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Owner Randy Hill of R.A. Hill Stable said he is hopeful that reigning Champion Turf Male Channel Maker can flaunt his excellence once more in Saturday’s 11-furlong Grade 2, $250,000 Bowling Green over the inner turf at Saratoga Race Course.

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Godolphin’s Essential Quality has gone off as the favorite in six of his seven career starts. The reigning Champion 2-Year-Old has rewarded that confidence almost every time, notching six wins along with a competitive fourth-place effort in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby in May at Churchill Downs. This Saturday, Essential Quality will likely be the top mutuel choice again, with the 1-2 morning-line favorite headlining a six-horse field in the Grade 2, $600,000 Jim Dandy for sophomores going 1 1/8 miles at Saratoga Race Course.

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​The flower blanket outside of trainer Rob Atras’ barn Sunday morning served as a welcome reminder of what Maracuja accomplished a day prior, when the sophomore filly outdueled 1-5 favorite Malathaat in deep stretch to win the Grade 1, $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga.

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Reigning Champion Sprinter Whitmore registered his final serious breeze Friday in preparation for the Grade 1, $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt on July 31 at Saratoga Race Course.

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Trainer Rodolphe Brisset said he was pleasantly surprised to see Rockpaperscissors shake off eight months of rust with ease in her last out allowance score against older fillies, and is hoping that the two-time winner can find a little extra in Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga Race Course.

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Godolphin’s talented grey fillies Althiqa and Summer Romance replicated their one-two finish in June’s Grade 1 Longines Just a Game at Belmont Park by again completing the exacta in Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 Diana at Saratoga Race Course.