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Trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. put their faith in Renegade and their talented 3-year-old colt rewarded them with a monster stretch run that carried the horse to victory in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy and Pletcher yet again into the Saratoga record books.
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Fanshell Beach won the Riverside Rush on the front end, and Cloe triumphed in the Hummingbird from well off the pace in turf-stakes action Saturday at Ellis Park.
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The Mark Casse-trained 2023 King’s Plate victor Paramount Prince won a thrilling renewal of Saturday’s Grade 3 Seagram Cup at Woodbine over the favored Runaway Again.
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The jump from entry level allowance company into graded stakes competition can often prove a formidable one, although that wasn’t the case Saturday at Saratoga for Amberglen. The Brad Cox-trained filly made her graded stakes-debut a winning won and did so in impressive fashion with a 1 1/4-length victory over the late striding Deep Learning in the $225,000 Lake George for 3-year-old fillies.
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As Gimme a Nother ramped up her training this spring toward a 2026 campaign, her trainer, Graham Motion, already had a major summer target in mind, and on Saturday at Colonial Downs Gimme a Nother hit dead center, winning the Grade 2, $500,000 Beverly D.
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One could argue that Mashallah could have picked up her first stakes victory months ago, but trainer Brendan Walsh has resisted the temptation to push his precocious filly too soon. As a result, the 3-year-old entered the $100,000 Tyson Gilpin Stakes on Saturday at Colonial Downs as a more seasoned and dangerous competitor. She was again unchallenged.
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Cherie DeVaux trains the leading dirt route 3-year-old in North America, the leading dirt-sprint 3-year-old in North America, and, as was evidenced Saturday at Colonial Downs, one of the top 3-year-old turf route horses, Supercharger, who won the Secretariat in his stakes debut.
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Phileas Fogg, the 10-length winner of the Grade 2 Suburban Stakes here last month, will not run in next Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Whitney Stakes at Saratoga, trainer Gustavo Rodriguez said Saturday afternoon. Instead, he will wait for the Grade 1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park on Sept. 18.
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The way Saturday’s Grade 2 Saratoga Special looked on paper, trainer Kenny McPeek thought it would be a good opportunity to see how Twinkle Town, a front-running debut winner in June, would fare sitting off other horses.
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Matt Rose's analysis of selected races from the Sunday 8/2 and Monday 8/3 cards at Ocean Downs.
