More than 100 New York-breds will take center stage at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 25 for New York Showcase Day, featuring an all state-bred card that includes six stakes worth $1.15 million.
Following is a brief look at each of the six stakes and entries.
* An accomplished field of stakes winners will comprise the $200,000 Fleet Indian Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on the main track to start the day's stakes action as race 3. Making her stakes debut in the five-horse field is Alpha Delta Stables' Sunset Ridge, who has won her first three races. She will face three-time stakes winner and grade 2-placed Bonita Bianca, who is campaigned by Michael Dubb, Bethlehem Stables, and Michael Imperio. Saratoga Race Course, Friday, August 25, 2017, Race 3
Entries: Fleet Indian S.
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Five Each Way (NY) Manuel Franco 117 H. Graham Motion 6/1 2 2Sunset Ridge (NY) Jose L. Ortiz 119 Chad C. Brown 1/5 3 3Danielle's Pride (NY) Junior Alvarado 117 Richard Metivier 30/1 4 4Somekindasexy (NY) Rajiv Maragh 117 Chad Summers 12/1 5 5Bonita Bianca (NY) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 124 Rudy R. Rodriguez 4/1
*Gary Barber's What a Catch will try to pick up his second straight stakes win when he faces an expected seven other juveniles in the $200,000 Funny Cide Stakes at 6 1/2 furlongs, carded as Race 5. Trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden in his two career starts by Hall of Famer John Velazquez, the chestnut colt by Justin Phillip won his stakes debut in the Rockville Center Stakes by a length July 15 at Belmont Park to back up his 5 1/2-length maiden-breaking win June 2. Saratoga Race Course, Friday, August 25, 2017, Race 5
Entries: Funny Cide S.
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Mr. Pete (NY) Jose L. Ortiz 121 James T. Ryerson 8/1 2 2Analyze the Odds (NY) Manuel Franco 121 Todd A. Pletcher 10/1 3 3Aveenu Malcainu (NY) Luis Saez 121 Jeremiah C. Englehart 7/2 4 4Smokin Platinum (NY) Joel Rosario 117 Bart G. Hone 4/1 5 5Alien Invasion (NY) Tyler Gaffalione 121 Michael J. Maker 20/1 6 6Morning Breez (NY) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 121 Carlos F. Martin 5/1 7 7Inalienable Rights (NY) Junior Alvarado 121 Mark A. Hennig 6/1 8 8What a Catch (NY) John R. Velazquez 121 Todd A. Pletcher 5/2
* Dubb and Bethlehem Stables' grade 3 winner Fourstar Crook will bring her eight-race win streak into the 38th running of the $150,000 Yaddo Stakes for fillies and mares on the Mellon Turf Course. The 5-year-old daughter of Freud has won four straight stakes races including the Dr. James Penny Memorial Handicap (G3T) at Parx Racing and last year's Yaddo. Hall of Fame rider Javier Castellano will ride the Chad Brown trainee. Saratoga Race Course, Friday, August 25, 2017, Race 7
Entries: Yaddo S.
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Literata (NY) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 123 Rudy R. Rodriguez 5/2 2 2Bar of Gold (NY) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 116 John C. Kimmel 7/2 3 3Flipcup (NY) John R. Velazquez 116 William I. Mott 10/1 4 4Feeling Bossy (NY) Luis Saez 118 James A. Jerkens 8/1 5 5First Charmer (NY) Julien R. Leparoux 116 Richard Metivier 30/1 6 6Jet Majesty (NY) Jose Lezcano 116 David Jacobson 20/1 7 7Ack Naughty (NY) Joel Rosario 118 Chad C. Brown 4/1 8 8Fourstar Crook (NY) Javier Castellano 123 Chad C. Brown 7/5 9 9Barrel of Dreams (NY) Jose L. Ortiz 116 Charlton Baker 15/1 10 10Freudie Anne (NY) Feargal Lynch 118 Thomas Morley 8/1
* Gold Star Racing Stable, Matthew Hand, and Brian McKenzie's I Still Miss You will look to get back to the winner's circle, leading an expected field of nine juvenile fillies in the $200,000 Seeking the Ante Stakes as Race 8. Winner of the Astoria Stakes in June, the Majestic Warrior filly finished second in the Lynbrook Stakes at Belmont to Pure Silver, who returned to post a 9 1/2-length victory in the grade 2 Adirondack Stakes last time out. Trained by Jeremiah Englehart, I Still Miss You will depart from post 8 with Castellano aboard. Saratoga Race Course, Friday, August 25, 2017, Race 8
Entries: Seeking the Ante S.
