Morning Report: Chad Summers, Katie McCarthy and Blake Cox

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Horse Racing Nation's Andrew Capone has been hitting the backside all summer to talk to connections at Saratoga.

In his final Morning Report of the meet, he talks to trainer Chad Summers, jockey Katie Davis McCarthy and Blake Cox, assistant trainer for his father, Brad Cox. 

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Summers discusses how a chance meeting in Dubai led to him training Meraas (GB), a five-time winner in England and Dubai who makes his first North American start Saturday at Saratoga.

McCarthy describes her feelings Friday when she rode in her first race in 18 months after giving birth to a baby girl and the usually friendly rivalry she enjoys with her husband, jockey Trevor McCarthy.

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Cox talks about favored Mo Strike's preparations for Monday's $300,000 Hopeful (G1) and the lessons learned from the colt's victory in the Sanford earlier in the Saratoga meet.

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