Mitole, Other Top Sprinters in Spotlight Saturday

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Photo: Coglianese Photos/Joe Labozzetta
Mitole will be favored in the Alfred G. Vanderbilt July 27 at Saratoga Race Course

Each Saturday NTRA and BloodHorse provide a one-stop guide to the day's graded stakes races. Races are listed in chronological order (all times Eastern). Click on links for full preview.

10:40 a.m.—£1.25 million Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) at Ascot (TVG)

The most anticipated race thus far in the European racing season will take place at Ascot when champion mare Enable faces a bevy of group 1 winners including Crystal Ocean, Dafoe, Anthony Van Dyck, Waldgeist, and Cheval Grand among 11 starters in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Saturday's winner will receive an automatic berth into the Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) through the international Breeders' Cup Challenge.   

Entries: from Racing Post

5:44 p.m.—$350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt (G1) at Saratoga Race Course (FS2 and TVG)

Two of the country's finest sprinters will square off in the 35th running of the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap when Mitole, winner of seven straight, faces defending Vanderbilt-winner Imperial Hint. Mitole enters Saturday's test from a pair of grade 1 victories including his most recent score in the Metropolitan Handicap, where he defeated five grade/group 1-winners.


Entries: Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. (G1)

Saratoga Race Course, Saturday, July 27, 2019, Race 9

  • Grade I
  • 6f
  • Dirt
  • $350,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 5:44 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Mitole (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Ricardo Santana, Jr. 125 Steven M. Asmussen 1/1
2 2Strike Power (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate John R. Velazquez 117 Mark A. Hennig 6/1
3 3Imperial Hint (FL) Javier Castellano 123 Luis Carvajal, Jr. 3/1
4 4Firenze Fire (FL) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 118 Jason Servis 9/2
5 5Mr. Crow (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jose L. Ortiz 116 Ben Colebrook 15/1
6 6Diamond Oops (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Julien R. Leparoux 116 Patrick L. Biancone 12/1
7 7Do Share (KY) Luis Saez 116 Michael J. Maker 15/1

6:18 p.m.—$250,000 Bowling Green Stakes (G2T) at Belmont Park (FS2 and TVG)

Woodslane Farm's $2-million earner Sadler's Joy makes his seasonal debut in an contentious renewal of the Bowling Green, a 1 3/8-mile test for older horses on the inner turf. Trained by Tom Albertrani, Sadler's Joy rallied from last-of-13 to finish third in the Breeders' Cup Turf Nov. 3. 


Entries: Bowling Green S. (G2T)

Saratoga Race Course, Saturday, July 27, 2019, Race 10

  • Grade II
  • 1 3/8m
  • Inner turf
  • $250,000
  • 4 yo's & up
  • 6:18 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Arklow (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Florent Geroux 122 Brad H. Cox 9/2
2 2Sadler's Joy (KY) Javier Castellano 120 Thomas Albertrani 6/1
3 3Ya Primo (CHI) Jose L. Ortiz 122 Chad C. Brown 8/1
4 4Catcho En Die (ARG) Eric Cancel 120 Naipaul Chatterpaul 50/1
5 5Channel Maker (ON)Keeneland Sales Graduate Joel Rosario 124 William I. Mott 7/2
6 6Highland Sky (KY) Manuel Franco 118 Barclay Tagg 20/1
7 7Argonne (KY) Junior Alvarado 118 H. James Bond 30/1
8 8Zulu Alpha (KY) Jose Lezcano 124 Michael J. Maker 10/1
9 9Red Knight (NY) Julien R. Leparoux 118 William I. Mott 12/1
10 10Channel Cat (KY) Luis Saez 122 Todd A. Pletcher 12/1
11 11Olympico (FR) John R. Velazquez 120 Chad C. Brown 10/1
12 12Focus Group (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Irad Ortiz, Jr. 122 Chad C. Brown 8/1
13 13Bigger Picture (KY) Tyler Gaffalione 124 Michael J. Maker 10/1

6:51 p.m.—$600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga Race Course (FS2 and TVG)

After running in all three legs of the Triple Crown, Preakness Stakes (G1) winner War of Will will again face top-level talent as part of a six-horse field in the Jim Dandy. Juddmonte Farms' Belmont Stakes (G1) runner-up Tacitus is also back in action for the first time since the "Test of the Champion."


Entries: Jim Dandy S. Presented by NYRA Bets (G2)

Saratoga Race Course, Saturday, July 27, 2019, Race 11

  • Grade II
  • 1 1/8m
  • Dirt
  • $600,000
  • 3 yo
  • 6:51 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Laughing Fox (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Ricardo Santana, Jr. 118 Steven M. Asmussen 15/1
2 2Tax (KY) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 120 Danny Gargan 8/1
3 3Mihos (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Junior Alvarado 118 James A. Jerkens 15/1
4 4Global Campaign (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Luis Saez 120 Stanley M. Hough 2/1
5 5Tacitus (KY) Jose L. Ortiz 122 William I. Mott 7/5
6 6War of Will (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Tyler Gaffalione 124 Mark E. Casse 5/2

8:30 p.m.—$300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) at Del Mar (TVG)

A field of eight was entered for the Bing Crosby including Air Strike and Cistron, the one-two finishers from the grade 2 Triple Bend at Santa Anita Park in May. 


Entries: Bing Crosby S. (G1)

Del Mar, Saturday, July 27, 2019, Race 8

  • Grade I
  • 6f
  • Dirt
  • $300,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 5:39 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Calexman (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Geovanni Franco 119 Vladimir Cerin 15/1
2 2Desert Law (CA) Rafael Bejarano 119 Carla Gaines 12/1
3 3Cistron (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Victor Espinoza 121 John W. Sadler 5/2
4 4Line Judge (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Drayden Van Dyke 119 Peter Miller 8/1
5 5Air Strike (KY) Norberto Arroyo, Jr. 121 Philip D'Amato 4/1
6 6Chief Cicatriz (KY) Ruben Fuentes 119 Shawn H. Davis 12/1
7 7Recruiting Ready (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Flavien Prat 119 Stanley M. Hough 2/1
8 8Jalen Journey (FL) Mike E. Smith 119 Peter Miller 6/1