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By Sean Clancy

Bill Mott rode his pony into the paddock, holding onto Ruffian Invitational favorite Unrivaled Belle. Exercise rider Paul Breedon sat motionless on the notoriously nervous gray filly who danced on the edge, turning her hind end to the crowd in the center of the paddock. Mott jumped off, switched to her girth and tacked up the Grade II stakes winner on the walk, from the chute to the Big Red Spring.

By Sean Clancy

As if on cue, a small piece of straw fell out of Tom Bush’s hair and on to the left shoulder of his navy sport coat.

By Joe Clancy

“Can you compare him to A Little Warm?”

By Katie Bo Williams

When your barn overflows with quality stakes horses, sometimes you have to check the list and give everyone an update. Godolphin’s Rick Mettee helped provide some details to the Thoroughbred stars in his Saratoga barn.

Garrett O’Rourke received a lot of letters. He screened a lot of calls. He ignored a lot of e-mails. Juddmonte’s farm manager had a big decision to help make and everybody knew it.

By Sean Clancy

Turf racing. Saratoga. The Diana Handicap. Six across.