NYRA lists probable fields for Whitney, other upcoming Saratoga stakes
The handicap division will be back in the spotlight a week from Saturday when Saratoga hosts the Grade 1, $1.2 million Whitney Stakes, which marks the two-turn debut by the highest-earning New York-bred horse of all time, Mind Your Biscuits.
A strong supporting cast will surround the Chad Summers trainee, according to probables provided by the New York Racing Association.
Here's what's ahead at the Spa:
Probable: Cairenn (Graham Motion); Heavenly Score (John Terranova); Impasse (D. Wayne Lukas); Torrent (Ron Moquett); Treble (Moquett); Wheatfield (Nick Zito); Wonderment (Kenny McPeek); Yorkiepoo Princess (Eddie Barker); Your Love (Chad Brown)
Thursday, August 2: The $100,000 Birdstone
Probable: Archanova (Ian Wilkes); Big Dollar Bill (Wilkes); Carlino (Mark Hennig); Hard Study (Todd Pletcher)
Possible: Backsideofthemoon (Leo O'Brien); You're to Blame (Pletcher)
Friday, August 3: Grade 2, $200,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame
Probable: Combatant (Steve Asmussen); Gemonteer (Jena Antonucci); Gidu (Pletcher); Maraud (Pletcher); Raging Bull (Brown); Sand Dancer (Tim Hills); Sniper Kitten (Mike Maker); Up the Ante (Christophe Clement)
Saturday, August 4: Grade 1, $1.2 million Whitney
Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" for Classic Division
Probable: Backyard Heaven (Brown); Dalmore (Bob Hess, Jr.); Good Samaritan (Bill Mott); McCraken (Wilkes); Mind Your Biscuits (Chad Summers); Tapwrit (Pletcher)
Possible: Yoshida (Mott), Diversify (Rick Violette)
Saturday, August 4: Grade 1, $500,000 Test
Probable: Classy Act (Bret Calhoun); Dixie Serenade (Eddie Coletti, Jr.); Kelly's Humor (Brad Cox); Mia Mischief (Asmussen); Minit to Stardom (Al Stall, Jr.); Separationofpowers (Brown); Smokinpaddylassie (Coletti); Spectator (Michelle Nevin); Take Charge Paula (Kiaran McLaughlin)
Saturday, August 4: Grade 3, $200,000 Fasig-Tipton Waya
Probable: Homeland Security (Brown); Lottie (Motion); Mom's On Strike (Joe Sharp); Palinodie (Clement); Queen of Connaught (Michael Bell); Summersault (Hennig); Tricky Escape (Lynn Ashby)
Possible: Responsibleforlove (Neil Drysdale); Santa Monica (Brown)
Saturday, August 4: The $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Lure
Probable: Blacktype (Clement); Conquest Panthera (Mark Casse); Mr Cub (Wilkes); Zennor (McLaughlin)
Possible: Voodoo Song (Linda Rice)
Saturday, August 4: The $100,000 Fasig-Tipton De La Rose
Probable: Bletchley (Casse); Lido (McLaughlin); Off Limits (Brown); Pas De Soucis (Jorge Abreu); Stormy Victoria (Clement); Thundering Sky (George Weaver)
Sunday, August 5: Grade 3, $200,000 Troy Handicap
Probable: Commend (Mott); Disco Partner (Clement); Long On Value (Brad Cox); Ready for Rye (Albertrani); Square Shooter (Jeremiah Englehart); Will Call (Cox)
Possible: Tombelaine (Robertino Diodoro)
Sunday, August 5: The $100,000 Alydar
Probable: Kurilov (Brown); Outplay (Pletcher); Patch (Pletcher); Timeline (Brown)
Possible: Flowers for Lisa (Jorge Navarro); Monongahela (Kelly Rubley); Term of Art (Cox)