SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Rain or shine, trainer Chad Brown has all his bases covered here Saturday when it comes to the $200,000 Saranac Stakes. Brown has entered three horses for the Grade 3 Saranac, for 3-year-olds going a mile and one-sixteenth on the inner turf – Public Sector and Founder for the grass and Risk Taking as a main-track-only entrant. Public Sector is the likely favorite and horse to beat no matter the condition of the course. Founder may start only if the turf is firm. Risk Taking is off his best form, but would likely be the public’s choice if the Saranac moves to the main track. All the races were taken off the turf at Saratoga on Thursday but there is only a 20 percent chance of rain in the forecast for the local area through Saturday. Only four others were entered for the Saranac, led by Never Surprised, who makes his first start since finishing second as the 1-5 favorite in the Grade 3 Kitten’s Joy seven months earlier at Gulfstream Park. Also in the field are Like the King, He’spuregold, and Mohs. Public Sector will be seeking his second graded stakes win of the meet, having won the Grade 2 Hall of Fame Stakes by a length on Aug. 6. That victory was the second in as many starts over the local course and third in seven tries for Public Sector, whose only poor effort came last fall in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. “He trained like he would be okay right from the start, unfortunately things didn’t work out for him in the Breeders’ Cup so we just regrouped with him,” said Brown. “He seems to have come out of his last race really well, so we decided to try him back here. I like to keep 3-year-olds with their own kind for as long as we can. “It’s hard to run twice at this meet up here, but we’ve done it with a couple of others and it’s worked out well, and he seems like a horse who can handle a second race at Saratoga the way he came out of his first one. And this looks like a nice spot to get him back to a mile and one-sixteenth.” Brown also has no concerns about the condition of the course when it comes to Public Sector, who won an allowance race over yielding ground this past summer at Belmont Park and the Hall of Fame on firm footing last month. Founder finished sixth, nearly four lengths behind Public Sector, making his turf debut over a yielding course earlier this season at Belmont. He improved over a firm course to capture the Tale of the Cat at Monmouth Park by 1 1/4 lengths on July 31. Brown said that race showed Founder is much better over firm turf. “He ran against much lesser competition, but the way he finished the race is just the way I thought he would on firm turf,” he said. “He’s definitely coming forward and has a future on the turf, but less-than-firm ground and I’ll have to really consider whether I want to run him on Saturday.” :: DRF’s Labor Day Sale: Save big on DRF Formulator Past Performances, Picks, Clocker Reports, Betting Strategies, and DRF+ Pro. Limited time only. Risk Taking has failed to hit the board in three starts since winning the Grade 3 Withers last winter on the main track at Aqueduct. He finished well back in both the Wood Memorial and Preakness before showing renewed life with a fourth-place finish after lunging at the start in a nine-furlong allowance race against older horses earlier in the meet. “I’m just looking for an easier spot against 3-year-olds,” Brown explained when asked why he also entered Risk Taking for the Saranac. “He just seems to have lost his way, but this should be a good spot if the race does come off the grass.” Never Surprised was an instant success, winning his first two starts, both on grass last fall at Aqueduct, including the Central Park Stakes in wire-to-wire fashion by 1 3/4 lengths over Hard Love. But the son of Constitution went to the sidelines after finishing second in the Grade 3 Kitten’s Joy in his 3-year-old debut. “We probably rode him the wrong way in the Kitten’s Joy,” said trainer Todd Pletcher. “I don’t think he wants to be taken hold of. He has come back training well on the dirt. He’s better on turf, and he seems like the type who will run well fresh.” New Jersey invaders He’spuregold and Mohs both bring two-race win streaks into the Saranac, with all four of those victories coming at Monmouth Park. He’spuregold beat New Jersey-bred company in his last two races, an allowance race and in the Irish War Cry. Mohs has run twice on turf, losing a maiden race at Delaware by a nose and overcoming a troubled trip to defeat open allowance company by a neck three weeks ago.