Delaunay lost his air of invincibility when he was upset by Gentlemen’s Bet in the Iowa Sprint Handicap. He’ll try to get it back, and a little measure of revenge in the process, when he takes on Gentlemen’s Bet and three other rivals in Sunday’s $400,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt at Saratoga.
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Silverette assumed command outside the quarter pole, opened up a sizeable advantage in midstretch, and held off a late run from Spun Cap to win Friday’s $100,000 Caress Stakes at Saratoga by a neck.
Interesting tidbits from Harness Racing's biggest day.
A Grade 1 win in the Prioress is the highlight so far of what has been a terrific first Saratoga meet for Joe Rocco Jr., the 31-year-old son of retired jockey Joe Rocco.
The race remains one of those "Where were you when … ?" moments. A bookmark in the pages of the sport. When Onion, owned by Jack Dreyfus, beat Secretariat in the Whitney Handicap at Saratoga on Aug. 4, 1973, the wind shifted and the story changed, and everything you thought you knew suddenly was turned upside down.
Woodbine Oaks winner Nipissing returns to action Sunday in the $250,000 Wonder Where Stakes, the third leg of the Canadian Triple Tiara, a lucrative series for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies.
The Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby will again serve as the centerpiece of the Sunland Park stakes schedule that features 32 races for Thoroughbreds worth more than $3.1 million.
Politicallycorrect, a stakes winner in Oklahoma and California and most recently a close second in a stakes at venerable Saratoga, arrived at Emerald Downs on Friday to begin preparations for the Grade 3, $200,000 Longacres Mile on Aug. 18.
Stephanie’s Kitten, one of the top older turf mares in the country, is likely to make her next start Aug. 17 in the Beverly D. Stakes despite having just raced July 27 in the Diana Stakes at Saratoga.
After watching Saginaw win the John Morrissey Stakes for the second time on Thursday, trainer David Jacobson said he would like to come back to Saratoga and win it again next year.
