Motion pair on upswing for Waya

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Graham Motion sends out the improving pair of Guilty Twelve and Lottie in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Waya, one of three turf stakes on the Whitney undercard.

Guilty Twelve, a 5-year-old daughter of Giant’s Causeway, is 2 for 2 this year, with narrow victories in a Belmont allowance and the Grade 3 Robert G. Dick Memorial at Delaware Park. This will be her first start at 1 1/2 miles.

“I don’t think it’s going to hurt,” Motion said of the distance, adding that jockey Chris DeCarlo told Motion after the last race that, “She’ll go all day.”

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Guilty Twelve will break from post 8 under DeCarlo and the co-high weight of 123 pounds.

Lottie, a 4-year-old daughter of Arch, won a Belmont allowance in June and finished third, beaten a half-length by Apple Betty, in the River Memories at Belmont.

“I thought she ran very well,” Motion said. “We were testing out to see if she could compete with these. I think we felt that she was a little unlucky being a bit wide coming off the turn.”

Joel Rosario will ride Lottie from post 5.

Completing the field of eight are Apple Betty and Summersault, the 1-2 finishers in the River Memories; Suffused, beaten a head in last year’s Waya; Estrechada, Evidently, and Gone Away.