Brother to Songbird Among Saratoga's Debuting Juveniles

Saratoga Race Course is well-known for being the starting place for many 2-year-olds with noteworthy pedigrees, and Sept. 4 the Spa will welcome OXO Equine's Galt, a full brother to two-time champion Songbird , to the races in a seven-furlong maiden special weight. The maiden race is the seventh on the card and drew a field of 10, plus one also-eligible.

The son of Medaglia d'Oro   out of the graded stakes-winning West Acre  mare Ivanavinalot , was purchased for $400,000 by his owner as a weanling from the 2019 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, where he was consigned by Eaton Sales.

Galt most recently worked a half-mile Aug. 29 in :48.15. He will make his debut for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, who said Galt has developed in his time at Saratoga.

"He's made a lot of progress," Mott said. "He was very backwards when he came in, and he's progressed probably as rapidly as you could possibly expect. He still is a big, gangly colt, but we have enough work into him, and he's improved enough that we think we can get a start in him. He's a big, handsome leggy colt that's come around well enough, and that makes us think we can get him started."

Jockey Joel Rosario has the mount from post 8.

Trainer Todd Pletcher will saddle Misbehaved for owners Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Robert V. LaPenta, who purchased the son of Into Mischief   for $875,000 from the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training from de Meric Sales. He is out of the Medaglia d'Oro mare Loveofalifetime , making him a full brother to graded stakes-placed, Into Mystic , a multiple turf sprint stakes winner.

Misbehaved worked a half-mile from the gate on the Oklahoma training track in :49 1/5 Aug. 21 before drilling another half-mile Aug. 29 over the main track in :47 3/5.

"He's trained like a horse that will run well in his debut," Pletcher said. "His last gate work was particularly good, so hopefully he gets away cleanly and runs the way he's been training."

Luis Saez will ride from post 4.

Gatsas Stables, R. A. Hill Stable, and Swick Stable Olympian  debuts for trainer George Weaver in Saturday's contest.

The American Pharoah   colt is out of the Unbridled's Song  mare Alpha Mama , who produced Alpha Kitten , winner of the 2009 Santa Ynez Stakes (G2).

Javier Castellano will ride from post 5.

Atlantic Thoroughbreds' Atlantic Dancer , a half brother to last year's Arkansas Derby (G1) runner-up King Guillermo , will also debut for trainer Nick Zito. Another American Pharoah colt, the $400,000 Keeneland September Yearling Sale purchase is a 30-1 outsider on the morning line and will be ridden by Tyler Gaffalione from post 7.

Sackatoga Stable's Tiz Eternal goes first out for trainer Barclay Tagg. The Tiznow colt, who drew post 9 at morning-line odds of 15-1, is also a half brother to a grade 2 winner. The $300,000 buy is the only New York-bred in the race.

One race prior in the sixth race, juveniles will contest 1 1/16 miles on the inner turf course and Bass Racing's regally bred Annapolis  will debut for Pletcher. The homebred son of War Front   is out of grade 2 winner My Miss Sophia , who also was grade 1-placed on dirt and turf.

"He's been training well. He seemed to take to the turf course when we breezed him," Pletcher said. We're looking forward to getting him going. He's a big, strong colt. There could be dirt in his future but right now, it looks like he's a little better on the turf."

Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. will ride from post 6.

Mott will send out Juddmonte homebred Calloway Peak. A son of Arrogate , Calloway Peak is out of the Mizzen Mast   mare Filimbi , who was a graded stakes winner at one mile on grass. Filimbi's dam is 2001 Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Flute .

"He's worked well," Mott said "He's still a very immature colt. He's green, but we feel like we'll benefit from getting him started."

Breaking from post 3, Calloway Peak will be piloted by Rosario.

Entries: Race 7 (MSW) at SAR on 9/4/21

Saratoga Race Course, Saturday, September 04, 2021, Race 7

• MSW
• 7f
• Dirt
• $100,000
• 2 yo
• 3:53 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Trafalgar (KY)	John R. Velazquez	119	Albert M. Stall, Jr.	10/1
2	2Classic Causeway (KY)	Jose L. Ortiz	119	Brian A. Lynch	6/1
3	3Ten Gauge (KY)	Ricardo Santana, Jr.	119	Steven M. Asmussen	5/1
4	4Misbehaved (KY)	Luis Saez	119	Todd A. Pletcher	7/2
5	5Olympian (KY)	Javier Castellano	119	George Weaver	6/1
8	8Galt (KY)	Joel Rosario	119	William I. Mott	4/1
9	9Tiz Eternal (NY)	Eric Cancel	119	Barclay Tagg	15/1
10	10Brigadier General (KY)	Manuel Franco	119	Dallas Stewart	5/1

Entries: Race 6 (MSW) at SAR on 9/4/21

Saratoga Race Course, Saturday, September 04, 2021, Race 6

• MSW
• 1 1/16m
• Inner turf
• $100,000
• 2 yo
• 3:22 PM (local)

PP	Horse	Jockey	Wgt	Trainer	M/L
1	1Faith Runner (KY)	Manuel Franco	119	Dallas Stewart	30/1
2	2I'll Figure It Out (KY)	Jose L. Ortiz	119	Dermot Magner	12/1
3	3Calloway Peak (KY)	Joel Rosario	119	William I. Mott	8/1
4	4Southern Sense (KY)	Junior Alvarado	119	Dale L. Romans	20/1
5	5Curbstone (KY)	Ricardo Santana, Jr.	119	Brendan P. Walsh	10/1
6	6Annapolis (KY)	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	119	Todd A. Pletcher	2/1
7	7Irish Sea (KY)	Dylan Davis	119	Claude R. McGaughey III	15/1
8	8Nyquest Nix (KY)	Luis Saez	119	Mark E. Casse	5/1
9	9Ohtwoohthreefive (KY)	Eric Cancel	119	George Weaver	3/1
10	10Beloved Warrior (KY)	Tyler Gaffalione	119	Danny Gargan	8/1