Hall of Fame coach Todd Pletcher will be a busy man on September 3, the final Saturday of the 40-day meetup at Racecourse Saratoga.
He is expected to ride four horses in the $1.25 million Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1): Move one owned by Repole Stable, Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable; keepmeinmind, owned by Cypress Creek Equine, Arnold Bennewith and Spendthrift Farm; Americanrevolution owned by China Horse Club and WinStar Farm and Not processed yet owned by Team Valor International.
Dynamic One, who won Suburban Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park in his last start-up, worked on August 12 in the company with Malathaat , winner of last year’s Eclipse Award for the chubby 3-year-old. They have a five-round breeze in 1:01.12. Pletcher says it’s one of the better pieces he’s seen from Dynamic One.
As for his top old horses, Pletcher is still sorting Life is good August 6th winner Whitney Stakes (G1) will also go Happy Saver, Runner-up Whitney. The two races that come to mind are Woodward Stakes (G1) at Belmont at Aqueduct October 1st and Lukas Classic Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs in the same day.
“Happy Saver will go wherever Life Is Good doesn’t go,” says Pletcher.
