Miguel Clement has first runners on action-packed statebred card
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Six stakes for New York-breds, each worth $200,000, highlight the Wednesday card at Saratoga, the first day of the five-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival.
Miguel Clement, the 33-year-old son of trainer Christophe Clement, who passed away last weekend, will start his first four horses at NYRA on that card. That includes Drake’s Passage, who will look to repeat in the $200,000 Commentator Stakes. His main competition appears to come from Bank Frenzy and Mama’s Gold.
Clement will also run Bettrluckythangood, who makes her stakes and seasonal debut in the $200,000 Kingston Stakes; Silver Skillet in the Mt. Vernon Stakes, a race she won last year when it was off the turf; and Coach Case, a maiden who makes her second start.
The first official starter for Miguel Clement was to be Gal in a Rush in Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Royal North Stakes at Woodbine.
Other stakes on Wednesday’s card include the Mike Lee and Bouwerie, for 3-year-olds and 3-year-old fillies, respectively, and the Critical Eye for older fillies and mares.
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