Rodeo Creek Racing 1st place winner Blazing Sevens will head to the starting gate as a favorite in $135,000 Curlin Stakes at Racecourse Saratoga at 1 1/8 mile on the main road on July 21.
The classic 3-year-old pony made it through four laps that lasted in: 49.91 July 15 in New York ahead of Friday’s 1/8 mile test for 3-year-olds who haven’t yet. win a graded bet at one mile or more in 2023.
The son of good magic will start their first match since losing in Preakness Stakes (G1) May 20 at Racecourse Pimlico when he came in second, a head behind National treasures . Intern Chad Brown will have Flavien Prat join the race on Friday. Prat guided the Blazing Sevens to win last year’s Champagne Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park.
Also starting for the first time since Preakness will be trained by Shug McGaughey Shows , also by Good Magic. The foal produced by Woodford Racing, Lanes End Farm, Phipps Stable, Ken Langone and Edard Hudson Jr. campaigner has had no place in that classic and will be looking to add another bet to his résumé after winning the Federico Tesio Stakes in April at laurel park.
The Belmont Stakes Runner Has No Stand by Eduardo Soto Il Miracolo will start for the first time since that 1/2 mile test. Rounding out the field is a half-brother to the fat 3 year old 2022 champion Nest in Todd Pletcher Lost Chest . Son won the bet of Violence win the last in the subsidy company at Monmouth Park June 9 for Harrell Ventures owner. In addition, LNJ Foxwoods will send its purebred Good Magic gel product, Scotland for his share debut. While racing lightly, he won two of his three starts, with the last coming on June 3 at Churchill Downs for coach Bill Mott.
Friday’s Curlin Stakes for 3-year-olds gets a serious start on the local road to the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) on Aug. 26 in Saratoga.
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Racecourse SaratogaFriday, July 21, 2023, Race 4
- STK
- 1 1/8m
- dust
- $135,000
- 3 years old
- 2:52pm (local)