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1One Last Cast (NY) John R. Velazquez 121 Todd A. Pletcher 15/1 2 2Beaux Arts (NY) Manuel Franco 121 Russell J. Cash 20/1 3 3Pauseforthecause (NY) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 121 Kiaran P. McLaughlin 6/1 4 4Miss Mystique (NY) Rajiv Maragh 121 Leah Gyarmati 12/1 5 5Cause We Are Loyal (NY) Mario Gutierrez 121 Doug F. O'Neill 6/1 6 6Tudox Lifting Off (NY) Ricardo Santana, Jr. 121 Ron G. Potts 20/1 7 7Newport Breeze (NY) Jose L. Ortiz 121 Peter Eurton 5/1 8 8I Still Miss You (NY) Javier Castellano 121 Jeremiah C. Englehart 8/5 9 9Trouble for Skylar (NY) Kendrick Carmouche 121 Danny Gargan 7/2
* As Race 9, the $150,000 West Point Stakes presented by Trustco Bank will again feature long-time rivals King Kreesa and Kharafa, who finished one-two respectively in last year's contest at 1 1/16 miles on the turf. Multiple graded stakes winner King Kreesa will break from post 2 with regular rider Jose Ortiz. The 7-year-old gelding Kharafa will break from post 5 with jockey Joe Bravo. Saratoga Race Course, Friday, August 25, 2017, Race 9
Entries: West Point S. Presented by Trustco Bank
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Royal Posse (NY) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 123 Rudy R. Rodriguez 9/2 2 2King Kreesa (NY) Jose L. Ortiz 118 Linda Rice 6/1 3 3Get Jets (NY) John R. Velazquez 116 Anthony W. Dutrow 3/1 4 4Macagone (NY) Joel Rosario 123 William I. Mott 8/1 5 5Kharafa (NY) Joe Bravo 118 Timothy A. Hills 4/1 6 6All Is Number (NY) Florent Geroux 116 Thomas M. Bush 30/1 7 7Changewilldoyagood (NY) Dylan Davis 118 Bruce N. Levine 12/1 8 8Black Tide (NY) Jose Lezcano 118 David A. Cannizzo 20/1 9 9Offering Plan (NY) Javier Castellano 123 Chad C. Brown 2/1 10 10Fox Rules (NY) Kendrick Carmouche 118 David A. Cannizzo 12/1
* Highweight in the field for the $250,000 Albany Stakes for 3-year-olds is Twisted Tom, winner of the New York Derby at Finger Lakes Race Track July 22 last time out, following the Creative Cause gelding's sixth-place effort in the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1). The Chad Brown trainee will break from post 4 with Castellano aboard. Saratoga Race Course, Friday, August 25, 2017, Race 10
Entries: Albany S.
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Dynamax Prime (NY) Rajiv Maragh 117 George Weaver 15/1 2 2D'yer Mak'er (NY) Tyler Gaffalione 117 Nicholas P. Zito 30/1 3 3Can You Diggit (NY) Jose L. Ortiz 117 James A. Jerkens 8/1 4 4Twisted Tom (NY) Javier Castellano 124 Chad C. Brown 8/5 5 5Broken Engagement (NY) Paco Lopez 117 Rudy R. Rodriguez 5/2 6 6Pat On the Back (NY) Dylan Davis 119 Kenneth G. McPeek 6/1 7 7Minsky Moment (NY) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 117 Chad C. Brown 3/1
