Faypien gets class relief in Sunday's Smart N Fancy Stakes

A full field of familiar foes has been entered for Sunday's $100,000 Smart N Fancy at 5 ½ furlongs on Saratoga's Mellon turf course.

Looking for some class relief and a surface switch after finishing fifth on the dirt in the Grade 2 Honorable Miss on July 25 is Faypien for the Baoma Corporation and Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert.

Baffert also won two Grade 1 races one day earlier on the 2018 Travers undercard with Abel Tasman in the Personal Ensign and Marley's Freedom in the Ballerina.

A 4-year-old daughter of Ghostzapper, Faypien kicked off her year with a victory in the Harry Henson on March 25 at Sunland Park but failed to reach the winner's circle in her next three starts, including a second-place finish behind La Sardane on the turf in the Garde 3 Intercontinental on June 7 at Belmont Park.

Faypien will leave from post 9 with Luis Saez back in the irons.

Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen entered Chanteline for Ten Broeck Farm and main track only entrant Vertical Oak (scratched).

Seventh in last year's Smart N Fancy, Chanteline most recently finished a good second in the Caress at odds of 11-1. She will leave from post 3 with Ricardo Santana, Jr. riding.

A homebred for owner G. Watts Humphrey, Jr. and trainer Rusty Arnold, Grade 3 winner Morticia will look to improve off a fourth-place finish in the Caress.

The Twirling Candy filly has one win from five starts this year, taking the Penn Ladies Dash on June 2, but has an impressive 6-2-1 record from 10 starts at the distance.

Morticia will leave from post 8 with Jose Lezcano aboard.

Making a return to stakes company is Jc's Shooting Star for Shooting Star Stable and trainer David Donk. The 6-year-old Miracle Man mare started her year with back-to-back fourth-place finishes in the License Fee and Mount Vernon at Belmont Park before winning an optional claiming race on June 20.

Ending her spring campaign with a third-place finish in an optional claiming race at Belmont on July 14, she returned to finish third on August 12 at the Spa in a race taken off the turf.

Jc's Shooting Star will depart from post 11 with Manny Franco aboard.

Also entered in the main body of the field are Tillie's Lilly for Southwind Stables and trainer Jonathan Thomas; Fire Key for Backwards Stable and trainer Pat Kelly; Battle Joined for Courtlandt Farms and trainer Mark Hennig; Girls Know Best for Triton Stable and trainer Eddie Kenneally; Bowie for trainer Bret Calhoun and LNJ Foxwoods; Just Talking for trainer Jason Servis and owner Michael Dubb; Epping Forest for Waterville Lake Stable and trainer Christophe Clement; and Amapola (scratched) for trainer Arnaud Delacour and Lael Stables.

Conquest Tizfire is also eligible. Play Unified and Kirby's Penny are entered for the main track only.