Nine sophomore fillies will tackle the Virginia Oaks, led by the undefeated Tasting the Stars and last-out winner Gardenista.
A field of nine, headed by stakes winner English Bee, one of three trained by Graham Motion, will tackle Saturday’s G3 Virginia Derby.
With a smaller group of horses at the Spa than in previous years, trainer Graham Motion is nevertheless enjoying a banner Saratoga summer.
Trainer Graham Motion – in search of his first-ever win in the G3 Kent Stakes Saturday – has three shots to win it.
Divisidero, a Grade 1 winner, is one of four graded winners in the $100,000 Prince George’s County Stakes Sunday at Laurel Park.
Maryland-based trainer Graham Motion (Just Howard) and Virginia-raised Jonathan Thomas (Catholic Boy) bookend the Dixie in multiple ways.
Trainer Graham Motion hopes to defend his Pimlico Special title this year with Flying the Flag.
Bridgetown Stakes winner Regally Irish, from the same family as Irish War Cry, could land next in the James Murphy on the Preakness undercard.
The alliance between PETA and The Stronach Group, building for five years, has some in the industry worrying about what happens after Santa Anita.
Three-time stakes winner Alwaysmining will try two turns for the first time in what could be a step towards the three-year-old classics Saturday in the Private Terms Stakes.