Gottcha Gold, Chuck C. Lopez aboard, holds off a late challenge by Lawyer Ron and John Velazquez to win the Salvator Mile.

Gottcha Gold, Chuck C. Lopez aboard, holds off a late challenge by Lawyer Ron and John Velazquez to win the Salvator Mile.

AP/Equi-Photo, Bill Denver

Gottcha Gold Gets to Wire Just in Time in Salvator Mile

Centaur Farms' homebred Gottcha Gold took command at the start and never looked back as he gamely hung on for a neck victory over 1-10 favorite Lawyer Ron in the $150,000 Salvator Mile.