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Sweet Loretta wins opening day at Saratoga
- Updated: July 23, 2016
11:03 PM ET
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Opening day at Saratoga didn’t get off to a good start for trainer Todd Pletcher. But it certainly ended well.
Sweet Loretta, away slowly, took advantage of a hot pace and a good ride by John Velazquez to win the Grade 3, $150,000 Schuylerville Stakes by 4-1/4 lengths on a hot opening afternoon at Saratoga. Fun, a 22-1 shot, rallied from seventh to get second by 1-1/2 lengths over Harlands Thunder.
Made Me Shiver, the 8-5 favorite, stumbled at the start and finished fourth. She was followed, in order, by Olive Branch, Summer Sally, Lighting Dove, and Inspired Flight. Platinum Spark scratched.
Sweet Loretta wins the Schuylerville Stakes for trainer Todd Pletcher. NYRA/Adam Coglianese
It was the sixth victory in the Schuylerville for Pletcher, equaling the number of wins in this race recorded by Pletcher’s mentor, D. Wayne Lukas.
For Pletcher, the Schuylerville helped ease a rough day. Stradivari, one of Pletcher’s better 3-year-old males, sustained a career-ending injury, fracturing a leg at the end of a …
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