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Saratoga Time Again!
Aikenite drew post position four in a field of nine for the Grade 2 $500,000 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga Saturday. This is a race with a lot of history and a highlight race during the opening week of the Saratoga meet. David Cohen, who rode Aikenite to victory at Belmont June 19, will be back on.
We also have Arcaro running in the sixth race at Penn National Friday night. On Saturday, Firefighter is in the first at Charles Town; and Philharmonic runs in the sixth at Penn National.
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Dogwood espects to run about 30 horses at Saratoga and as Campbell says, "We will have stakes horses, allowance horses and claimers at the meeting - every runner that belongs. We will strive mightily to be Leading Owner, an honor achieved once, and tied for several times."
Dogwood trainers Frank Alexander, Neil Howard, Todd Pletcher, Dallas Stewart, and George Weaver will all have horses for us on the grounds.
Saratoga also means yearling sales, and Dogwood will be purchasing horses from Fasig-Tipton's Select sale on August 2 and 3, to go along with the yearling's purchased at the auction company's July sale.
For the 18th year, we will honor one of racing's "unsung heroes" at our Dogwood Dominion Award luncheon. This year's winner is Barbi Moline, a horse rescuer from Florida. For more about this incredible woman and the award, please visit our Dominion Award page.
Dogwood President Cot Campbell wrote an article recently for The Saratogian about his feelings for racing at Saratoga - a Reader's Viewpoint. You can read it by clicking here.
Upcoming Stakes...
August 6 - Lime Rickey (Lemon Drop Kid) is one of our turf specialists and we are pointing him towards the $100,000 John's Call Stakes - 13 furlongs at Saratoga! Trainer - Frank Alexander.
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