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A pair of prestigious Grade 1 stakes anchors Saturday's card in the 90[SUP]th[/SUP]running of the $500,000 Longines Test for 3-year-old fillies and the 88[SUP]th[/SUP]edition of the $1.25 million Whitney, a "Win and You're In" race for the Breeders' Cup Classic.
Likely for the seven-furlong Test is Take Charge Brandi, last year's juvenile filly champion who will be seeking her fifth straight victory. Trained by Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas, the Willis Horton color-bearer will be making her first start since January, when she won the Martha Washington at Oaklawn Park. As a 2-year-old at Saratoga, Take Charge Brandi finished second in the Grade 3 Schuylerville and fifth in the Grade 2 Adirondack. Other probables include Angela Renee, second and third last year in the Adirondack and Grade 1 Spinaway, respectively; By the Moon, second to Curalina in the Grade 1 Acorn last time out; Jersey Girl winner Cavorting;Irish Jasper, winner of three straight stakes including the Grade 3 Miss Preakness and the Grade 3 Victory Ride; Pleasant Tales, most recently fourth in the Grade 1 Mother Goose; Grade 3 Iowa Oaks heroine Sarah Sis; and So You Say, making her stakes debut. Super Majesty is questionable.
A stellar cast is expected for the 1 1/8-mile Whitney, with seven Grade 1 winners among the nine probablea, including last year's winner, Southern Equine Stable's Moreno. Lining up to challenge him will be Honor Code, a dazzling last-to-first winner of the Metropolitan Handicap last time out;Noble Bird and Lea, first and second in the Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs; 2014 Belmont Stakes winner Tonalist, most recently second in the Grade 2 Suburban Handicap; last year's Travers winner V.E. Day, runner-up in the Grade 2 Brooklyn on June 6; and Wicked Strong, second in the one-mile Forbidden Apple on the turf in his Whitney prep. Also likely are the Todd Pletcher-trained Liam's Map, making his graded stakes debut with a record of 4-1-0 in five starts and Normandy Invasion, with a pair of second-place finishes in two starts this year for trainer Larry Jones.
Also on Saturday's card in the $100,000 Lure at 1 1/16 miles on the turf, which is expected to attract multiple graded stakes winner Vyjack; Under Control, second in an optional claimer at Belmont last time out; Sycamore Lane, getting some class relief after an eighth-place finish in the Grade 1 United Nations in his stakes debut; and Reload, fourth in the Forbidden Apple on July 11. Manchurian High, Hollywood Idol, Heart to Heart, Grand Tito, Fredericksburg and Fixador are also probables.
Rounding out Saturday's stakes action are the $200,000 Fasig-Tipton Waya at 1 ½ miles on the inner turf, and the $100,000 Fasig-Tipton De la Rose at a mile on the turf, both for fillies and mares.
Cat's Claw, Chat, Eastern Belle, Evidently, Nice Number, Queen's Parade, Selenite and White Rose are probable for the Waya, with Llanarmonquestionable. The De la Rose is expected to feature a full field including A Little Bit Sassy, Baffle Me, Daring Kathy, Distorted Beauty, J Wonder, Joint Return, Miss Frost, Nellie Cashman, Pink Poppy, Recepta, Ticking Katie, Token of Love and Tuttipaesi.
Some familiar faces are among the likely starters for Sunday's $100,000 Alydar for 4-year-olds and up going 1 1/8 miles, including Dream Saturday, third in the Grade 1 Carter; multiple graded stakes winner Empire Dreams;Golden Ticket, who dead-heated with Alpha in the Grade 1 Travers in 2012;Mylute, third in the 2013 Preakness; and Neck n' Neck, runner-up in the 2012 Jim Dandy. Matrooh and Souper Lucky are questionable
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Next weekend's graded stakes action kicks off with the 31[SUP]st[/SUP] running of the Grade 2, $200,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame for 3-year-olds going 1 1/16 miles on the turf. Heading the field is Live Oak Plantation's World Approval, who enters the race off a neck victory in the Grade 3 American Derby at Arlington Park for trainer Mark Casse. Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott is expected to run the duo of A Lot, most recently second in the Manila at Belmont Park, and Courtier, who is coming off a six-month layoff following a second-place finish in the Kitten's Joy at Gulfstream Park. Likely also are Sailthehighseas, making his stakes debut, and Vision Perfect, winner of the Woodhaven in April in his lone 2015 start.Gorgeous Bird is questionable. A pair of prestigious Grade 1 stakes anchors Saturday's card in the 90[SUP]th[/SUP]running of the $500,000 Longines Test for 3-year-old fillies and the 88[SUP]th[/SUP]edition of the $1.25 million Whitney, a "Win and You're In" race for the Breeders' Cup Classic.
