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With hismarch into history including an ap-pearance in the Travers Stakes, American Phar-oah will attempt to join the immortal Whirl-away as the only winner of the Triple Crownand Saratoga’s Mid-Summer Derby.

Whirlaway accomplished his feat in 1941, ayear in which he also won the Saranac Stakesat the Spa.

Before him, Triple Crown winner GallantFox finished second to 100-to-1 shot JimDandyin the Travers, a stunning loss of eight lengthson a heavy, wet track as the 1-to-2 choice in afield of four.

The only other Triple Crown winner to trythe Travers was Affirmed, who finished first in1978, but was disqualified to second behind hisgreat rival Alydar.

Triple Crown winner Secretariat was upset

in theWhitney Handicap by Onion in 1973 anddid not contest the Travers.

None of the seven remaining Triple Crownwinners raced at Saratoga in the year of theirsweep.

They were Sir Barton (1919), Omaha (1935),War Admiral (1937), Count Fleet (1943), Assault(1946), Citation (1948), and Seattle Slew (1977).

The Travers of 1943 was run at BelmontPark.

American Pharoah signaled his greatnesslast year as a 2-year-old, winning the Grade 1Del Mar Futurity as a maiden on Sept. 3.

He hasn’t been beaten since, and arrives atSaratoga with a winning streak of eight un-der his belt.

The rigors of the Triple Crown campaignhave not slowed him down.

American Pharoah, in the manner of othergreat horses, got better as the racing gottougher.

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2014: V.E. Day2013: Will Take Charge2012: Alpha, Golden Ticket (dead heat)2011: Stay Thirsty2010: Afleet Express2009: Summer Bird2008: Colonel John2007: Street Sense2006: Bernardini2005: Flower Alley2004: Birdstone2003: Ten Most Wanted2002: Medaglia d’Oro2001: Point Given2000: Unshaded1999: Lemon Drop Kid1998: Coronado’s Quest1997: Deputy Commander1996: Will’s Way1995: Thunder Gulch1994: Holy Bull1993: Sea Hero1992: Thunder Rumble1991: Corporate Report1990: Rhythm1989: Easy Goer1988: Forty Niner1987: Java Gold1986: Wise Times1985: Chief’s Crown1984: Carr de Naskra1983: Play Fellow1982: Runaway Groom1981: Willow Hour1980: Temperence Hill1979: General Assembly1978: Alydar1977: Jatski1976: Honest Pleasure1975: Wajima1974: Holding Pattern1973: Annihilate ‘Em1972: Key To The Mint1971: Bold Reason1970: Loud1969: Arts and Letters1968: Chompion1967: Damascus1966: Buckpasser1965: Hail To All1964: Quadrangle1963: Crewman1962: Jaipur1961: Beau Prince1960: Tompion1959: Sword Dancer1958: Piano Jim1957: Gallant Man1956: Oh Johnny1955: Thinking Cap1954: Fisherman1953: Native Dancer1952: One Count1951: Battlefield1950: Lights Up1949: Arise1948: Ace Admiral1947: Young Peter1946: Natchez1945: Adonis1944: By Jimminy1943: Eurasian1942: Shut Out1941: Whirlaway1940: Fenelon1939: Eight Thirty1938: Thanksgiving1937: Burning Star1936: Granville1935: Gold Foam1934: Obervant1933: Inlander1932: War Hero1931: Twenty Grand1930: Jim Dandy1929: Beacon Hill1928: Petee-Wrack1927: Brown Bud1926: Mars1925: Dangerous1924: Sun Flag1923: Wilderness1922: Little Chief1921: Sporting Blood1920: Man o’ War1919: Hannibal1918: Sun Briar1917: Omar Khayyam1916: Spur1915: Lady Rotha1914: Roamer1913: Rock View1910: Dalmatian1909: Hilarious1908: Dorante1907: Frank Gill1906: Gallavant1905: Dandelion1904: Broomstick1903: Ada Nay1902: Hermis1901: Blues1897: Rensselaer1895: Liza1894: Henry of Navarre1893: Stowaway1892: Azra1891: Vallera1890: Sir John1889: Long Dance1888: Sir Dixon1887: Carey1886: Inspector B.1885: Bersan1884: Rataplan1883: Barnes1882: Carley1881: Hindoo1880: Grenada1879: Falsetto1878: Duke of Magenta1877: Baden-Baden1876: Sultana1875: D’Artagnan1874: Attila1873: Tom Bowling1872: Joe Daniels1871: Harry Bassett1870: Kingfisher1869: Glenelg1868: The Banshee1867: Ruthless1866: Merrill1865: Maiden1864: Kentucky

