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Posted on Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Commentator, ridden by jockey John Velazquez, lead all the way to win the 81st running of the $750,000 Whitney Handicap (G1), the Opening Weekend feature at Saratoga Race Course, by 4 3/4-lengths.
The Whitney Handicap is part of the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win & You’re In” series which means its winner, Commentator, will automatically become one of the Breeders’s Cup horses allowed to race in the Breeders’ Cup Classic on October 25 at Santa Anita.
Racing 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.23, Commentator paid $10.80, $6.20 and $4.30. Second place Student Council, under jockey Shaun Bridgmohan, returned $7.60 and $4.70. Grasshopper with jockey Robby Albarado is back in third showing $4.80.
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Breeders’ Cup Challenge: Whitney Handicap at Saratoga on Saturday, July 26
Posted on Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Saturday afternoon, on a day when Saratoga Race Course will offer a record of more than $1.7 million in purses, Tracy Farmer’s Commentator enters the starting gate against 10 rivals for the 81st running of the $750,000 Whitney Handicap (G1) for 3-year-olds and up at 9 furlongs.
The Whitney Handicap is 1 of 4 graded stakes on Saturday’s card that is part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” series. The Whitney Handicap winner will be one of the Breeders’ Cup horses for the Breeders’ Cup Classic on October 25 at Santa Anita Park.
Saratoga’s Whitney Handicap field of horses with jockeys and weight:
Commentator under jockey John Velazquez carries 120 lbs.- Solar Flare (ARG) under jockey Gabriel Saez, 115 lbs.
- Notional under jockey Edgar Prado, 116 lbs.
- Cowtown Cat under jockey Rafael Bejarano, 114 lbs.
- Merchant Marine under jockey Rajiv Maragh, 113 lbs.
- Tasteyville under jockey Michael Luzzi, 115 lbs.
- Rising Moon under jockey Cornelio Velasquez, 115 lbs.
- Grasshopper under jockey Robby Albarado, 116 lbs.
- A. P. Arrow under jockey Ramon Dominguez, 116 lbs.
- Student Council under jockey Shaun Bridgmohan, 117 lbs.
- Timber Reserve under jockey Javier Castellano, 115 lbs.
The Whitney Handicap is the 10th of 11 horse races in Saratoga’s July 26 card. Whitney Handicap post time is 5:46 pm Eastern.
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Saratoga Opening Weekend Stakes Schedule
Posted on Friday, July 18th, 2008
Saratoga Race Course will open its 140th horse racing season on Wednesday, July 23.
On Saturday, July 26, the 81st running of the $750,000 Whitney Handicap (G1) is the feature on a full card that includes two other Grade 1 horse races and a Grade 2 race, all part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” series where the winners will automatically become Breeders’ Cup entries.
On Sunday, the $500,000 Jim Dandy (G2) for 3-year-olds at 9 furlongs, features Da’Tara, upset winner of the Belmont Stakes on June 7, when he ruined Big Brown’s chance to become racing’s 12th Triple Crown winner.
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Breeders’ Cup Challenge: Notional Wins Salvator Mile at Monmouth Park
Posted on Saturday, July 5th, 2008
J. Paul Reddam’s Notional captured the $300,000 Salvator Mile Stakes (G3). The Salvator Mile is one of the 2 Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” events at Monmouth Park on Saturday, July 5. The Salvator Mile winner Notional has a starting date in the $1-million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile to be held on October 25 at Santa Anita Park.
Notional, ridden by jockey Joe Bravo and sent off at 7-1 in the field of 6, raced the 1 mile over a fast track in 1:35 4/5 and paid $17.80, $5.40 and $2.80. Gottcha Gold, last year’s Salvator Mile winner and the 4-5 favorite, paid $2.60 to place and $2.10 to show. Honest Man was two and a quarter lengths farther back and returned $2.60 to show. Indy Wind, the second choice, finished fourth.
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