New York Breeders' Showcase Day Set for the Spa

New York-breds are set to take over Saratoga Race Course Aug. 23, with six stakes worth $1.15 million highlighting New York Breeders' Showcase Day.

Ten 3-year-olds are entered for the featured race, the $250,000 Albany Stakes. Winchell Thoroughbreds and Willis Horton Racing's Bankit enters Friday's 1 1/8-mile event off his July 24 New York Derby victory at Finger Lakes. It was the second stakes win for the Central Banker  colt, who also took the Sleepy Hollow Stakes last fall at Belmont Park.

New York Derby runner-up Not That Brady also is entered in the Albany. The Big Brown  gelding, owned by Michael Imperio, Lianna Stables, R. A. Hill Stables, and Rudy Rodriguez, was a head shy of winning the Withers Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct Racetrack when on the Triple Crown trail early this year. Not That Brady's most recent victory came in the Dec. 31 Damon Runyon Stakes at Aqueduct.

Jerold Zaro's Blindwillie McTell is a three-time stakes winner against New York-bred company, and last finished fourth when stretched out around two turns in the New York Derby. Gatsas Stables, R. A. Hill Stable, and Swick Stable's Funny Guy opened his season with a victory in the New York Stallion Stakes series and has finished second in three consecutive black-type events since. Friday will be his first time past a mile.

Six sophomore fillies will run the same distance in the $200,000 Fleet Indian Stakes, with Richie Rich Racing Stable and Jackie Stauffer's Wait a Minute looking to make it three in a row. The Discreetly Mine filly led every step of the New York Oaks last out, and ran away with a Finger Lakes allowance by 23 1/4 lengths July 8.

Bad Boy Racing's Kid Is Frosty brings a consistent record with her, having never finished off the board in nine starts. The daughter of Frost Giant  switches back to the main track after two turf wins in New York Stallion Series stakes. Beach Haven Thoroughbreds' Newly Minted, undefeated in her fist three of four starts, will make her two-turn debut.

Two-year-olds will sprint 6 1/2 furlongs in the $200,000 Funny Cide Stakes and $200,000 Seeking the Ante Stakes, the latter for fillies.

E.V. Racing Stable's Sky of Hook leads the six Funny Cide entries off a nose victory in the July 17 Rick Violette Stakes at Saratoga. The Tapiture  colt got up in the shadow of the wire to remain undefeated in two starts. That effort followed a head victory May 10 at Belmont after veering out in the stretch and then rushing from fourth.

Gold Square's My Italian Rabbi tops six fillies in the Seeking the Ante after winning Saratoga's Stillwater Stakes by a nose July 18. The daughter of Competitive Edge  pressed Nice Guy Stables and Steve Hornstock's Fierce Lady before nipping the frontrunner at the wire. Fierce Lady will also be back in Friday's race.

Saratoga also has two turf stakes carded for Friday: the $150,000 West Point Stakes Presented by Trustco Bank and $150,000 Yaddo Stakes. Both races will be run at 1 1/16 miles on the turf for 3-year-olds and up, with the Yaddo for fillies and mares.

Oak Bluff Stables' Therapist, a six-time stakes winner in 13 starts, opened his season April 27 when he rallied to a neck victory on yielding Belmont turf in the Elusive Quality Stakes. The 4-year-old Freud  gelding came back to run fourth in the Kingston Stakes May 27 when six wide and third in a 1 1/16-mile allowance optional claimer July 3 after stalking the pace.

Barry Schwartz' Voodoo Song, who won the 2018 Fourstardave Handicap (G1T) a year ago, is looking for his first on-the-board finish in four starts since that top effort. The 5-year-old son of English Channel  faded from first to seventh last out in the Aug. 3 Fasig-Tipton Lure Stakes at the Spa.

Peter Brant's Fifty Five looks tough to beat in the Yaddo. Since finishing third in last year's edition, the 5-year-old Get Stormy  mare has won four straight stakes against other New York-breds. Brown last sent Fifty Five out in the July 2 Dr. James Penny Memorial (G3) at Parx Racing, where she missed by half a length. The grade 3 winner has only been out of the money once in 19 starts.

Entries: Fleet Indian S.

