SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Big Invasion has not accomplished at 4 all he did at age 3. There’s still time. Back from a fruitless trip to Royal Ascot in June, Big Invasion looks to get back to his winning ways Saturday at Saratoga when he heads a field of six turf runners entered in the $150,000 Harvey Pack Stakes scheduled for 5 1/2 furlongs over the Mellon turf. The Harvey Pack, formerly the Lucky Coin, was renamed to honor the longtime New York Racing Association analyst and host of “Thoroughbred Action” who passed away in 2021 at the age of 94. At 3, Big Invasion won six of eight starts including the Grade 3 Quick Call and Mahony Stakes going 5 1/2 furlongs on turf at Saratoga. :: Get Saratoga Clocker Reports from Mike Welsch and the Clocker Team. Available every race day.  Big Invasion won the Silks Run Stakes at Gulfstream to begin his 4-year-old campaign. He has lost three straight since. That sounds worse than it really is as Big Invasion had a difficult trip in the Grade 2 Turf Sprint at Churchill, finished a good second to Caravel in the Grade 1 Jaipur at Belmont before finishing 13th in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee running back on two weeks’ rest. “It took him a long time to bounce out of it, had a small question mark on his feet,” Clement said about Big Invasion since Ascot. “He’s doing great, looks good. Bringing him back on just very few works, I just think he’s fit enough being 5 1/2 [furlongs]. He’s an old pro and he’s good enough to overcome me usually.” Big Invasion shows only two works leading up to his return, including a half-mile in 49.75 seconds on Aug. 23. Clement is hoping to use this as a stepping-stone to the Belmont Turf Sprint, to be run at Aqueduct on Oct. 7 and then potentially the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Santa Anita on Nov. 4. “He’s a very good horse. The question is, is he 100 percent now or does he need one race to get back. But he’s going to come back,” Clement said. “He’s sound, he looks good. I could have given him another week and worked him again and gone to Kentucky Downs, but I didn’t like the idea of shipping him first time back.” Last year, in the Lucky Coin, Thin White Duke ran down Dancing Buck by a nose. Those two horses are back in the Harvey Pack, coming in off very different preparation. Thin White Duke, trained by David Donk, is running back just 10 days after finishing fourth here in an allowance. Donk said wheeling back in this spot was always the plan and says it’s doable because as a closer Thin White Duke just runs hard the last part of the race. “He’s come out of his races with great energy,” Donk said. “The last race, the speed didn’t come back to him. It’s a six-horse field, he’s supposed to be in there.” Thin White Duke is partly owned by Steve Crist, the former Daily Racing Form publisher who, when with the New York Times, was one of the first guests Pack had on his daily NYRA recap show. Pack dubbed Crist “King of the Pick-Six” for his many hits on that wager. Dancing Buck enters the Harvey Pack off a 281-day layoff, or since he finished sixth as the favorite in the Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship last Nov. 25. Trainer Michelle Nevin said Dancing Buck came out of that with a flake in a knee that needed to be surgically removed. That delayed his return and then, Nevin said, he took more time to get fit. “It takes him a while to get in the groove,” Nevin said. “We were hoping to be ready for that last turf sprint [Grade 3 Troy on Aug. 5], we just weren’t ready enough. Now he’s had plenty of time to be ready. He’s doing good, I’m very happy with him. Hopefully, he’ll be sharp enough.” Mister Mmmmm, fourth in the Troy; Our Shot, a recent allowance winner; and Chess Master, coming out of a $20,000 claimer, complete the field on turf. Willy Boi, Sherriff Bianco, and Jake Rocks are entered to run only if the race is moved to the main track. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.