Correas will take his shots at Saratoga this summer

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Over the last three Saratoga meets, trainer Ignacio “Nacho” Correas has two wins and three seconds from 10 starts, including a victory by Blue Prize in last year’s Summer Colony Stakes. Blue Prize went on to win the Spinster and the Breeders’ Cup Distaff.

Correas, who is based in Kentucky, is back in Saratoga with two horses for Friday’s card and has two more for later in the meet, including the exciting 2-year-old Therideofalifetime.

Friday, Correas will run the Argentine-bred Joy Epifora in the $85,000 Shine Again Stakes for female sprinters at seven furlongs. Joy Epifora, a two-time Group 1 winner in Argentina in 2019, finished second in an off-the-turf allowance at Churchill Downs on June 21.

“I think she ran a good race, first race in America everything is different, the pace is different,” Correas said. “I’m very hopeful with her that she can be a graded stakes-caliber filly at some point.”

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In Friday’s first race, Correas will run Bundibunan in a second-level allowance at 1 3/8 miles. Correas is taking blinkers off the son of Ghostzapper, who finished third in this same condition on June 19.

Later in the meet, Correas plans to run Therideofalifetime in the Grade 2, $150,000 Saratoga Special on Aug. 7. Therideofalifetime, a son of Candy Ride, won a six-furlong maiden race by 8 1/4 lengths at Keeneland last Saturday.

“I was expecting him to win, I think he’s a very good horse,” Correas said. “That was some kind of performance.”

Correas said Therideofalifetime came in from the Highlander Training Center in Texas “with a reputation of being a very good horse.”

Correas also plans to run Walk In Marrakesh in the Grade 3, $100,000 Lake George here Aug. 28. Walk In Marrakesh is likely to again face Enola Gay, who beat her a nose in last Saturday’s Grade 2 Appalachian at Keeneland.