Navy Flag breezed a half-mile over the turf course at the Oklahoma Training Track in 48.66 seconds Friday morning in preparation for a start in the $150,000 Bolton Landing on Aug. Love Reigns has fully recovered from a minor illness she contracted after a trip to the Royal Ascot meeting in England early this summer. The colt debuted with a seven-length win at Churchaill Downs and the repeated with a 12 1/4-length victory in Churchill’s Bashford Manor. Green, a casino operator, uses the nom de course Jackpot Farm. Gulfport got his name from owner Terry Green’s hometown in Mississippi. Joel Rosario will take the riding assignment from trainer Steve Asmussen. The regally bred son of Uncle Mo from Fame and Fortune will be seeking his third straight win. Gulfport is the 4-5 morning-line favorite in a field of five classy 2-year-olds entered for Saturday’s $200,000, Grade II Saratoga Special. Mechanicville’s Chad Brown scored a training double when Klaravich Stable’s Run Up the Score took the second race under Manny Franco and Peter Brant’s Bahamian Club took the seventh for leading rider Irad Ortiz Jr.īrown, a four-time national training champion, has 25 victories so far this season. It was Rice’s fifth win of the meet and Jose Lezcano’s third of the afternoon and eighth of the meeting. Preferred Partners stable and trainer Linda Rice took the ninth race with Smokin’ Hot Kitty, a daughter of Kitten’s Joy from Smoke Signals. In the first race, Im Just Kiddin, a daughter of Justify, justified her backers’ faith when she won at odds of 4-5 for jockey Jose Ortiz and trainer John Kimmel. He spent plenty of time there with Funny Cide and Tiz the Law in past years. Sackatoga Stable’s daughter of Tonalist, Tapple Cider, took the fourth race for trainer Barclay Tagg and jockey Dylan Davis, getting managing partner and Saratoga Springs resident Jack Knowlton back in the winner's circle.
New York-breds that compete slightly below the state-bred stake level also had their opportunities to visit the winner’s circle on the Friday card.
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