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Tom Law 
Kenny McPeek had a hunch about Morning Gold, first when he saw her at the 2018 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale and then in her training in early 2019. McPeek’s suspicion of the Morning Line filly’s talent was confirmed when she won her second start in Sunday’s third race at Saratoga Race Course.
The 2019 Saratoga Race Course meetings cruised past the midpoint last week and a significant stretch starts Wednesday with the Alabama Stakes on tap for the weekend and the Travers Stakes not far beyond.
Irad Ortiz Jr. jumped off Bon Raison after a wide-trip second to He Hate Me in an optional claimer the second Friday of the Saratoga meet and delivered a message any trainer would die to hear from last season’s leading jockey and the reigning Eclipse Award winner.
While giving Out Of Orbit a facial touchup with clippers late Wednesday morning, Phil Serpe knew there was only one way for the filly to get to the winner’s circle after the Saratoga Dew.
Three days into his Saratoga stay and two days before he went through the ring at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale of selected yearlings, the lone member of the Stone Farm consignment needed a break.
Seven figures. That’s the dollar amount Jane Lyon predicted a colt bred and raised at her Summer Wind Farm would bring during Monday night’s opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale of selected yearlings.
Kelly Mitchell stood just outside a box near the clubhouse stairs, watching intently while his homebred filly Kid Is Frosty and Irad Ortiz Jr. clicked off furlong after furlong of Wednesday’s Statue of Liberty division of the New York Stallion Series Stakes.
Wow, those three weeks went by like a blur and it’s even harder to believe that by the time Sunday rolls around the meet will be halfway complete.
Jose Ortiz recalled his conversation with Chad Brown about an unraced first-time starter by Tapit when he arrived in the paddock before the last race at Keeneland April 20, ready for the finale on one of many raw afternoons in the Bluegrass this year.
