Saratoga draw: She Feels Pretty headlines Grade 1 Diana

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She Feels Pretty, a millionaire whose four-race winning streak includes three Grade 1s, drew post 1 on Sunday for next weekend’s $500,000 Diana Stakes for six older fillies and mares at Saratoga.

The 1 1/8-mile outer-turf feature will be the 11th of 12 races Saturday. It is scheduled for 6:14 p.m. EDT.

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Owned by Roy and Gretchen Jackson in the name of their Lael Stable, She Feels Pretty won the New York (G1) on June 6 covering 1 3/16 miles on yielding turf at Saratoga. The 4-year-old Karakontie filly trained by Cherie DeVaux will be ridden as usual my John Velázquez.

Dynamic Pricing and Excellent Truth, who finished 1-2 in the Just a Game (G1) a half-hour after the New York, will represent the Chad Brown stable again in the Diana. Dynamic Pricing, a 4-year-old by Night of Thunder, has won her last two races including the Beaugay (G3) in May at Aqueduct. Excellent Truth, a 5-year-old by Cotai Glory, has finished second in both her races since she was transferred from her native Europe to the U.S.

Be Your Best, a 5-year-old Muhaarar mare trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., won May 26 in the Gamely (G1) at Santa Anita to take her career earnings past $1 million. She began her year by winning the Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Invitational (G2) at Gulfstream Park.

Lady Claypoole, who rallied to finish second in the Gamely, makes her second start in a Grade 1 for trainer Richard Baltas. A career allowance horse, the 5-year-old Starspangledbanner mare won her stakes debut March 15 in the Santa Ana (G3) on the downhill turf course at Santa Anita.

England-based Choisya, a 5-year-old who won her U.S. debut April 12 in the Jenny Wiley (G1), tries to bounce back for trainer Simon Crisford after she wilted to finish seventh in the Just a Game.

The Diana is the first of 16 Grade 1 flat races during Saratoga’s traditional summer season, which formally opens Thursday.

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