5 Md $638 (of $79,998) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:44.900, SP: 6.00 raced along evenly while back and never menaced. | L Contreras 56.2kg 14.00L | 7 (11) |
| Churchill Downs 01-Nov-24 1610m FIRM R6 Md $1,575 (of $120,001) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:35.980, SP: 9.00 laid off of the pace in the three path, drifted out leaving upper stretch and failed to factor. | R Bejarano 56.2kg 17.00L | 6 (7) |
| Keeneland 06-Oct-24 1410m FIRM R11 Md $7,000 (of $100,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:26.930 tracked three wide and between horses into the turn, came under strong urging chasing around the bend and ran on willingly. | R Bejarano 56.2kg 4.00L | 4 (9) |
| Ellis Park 25-Aug-24 1610m FIRM R9 Md $594 (of $71,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:37.640 prompted three deep, vied between horses and in the three path around the far turn, got outkicked entering upper stretch and gave way. | D Cannon 56.2kg 8.25L | 7 (11) |
| Ellis Park 08-Jul-24 1310m FIRM R4 Md (of $71,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:16.480 vied for the lead with an outer pair of rivals early on, steadied hard when put to tight quarters entering the turn, then faltered quickly in the aftermath. | L Machado 56.2kg 26.25L | 6 (6) |
| Churchill Downs 10-Jun-24 1210m R9 Md $12,000 (of $120,001) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:08.640 tracked in the three path, then ran on to gain show late. | L Machado 56.2kg 7.75L | 3 (9) |