Horses to Watch
The Horses to Watch feature from DRF Simulcast Daily will be posted every Thursday during the Saratoga meet.
Armonk
Trainer: Kiaran McLaughlin
Last Race: Saratoga, Aug 22, 2nd
Finish: 3rd by 3-3/4
Well bet to 3-1 for career debut, but broke slowly and trailed by 11 lengths before rallying late in a fast 2-year-old maiden dash.
He's Solid Gold
Trainer: Nicholas Zito
Last Race: Saratoga, Aug 25, 2nd
Finish: 4th by 9-1/4
First-time starter was off a step slow, and steadied repeatedly while racing greenly in the stretch and altering course; his dam, Verbasle, also produced Florida Derby winner High Fly for these connections.
Hedgefund Investor
Trainer: Richard Violette, Jr.
Last Race: Saratoga, Aug 18, 2nd
Finish: 2nd by 4-1/4
First-time starter by Tale of the Cat showed good tactical speed
pressing the pace, and finished gamely to clearly best the remainder.
Parading
Trainer: Claude McGaughey III
Last Race: Saratoga, Aug 18, 6th
Finish: 2nd by 2
Steadied early and trailed down the backstretch, circled widest rallying
at the quarter pole and finished strongly in his first start on turf.
Wishful Tomcat
Trainer: Gary Contessa
Last Race: Saratoga, Aug 11, 5th
Finish: 2nd by 3
Two-year-old New York-bred was in some traffic on the turn, finished gamely
for second behind a 2-5 winner in debut.
Aquarian
Trainer: Nicholas Zito
Last Race: Saratoga, Aug 11, 2nd
Finish: 5th by 10-3/4
First-time starter ran evenly in a fast sprint, and galloped out with good energy;
dam is a half-sister to millionaire routers Pleasant Tap and Go For Gin, so await stretchout.
Adriano
Trainer: H. Motion
Last Race: Saratoga, Aug 03, 6th
Finish: 2nd by 3/4
First-time starter rallied determinedly through stretch to drop
close decision to 13-10 favorite in faster division of juvenile turf route.
Elisa's Energy
Trainer: Robert Frankel
Last Race: Saratoga, Aug 01, 4th
Finish: 3rd by 1
New York-bred filly returned from a layoff, and had a useful prep for the
upcoming Yaddo Handicap (Aug. 18), a race in which she had a very tough trip last year.
Brilliant Son
Trainer: Kiaran McLaughlin
Last Race: Saratoga, Jul 25, 3rd
Finish: 2nd by Neck
Raced close up to a hot early pace, reached a short lead in midstretch
and fought gamely to drop a close decision in swiftly-run allowance sprint.
Warn
Trainer: Ronny Werner
Last Race: Saratoga, Jul 25, 5th
Finish: 1st by 1/2
Raced greenly at Churchill Downs behind Thorn Song (who came back to win an
allowance at Saratoga on Whitney day), but rated nicely and finished strongly
under hand urging to win a maiden turf race more decisively than margin suggests.
Bold Hawk
Trainer: James Toner
Last Race: Belmont Park, Jul 21, 2nd
Finish: 1st by 4-1/4
Three-year-old by Silver Hawk showed vast improvement when stretched out to
1 1/4 miles, rating comfortably just behind the leaders and kicking clear in the
stretch for decisive maiden triumph.
Akebono
Trainer: Michael Hushion
Last Race: Belmont Park, Jul 21, 7th
Finish: 1st by 1/2
New York-bred turf sprinter closed strongly to win debut in early June,
and returned closing weekend at Belmont to come through a tight opening on the rail
for first-level allowance score.
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