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1864: The Travers, the oldestmajor stakes race for three yearolds, is run for the first time; theinaugural winner is Kentucky,owned by William Travers1865: Maiden, carrying 97pounds, becomes the first filly towin the Travers.1867: Belmont Stakes-winningfilly Ruthless takes the fourthMidsummer Derby.1877: Baden Baden is the firstthree year old to complete theKentucky Derby-Travers Double.1896: Saratoga Race Course ispurchased by a syndicate headedby William Whitney; the Traversis not run for the first time in33years. The 33rd MidsummerDerby was held in 1897, but therace was shelved again from1898through 1900.1901: The Travers, won by Blues,once again becomes the high-light of the Saratoga season.1904: The race is run for thefirst time at the modern distanceof a mile and a quarter; S.S.Brown’s Broomstick wins in thetime of 2:064/5.1911: The Agnew-Hart bill forcesNew York tracks to close for twoyears.1915: Although she finishessecond, Lady Rotha becomesthe seventh and most recentfilly to win the Travers after thedisqualification of Trial By Jury.1920: Man o’ War sets a stakesrecord in the Travers whiledefeating nemesis Upset (theonly horse that ever beat him).The time of 2:014/5 stood for42years.1930: Jim Dandy shocked thecrowd as he hit the wire eightlengths in front of Triple Crownwinner Gallant Fox at odds of100-11936: Travers winner Granvilleis named the first Horse of theYear.1938: Lady’s Day at Saratoga;owner Mrs. Parker Corning andtrainer Mary Hirsch are the firstof their gender to send out aTravers winner as Thanksgivingtakes the Midsummer classic.1941: Whirlaway becomes theonly Triple Crown victor to winthe Travers.1961: The Travers canoe be-comes a tradition; it is paintedfor the first time in the colors ofthe Midsummer Derby winner,Calumet Farm’s Beau Prince.1962: Jaipur and Ridan battlehead and head for a mile andquarter. At the finish, Jaipur getsa nose in front and sets a stakesrecord of 2:013/5.1967: Damascus romps to a22-length victory — the largestmargin ever in the Travers — onhis way to being named cham-pion three year old and Horse ofthe Year.1978: It looks as if Affirmedwill be the second Triple Crownwinner to capture the Midsum-mer Derby, but he is disqualifiedand placed second for interferingwith arch-rival Alydar on the farturn. A record Travers crowd of50,359witnesses the race.1982: The three winners of theTriple Crown races — Derby win-ner Gato del Sol, Preakness win-ner Aloma’s Ruler and BelmontStakes winner ConquistadorCielo — meet in the Travers; allthree are defeated by they grayCanadian Runaway Groom.1985: Jockey Angel Cordero Jr.wins his first Travers with Chief’sCrown after going 0-for-13.1987: Derby and Preaknesswinner Alysheba looks to avengehis defeat by Bet Twice in theBelmont Stakes, but he can dono better than sixth. Bet Twicefinishes fifth, and Java Goldgallops through the slop to giveRokeby Stable its fourth Traverstrophy. The purse is raised to $1million dollars.1989: Belmont Stakes winnerEasy Goer gives Ogden Phippshis second Midsummer Derbywin: Phipps also won the racewith Easy Goer’s grandsire,Buckpasser, in 1966.1990: Rhythm continues thefamily tradition, winning forOgden Mills Phipps and trainerShug McGaughey back-to-backTravers victories.1993: For the first time sinceShut Out in 1942, the KentuckyDerby winner won the Travers.Sea Hero’s win gave RokebyStables’ owner Paul Mellon hisfifth Travers winner.1994: Eventual Horse of the YearHoly Bull, trained by Jimmy Croll,held off Concern by a neck tocapture the 125th running of theTravers. It marked jockey MikeSmith’s first Travers victory.Source: New York Racing As-sociation Web site.

