Yaddo Draws Competitive Field

Friday’s $100,000 Yaddo for New York-bred fillies and mares has drawn a competitive field of nine, with three also-eligibles who could run if the race is moved to the main track.

The second- through sixth-place finishers from Saratoga ’s Irish Linnet overnight stakes on July 24 – Gitchee Goomie, Frivolous Buck, Mystic City, Paraiba and Exclusive Scheme – will all meet again in the Yaddo.

Gitchee Goomie assumes the 2-1 morning-line favorite’s role in the 1 1/16-mile race off her narrow defeat to Chorus Music in the Irish Linnet. An ultra consistent 4-year-old daughter of City Zip, Gitchee Goomie has compiled an impressive record of 4-6-1 from 12 lifetime starts, with one win and two seconds over the Saratoga turf.

Four new shooters will join the field, with Rogue’s Jewel most recently victorious in a turf optional claimer at the Yaddo distance on July 25 and Great Gracie Dane exiting a third-place effort in a turf allowance here on opening Saturday. Centrina won a starter allowance on the turf at Belmont on July 7, while In Te Domine comes off a fifth-place finish in a seven-furlong turf optional claimer at Belmont on July 14. Spa City Princess, D’ Oratory and Beautiful Risk may ran if the Yaddo is moved to the main track.

The field for the $100,000 Yaddo: