Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux’s resurgence at Saratoga Race Course continued on Friday afternoon, when he led at every call with IEAH Stable’s and WinStar Farm’s Sharp Susan to win the 24th running of the Grade 2, $150,000 Lake Placid for three-year-old fillies at nine furlongs on the firm Mellon Turf Course.

Desormeaux hooked up with Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott at Belmont Park this spring, and the combination has proven lethal to the opposition. At Saratoga, Mott is providing well-meant, well-managed horses and Desormeaux is riding them with confidence.

Sharp Susan was but one example.

Breaking from post 7 in the field of eight, Desormeaux guided the daughter of 1997 Belmont Stakes winner Touch Gold to the inside, where the portable rail was set at 18 feet. Once he reached his objective, Desormeaux was able to dole out her speed, going the first quarter-mile in :23.95, and following with splits of :47.42; 1:10.32; 1:34 and kicking away to victory in 1:46. The win, her fourth in 11 starts, halted a three-race losing streak for Sharp Susan. It was her fourth win in eight turf starts, and her $2 win payoff was $7.30 as the second choice.

“I was ecstatic about the first quarter, because I think she is the kind of filly that, if she gets away, she is going to throw a :21 and change, and I would rather do that the last quarter than the first,” Desormeaux said. “Billy does a great job with his horses. He is confident in the paddock, so it allows me to be confident on board. I get that great feeling from him, and I try to pass it through the reins to the horse. It was a great effort today.”

Mott was also lavish in his praise of Desormeaux.

“We took the blinkers off two races ago, and she settled better,” Ddesormeaux said. “I’ve got to give Kent (Desormeaux, jockey) a lot of credit. He’s got a good set of hands, and she rated well for him. As I said before, I think he understands pace.”

Mott mentioned Belmont Park’s Grade 1, $200,000 Garden City for three-year-old fillies at nine furlongs on the turf on September 8 and the Grade 1, $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland on October 13 as possible goals for autumn.

“We’ll sit down and have a look at what we might want to do.” Mott said. “Now, we’re getting to that time of the year, where, if you want to continue on, you have to run against older horses.”

New Edition was second, and favored Lady Attack ran third.

“Sharp Susan was able to control and we were pretty wide,” said Neil Howard, trainer of Lady Attack.

Christmas Kid was fourth, followed by Communique, Clifton Bay, Christies Treasure and Limoncella.