Schuylerville drawing ‘em from far and wide

ELMONT, N.Y. – The Grade 3, $150,000 Schuylerville Stakes, the co-feature on Friday’s opening-day card at Saratoga, is expected to attract 2-year-old fillies from as many as five different locales.

Dream It Is, based at Woodbine with trainer Barbara Minshall, is expected to make her dirt debut in the Schuylerville after winning a maiden race and the My Dear Stakes over Woodbine’s synthetic surface. From Kentucky, trainer Steve Asmussen is expected to run Buy Sell Hold, who beat males in the Kentucky Juvenile. He also has the maiden winner Laudation under consideration for the Schuylerville.

Limited View, a debut winner in Maryland, and Stainless, a debut winner for Todd Pletcher at Gulfstream, are also among those expected to run.

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The locally based contingent will include Best Performance, the runner-up in the Astoria Stakes for trainer Christophe Clement, and Pacific Gale, a debut winner for John Kimmel.

The other feature on opening day is the Grade 3, $150,000 Lake George Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on turf. Fifty Five and Dream Dancing, second and third behind New Money Honey in the Grade 3 Wonder Again Stakes at Belmont in June, head the field.

Others expected to run include Chubby Star, Defiant Honor, Party Boat, Proctor’s Lodge, Sweeping Paddy, and Victory to Victory.