![]() ![]() Meet highlights for the Mechanicville, N.Y. It seems like more of them fired than didn’t.” Very few times did I leave the unsaddling area disappointed with effort. “Of course, the horses, I’m so proud of this stable as a whole. “They stayed focused and everybody contributed,” said Brown. The 43-year-old conditioner credited his staff with his outfit’s successes at the meet. Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher finished second with 38 wins with Christophe Clement finishing third with 18 wins.īrown earned his fourth consecutive title at the Spa and fifth overall after coming out on top in 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 and this year. Allen Jerkens Award for top trainer at the Saratoga meet after posting a 197-42-30-34 record with earnings of $6,182,875, good for a win rate of 21.31 percent and on-the-board percentage of 53.81. Rosario, who finished fourth with a ledger of 39-34-15 from 184 mounts, captured the Grade 1 Runhappy Travers aboard Epicenter to secure his 12th graded stakes victory of the meet, setting a record for the most graded stakes wins by a rider in a single meeting at Saratoga.īrown, winner of four Eclipse Awards for Outstanding Trainer, secured his fifth H. It was amazing in the Alabama,” Ortiz, Jr. He earned additional stakes wins in the Curlin, the NYSSS Cab Calloway, the Bolton Landing, the Funny Cide and the Albany. at the meet were a Grade 2 score in the Flower Bowl and Grade 3 wins in the Troy, Schuylerville, Lake George and Saranac. He enjoyed four other Grade 1 victories, guiding top 3-year-old filly Nest to open-lengths scores in the $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks on July 23 and the $600,000 Alabama on August 20 Goodnight Olive from off the pace to take down the $500,000 Ballerina on August 28 and Forte to a three-length victory in the $300,000 Hopeful on Closing Day. celebrated 15 stakes triumphs during the 40-day meeting that ran from July 15 through September 5, capped by a resounding win with Life Is Good in the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney on August 6. The trainers and owners give me big support, and my agent, Steve Rushing, does a great job.” It’s amazing every time you have a chance to win a meet here,” Ortiz, Jr. He posted a win rate of 19.37 percent and an in-the-money percentage of 54.58. The 30-year-old native of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico secured the title with a record of 284-55-45-55 and earnings of $7,206,666. ![]()
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