The winner of the listed Schuylerville Stakes opening day at Saratoga Race Course, The Queens M G returns within the Aug. 4 $200,000 Adirondack Stakes (G3) for 2-year-old fillies, put in because the second alternative on the morning line at 7-2.
The daughter of freshman sire Thousand Phrases was bought for $3,500 eventually 12 months’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale by Rigoberto Acevedo and made her first begin for proprietor and coach Israel Acevedo. After a debut win April 7 at Keeneland, the filly was bought privately to C Two Racing Secure and Mathis Secure and transferred to the barn of coach Saffie Joseph Jr. As she did within the Schuylerville, the darkish bay/brown filly will break from the far outdoors put up beneath jockey Dylan Davis.
“I do not suppose you’d wish to put her in a spot the place she’s taking dust as a result of she hasn’t carried out that but, however I feel she’s fairly uncomplicated—she will lead, however she would not want the lead,” stated Joseph.
Two different first-crop sires—Unstable and Vekoma —will even be represented within the Adirondack with Aguas de Cristal and Anakarina , respectively.
Aguas de Cristal is owned and skilled by Jorge Delgado and involves the race after a 4 1/2-length maiden rating at Monmouth Park in June. Bred in Kentucky by Woodford Thoroughbreds, she introduced $75,000 on the 2023 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Breaking from put up 6, she’ll be ridden by Javier Castellano and is 12-1 on the morning line.
A homebred owned by Dream Crew One Racing Secure, Anakarina will get Tyler Gaffalione aboard and drew the 7 place within the beginning gate. Educated by Dallas Stewart, the chestnut filly broke her maiden in her second begin over a quick Churchill Downs observe, profitable by three lengths. Like Aguas de Cristal, she’s 12-1 on the morning line.
Coach Jena Antonucci is hoping that her Whatintheliteral (Lord Nelson), winner of the listed Astoria Stakes through the Belmont Stakes Racing Competition at Saratoga, will get off to a greater begin than she did within the Schuylerville, when she stumbled out of the gate, dropping rider Castellano. She will get John Velazquez and can break from put up 1, which may show a problem for the filly whose lone win got here on the lead.
At 8-1 on the morning line, Whatintheliteral is owned by horseOlogy Racing and Craig Steinhart and was bred in Florida by Bella Inizio Farm.
The morning-line favourite at 3-1 is White Sands , owned by Mrs. John Magnier and Linda Shanahan and bred by Newstead Corp. The bay Into Mischief filly received final out by 13 3/4 lengths within the Prairie Gold Juvenile Stakes at Prairie Meadows. Undefeated in two begins, the Wesley Ward trainee is a half sister to a number of grade 1 winner and 2021 champion male sprinter Jackie’s Warrior .
The expensive Italian Soiree (Uncle Mo ) bought for $600,000 on the Ocala Breeders’ March Sale of 2-Yr-Olds in Coaching and is owned by Hit The Bid Racing Secure, Morplay Racing, and Randall Hartley. The 9-2 morning-line third alternative is skilled by John Terranova and might be ridden by Flavien Prat, breaking from put up 2.
Finishing the Adirondack discipline are Atomic Metropolis , Dare to Breeze , and Social Fortress . The Adirondack is the ninth race on Sunday’s card, with a put up time of 5:45 p.m. ET.
Entries: Adirondack S. (G3)
Saratoga Race Course, Sunday, August 04, 2024, Race 9
- Grade III
- 6 1/2f
- Filth
- $200,000
- 2 yo Fillies
- 5:45 PM (native)