Which trainer holds top pair in Sanford Stakes?

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainers Todd Pletcher, Mark Casse, and Steve Asmussen each entered two horses in Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Sanford Stakes, the first of three graded dirt stakes for 2-year-olds at the meet.

Pletcher, a six-time Sanford winner, entered debut winners Lexitonian and Sombeyay, who drew the rail and post 2. Asmussen entered first-out winners Whiskey Echo (post 4) and Bano Solo (post 7), while Casse is going with Dream Maker (post 5) and Strike Silver (post 8), who won their debuts at Churchill Downs a week apart.

The Sanford drew eight, including Knicks Go, a debut winner for Ben Colebrook at Ellis Park on July 4, and Chase Greatness, who won his second start, an off-the-turf race at Churchill on June 21. Chase Greatness, trained by Horacio DePaz, is by More Than Ready, who gave Pletcher his first Sanford victory in 1999.