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Sunday, September 1, 2024
Saratoga (New York):
Kentucky Downs (Kentucky):
Del Mar (California):
Saratoga (New York):
- Handle: $27.7 million.
- Lane Luzzi began the meet 0-for-65 but won consecutive races over the past two days. This time he picked up a Javier Castellano mount who is injured. Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito with his second win of 2024.
- Irad Ortiz, Jr. secured the riders' title at the meet with five victories. He rode every race but the finale and ended the penultimate date of the meet 12 5-2-1.
- Flavien Prat, who could be with Irad Ortiz, Jr. as the top two honored for Jockey of the Year in North America, was cold today until winning with his final two mounts. Prat set a record for most graded stakes win at a Saratoga meet with 13.
- Chad Brown added two more turf wins to his collection.
- Race 12: Highland Falls (Flavien Prat/Brad Cox) won the Grade I $1,000,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup. The winning connections received an invite to the Breeders' Cup.
- Race 11: Running Bee (Irad Ortiz, Jr./Chad Brown) won the $150,000 Bernard Baruch Stakes.
Kentucky Downs (Kentucky):
- Race 10: Chasing Liberty (Florent Geroux/Rob Atras) won the National Thoroughbred League Juvenile Sprint Stakes at 22-to-1 following a DQ to original winner Under Who's Radar (Jose Ortiz/Michael Maker).
Del Mar (California):
- Handle: $15,000,000+
- Race 8: Formidable Man (Umberto Rispoli/Michael McCarthy) won the Grade 2 $300,000 Del Mar Derby.
- Race 7: Muth (Juan Hernandez/Bob Baffert) won the $125,000 Shared Belief Stakes. The $2,000,000 Good Magic colt has not lost in three starts this year and is 7 5-2-0 lifetime. He was last out in March at Oaklawn.
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