Infinite Wisdom gives Lynch first win of Saratoga meet in John's Call

Trainer Brian Lynch got off the Saratoga schneid with Infinite Wisdom's one-length victory in the John's Call at 1 5/8 miles on the Mellon turf Wednesday.

Infinite Wisdom's gate-to-wire win marked the first victory in 20 starts during the Saratoga meet for the Lynch barn, who saddled three runners-up, including Loose On the Town in the Tale of the Cat and Belmont Stakes runner Meantime against allowance company on August 19.

"It's always a sense of relief and maybe the wins will start flowing now," Lynch said.

Infinite Wisdom, a 6-year-old son of Smart Strike, registered his first career stakes win.

"He came out of it in good order," Lynch said. "He's always been crying out to get a lot more ground. You always have limited opportunities to try him over those sorts of distances. Fortunately, we had a chance to try him there yesterday and he came out on top."

Infinite Wisdom has finished in the money in four of his last five races and won his first start at 1 5/8 miles, prompting Lynch to say he will have to look nationally to find long-distance races for his next spot.

"Those spots are hard to find and you have to ship to get them, but I find the older he gets, the better he gets," he said. "We just have to look for those marathon races. He ships well. He's a real easy keeper and laid back. That's why he's ideal to run in those races."

Unchained Melody, who was eased as a precaution in last Saturday's Grade 1 Alabama, got some good news after being examined at Cornell Ruffian Equine Specialists in Elmont, New York earlier in the week, Lynch said.

"She got a clean bill of health on the nuclear scan," Lynch said. "There was nothing significant that lit up on her, so we're very pleased about that."

Unchained Melody was coming off a victory in the Grade 2 Mother Goose on July 1 at Belmont Park. The 3-year-old Smart Strike filly is currently at Belmont as Lynch plots her next steps.

"We're certainly in the regroup stage with her before we make any decisions, but hopefully we won't be too far away from that," Lynch said. "We'll get her back on the track and hopefully get it all turned around."