SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Drake’s Passage took control soon after the start and led every step of the way en route to a four-length victory in Sunday’s $200,000 Commentator Stakes for New York-breds at Saratoga. Donegal Surges chased Drake’s Passage all the way and finished second, 10 1/4 lengths ahead of Whittington Park. Dr. Ardito, Sheriff Bianco and Union Fleet completed the order of finish. Olympic Dreams scratched. The victory was the fourth from 10 starts for Drake’s Passage, but his first since he won the Albany Stakes here last August. That day, he stalked the pace from second before winning by 7 3/4 lengths. Jockey Manny Franco was planning to stalk Sheriff Bianco in the Commentator, but that horse stumbled badly at the start - Jose Lezcano did an amazing job to stay on the horse - so Franco put Drake’s Passage on the lead. “When I saw [Sheriff Bianco] stumble out of there I said I was going to go,” Franco said. “After that, I was on cruise control the whole way. You can see he was enjoying it out there. I never had to hit him.” :: Get the Inside Track with the FREE DRF Morning Line Email Newsletter. Subscribe now.  Drake’s Passage, a 4-year-old son of Tonalist owned and bred by Robert Evans and trained by Christophe Clement, covered the 1 1/8 miles in 1:49.32 over a sealed muddy main track. He returned $3.80 as the odds-on favorite. “When he got to an easy lead I knew he was going to be very dangerous because I know he stays a mile and an eighth,” Clement said. “He’s probably the closest horse to Tonalist I ever trained by Tonalist.” Clement trained Tonalist to win the Belmont Stakes in 2014. The next stakes restricted to New York-breds on this circuit is the $125,000 Evan Shipman, a one-turn-mile race on Aug. 9. Doc Sullivan takes Mike Lee Doc Sullivan advanced to the lead entering the far turn under Javier Castellano and drew away to a four-length victory in the $121,250 Mike Lee Stakes for New York-bred 3-year-olds. Grand Opening finished second, a half-length in front of Elysian Meadows. That’s Money and Mischief Joke completed the order of finish. Antonio of Venice scratched. The win was the second straight and fourth from seven starts overall for Doc Sullivan, a son of Solomini owned by the Tristar Stables of former trainer Joe Lostritto and trained by Mike Miceli. “He got a little upset in the paddock, but he got over that,” Miceli said. “Once he got on the track, he was fine. He’s getting better each race. This was a big one for him.” Castellano said he thought there would be more speed in the race, but when no one really wanted the lead, he let his horse take after the opening quarter. “It seemed to me the track is a little speed favoring,” Castellano said. “They sealed the track, I let him roll a little bit, I got my spot and I ended up on the lead.” Doc Sullivan covered the seven furlongs in 1:22.61 over a sealed sloppy track and returned $4.20 as the even-money favorite. Spirit of St Louis wins Kingston Stakes Favored Spirit of St Louis ($3.70) dominated the $121,250 Kingston Stakes by 5 3/4 lengths. Originally scheduled to be run at 1 1/16 miles on turf, the Kingston was run at one mile over a sealed muddy strip. The race scratched down to a five-horse field. Spirit of St Louis sat third behind dueling leaders, overtook the pair turning for home and was an easy winner under Manny Franco for his third victory on the card. It was the seventh win from nine career starts and the fourth straight for Spirit of St Louis, a 5-year-old gelding by Medaglia d’Oro owned by Madaket Stables, Michael Dubb and Richard Schermerhorn. He is trained by Chad Brown. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.