Wednesday TimeformUS Highlight Horse: Time to Roll returns to state-bred company for Mike Lee

Saratoga | Race 8 | Post Time 4:38 p.m. (ET)

Sculco's Folly (#1) is likely to attract support in this excellent renewal of the Mike Lee as he exits three consecutive blowout victories. He's won stakes races in each of his last two starts, but the waters get deeper here. He also should encounter a more taxing pace scenario here than he has faced in those recent races. The TimeformUS Pace Projector is predicting a fast pace scenario, which might work against a horse who figures to be under the gun from his rail draw.

Bravaro (#9) figures to get the right trip from his outside post position. This colt is turning back from a trio of two-turn attempts in which connections tried to qualify him for the Kentucky Derby. He didn't run that badly in either the Holy Bull or Wood Memorial, but performed like a horse who probably wants a bit less ground. He also was compromised by a less than ideal trip in that final Aqueduct prep, getting squeezed at the start and finding traffic at a couple of points thereafter. This turnback in distance should suit him, and he figures to play out as a closer in this speed-laden race.

I think the biggest threat to that rival is Time To Roll (#8), who also drops back into New York-bred company after trying open stakes races in his last couple of starts. He hasn't yet won during his 3-year-old campaign, but he's run well each time. He was wide against a rail bias in the Damon Runyon, so he had a legitimate excuse that day. He then gave the talented Igniter all he could handle in the Jimmy Winkfield before showing improved speed with blinkers added in the Bay Shore. He lost to the classy Solitude Dude, but didn't go down to that heavy favorite without a fight. He has to avoid getting involved in a fast pace this time, but Jose Ortiz should have options from this outside post position.