Saratoga Race Course, Friday, August 23, 2019, Race 3

• STK
• 1 1/8m
• Dirt
• $200,000
• 3 yo Fillies
• 2:06 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Maiden Beauty (NY)	Luis Saez	120	Gary C. Contessa	8/1
2	2Newly Minted (NY)	Jose Lezcano	120	Linda Rice	6/5
3	3Elegant Zip (NY)	Manuel Franco	118	David G. Donk	15/1
4	4Wait a Minute (NY)	Jose Baez	123	Jackie Stauffer	6/1
5	5Behind the Couch (NY)	Jose L. Ortiz	118	Jeremiah C. Englehart	5/2
6	6Kid Is Frosty (NY)	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	123	Brad H. Cox	7/2

Entries: Yaddo S.

Saratoga Race Course, Friday, August 23, 2019, Race 5

• STK
• 1 1/16m
• Inner turf
• $150,000
• 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
• 3:10 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Fifty Five (NY)	Javier Castellano	124	Chad C. Brown	1/1
2	2English Soul (NY)	Manuel Franco	118	Raymond Handal	4/1
3	3Wegetsdamunnys (NY)	Joel Rosario	118	Christophe Clement	5/1
4	4Belle of the Spa (NY)	Dylan Davis	118	Bruce R. Brown	30/1
5	5Take Charge Aubrey (NY)	Rider TBA	120	Bruce N. Levine	9/5
6	6Munchkin Money (NY)	Junior Alvarado	120	Christophe Clement	3/1
7	7Held Accountable (NY)	Eric Cancel	118	Philip M. Serpe	20/1
8	8Out of Orbit (NY)	Luis Saez	124	Philip M. Serpe	2/1
9	9Kreesie (NY)	Jose L. Ortiz	122	David G. Donk	12/1

Entries: Seeking the Ante S.

Saratoga Race Course, Friday, August 23, 2019, Race 7

• STK
• 6 1/2f
• Dirt
• $200,000
• 2 yo Fillies
• 4:14 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Violent Point (NY)	John R. Velazquez	122	Mark E. Casse	5/1
2	2Big Q (NY)	Jose Lezcano	122	Gary P. Gullo	6/1
3	3Time Limit (NY)	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	122	Michael J. Maker	10/1
4	4Wharf Cat (NY)	Luis R. Reyes	122	Oscar S. Barrera, III	20/1
5	5Fierce Lady (NY)	Javier Castellano	122	Dermot Magner	1/1
6	6My Italian Rabbi (NY)	Luis Saez	122	Jeremiah C. Englehart	2/1

Entries: Funny Cide S.

Saratoga Race Course, Friday, August 23, 2019, Race 8

• STK
• 6 1/2f
• Dirt
• $200,000
• 2 yo
• 4:46 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Bull of Bayern (NY)	Ricardo Santana, Jr.	122	Rudy R. Rodriguez	12/1
2	2No Lime (NY)	Junior Alvarado	122	William I. Mott	15/1
3	3City Man (NY)	Joel Rosario	122	Christophe Clement	3/1
4	4Mission Wrapitup (NY)	Dylan Davis	122	Bruce R. Brown	5/1
5	5Opportunist (NY)	Tyler Gaffalione	122	Mark E. Casse	10/1
6	6Theitalianamerican (NY)	Javier Castellano	118	Gary C. Contessa	10/1
7	7Cleon Jones (NY)	Jorge A. Vargas, Jr.	122	Jeremiah C. Englehart	8/1
8	8Sky of Hook (NY)	Luis Saez	122	Rudy R. Rodriguez	4/1
9	9Listentoyourheart (NY)	Manuel Franco	122	Christophe Clement	7/2

Entries: West Point S. Presented by Trustco Bank

Saratoga Race Course, Friday, August 23, 2019, Race 9

• STK
• 1 1/16m
• Inner turf
• $150,000
• 3 yo's & up
• 5:18 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Therapist (NY)	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	124	Christophe Clement	5/2
2	2Hoboe (NY)	John R. Velazquez	118	David G. Donk	10/1
3	3Offering Plan (NY)	Javier Castellano	122	Chad C. Brown	8/5
4	4Rapt (NY)	Manuel Franco	118	Robert Ribaudo	12/1
5	5Mo Maverick (NY)	Luis Saez	118	David A. Cannizzo	12/1
6	6Everyonelovesjames (NY)	Eric Cancel	118	Jonathan E. Sheppard	20/1
7	7Voodoo Song (NY)	Jose L. Ortiz	122	Linda Rice	6/1
8	8Dot Matrix (NY)	Joel Rosario	122	Brad H. Cox	9/2