Likely for the seven-furlong Test is Take Charge Brandi, last year's juvenile filly champion who will be seeking her fifth straight victory. Trained by Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas, the Willis Horton color-bearer will be making her first start since January, when she won the Martha Washington at Oaklawn Park. As a 2-year-old at Saratoga, Take Charge Brandi finished second in the Grade 3 Schuylerville and fifth in the Grade 2 Adirondack. Other probables include Angela Renee, second and third last year in the Adirondack and Grade 1 Spinaway, respectively; By the Moon, second to Curalina in the Grade 1 Acorn last time out; Jersey Girl winner Cavorting;Irish Jasper, winner of three straight stakes including the Grade 3 Miss Preakness and the Grade 3 Victory Ride; Pleasant Tales, most recently fourth in the Grade 1 Mother Goose; Grade 3 Iowa Oaks heroine Sarah Sis; and So You Say, making her stakes debut. Super Majesty is questionable.
A stellar cast is expected for the 1 1/8-mile Whitney, with seven Grade 1 winners among the nine probablea, including last year's winner, Southern Equine Stable's Moreno. Lining up to challenge him will be Honor Code, a dazzling last-to-first winner of the Metropolitan Handicap last time out;Noble Bird and Lea, first and second in the Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs; 2014 Belmont Stakes winner Tonalist, most recently second in the Grade 2 Suburban Handicap; last year's Travers winner V.E. Day, runner-up in the Grade 2 Brooklyn on June 6; and Wicked Strong, second in the one-mile Forbidden Apple on the turf in his Whitney prep. Also likely are the Todd Pletcher-trained Liam's Map, making his graded stakes debut with a record of 4-1-0 in five starts and Normandy Invasion, with a pair of second-place finishes in two starts this year for trainer Larry Jones.
Also on Saturday's card in the $100,000 Lure at 1 1/16 miles on the turf, which is expected to attract multiple graded stakes winner Vyjack; Under Control, second in an optional claimer at Belmont last time out; Sycamore Lane, getting some class relief after an eighth-place finish in the Grade 1 United Nations in his stakes debut; and Reload, fourth in the Forbidden Apple on July 11. Manchurian High, Hollywood Idol, Heart to Heart, Grand Tito, Fredericksburg and Fixador are also probables.
Rounding out Saturday's stakes action are the $200,000 Fasig-Tipton Waya at 1 ½ miles on the inner turf, and the $100,000 Fasig-Tipton De la Rose at a mile on the turf, both for fillies and mares.
Cat's Claw, Chat, Eastern Belle, Evidently, Nice Number, Queen's Parade, Selenite and White Rose are probable for the Waya, with Llanarmonquestionable. The De la Rose is expected to feature a full field including A Little Bit Sassy, Baffle Me, Daring Kathy, Distorted Beauty, J Wonder, Joint Return, Miss Frost, Nellie Cashman, Pink Poppy, Recepta, Ticking Katie, Token of Love and Tuttipaesi.
Some familiar faces are among the likely starters for Sunday's $100,000 Alydar for 4-year-olds and up going 1 1/8 miles, including Dream Saturday, third in the Grade 1 Carter; multiple graded stakes winner Empire Dreams;Golden Ticket, who dead-heated with Alpha in the Grade 1 Travers in 2012;Mylute, third in the 2013 Preakness; and Neck n' Neck, runner-up in the 2012 Jim Dandy. Matrooh and Souper Lucky are questionable