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SARATOGA SPRINGS >> KiaranMcLaughlin will tell you himself,he’s not thrilled to have AmericanPharoah in Saratoga Springs for theTravers Stakes on Saturday.

“As a fan, it’s great for SaratogaSprings and the community to haveAmerican Pharoah here,”McLaugh-lin said. “But for me, I’d prefer himnot to be here (since) we’re havingto race against him for the thirdtime.”

Frosted, the gray 3-year-old coltowned by Godolphin Racing, istrying to dethrone the first TripleCrown champion in 37 years inwhatwill be the third Grade 1 meetingthis year that includes both horses.Frosted obviously finished behindAmerican Pharoah both times —fourth in the Kentucky Derby andthen second in the Belmont Stakes.

For today’s Travers Stakes,Frosted opened up as the secondchoice behind American Pharoahat 6-1, and the colt by Tapit willonce again head out with Joel Ro-

sario aboard.“We’ll see what the horse wants

to do,” Rosario said of his strategyin the Travers. “That’s the key torace: Just let the horse run his race.”

So far, that hasn’t been enoughfor Frosted to get past history’s 12thTriple Crown winner. But there arestill some encouraging factors forRosario,McLaughlin and Frosted totake into consideration, including“hosting” Victor Espinoza, Bob Baf-fert and American Pharoah in thisyear’s Mid-Summer Derby.

American Pharoah calls Califor-nia home, and he has returned thereafter each race he’s dominated thisyear. Frosted calls New York home,and so has Rosario for the past sev-eral years, riding regularly on theNYRA circuit and taking his fairshare of wins at Saratoga.

Riding in Saratoga regularly of-fers Rosario some encouragement,but he knows this will be one of thetoughest tests he’s ever faced.

“American Pharoah is a superhorse,” Rosario said. “It looks likehe can do anything; he can go tothe lead, or just stay close behind.We’re going to try and follow him

and see what we can do.”Rosario knows all about what

goes into competing for a TripleCrown, although he’s yet to win onehimself. In addition to competingaboard Frosted this year, Rosariorode Orb to a Kentucky Derby winin 2013, and also rode Tonalist toa Belmont Stakes victory last year.

“To win the Triple Crown — noteverybody can do that,” Rosariosaid of American Pharoah’s historic3-year-old campaign. “It hasn’t hap-pened in so long for a reason. He’sdefinitely the horse to beat, there’sno question about that, and we’regoing to try beating him. But he’sgoing to be tough.”

Rosario has finished in themoney in at least one Triple Crownrace over the past five years andcurrently has 20 wins at the Sara-toga meet. He’ll break from PostNo. 6 aboard Frosted, hoping to notonly beat American Pharoah, but anumber of top 3-year-olds in the na-tion, including Upstart, Keen Ice,and Texas Red, who finished just ahalf-length ahead of Rosario andFrosted in the Grade 2 Jim Dandyearlier this month.

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Frosted was given second-choice morning line odds after runner-up performances in the Belmont Stakes and JimDandy in his last two races.

Frosted gets another shotMcLaughlin hopes the third time is the charm vs. American Pharoah

In his most recent start, theHaskell Invitational at MonmouthPark on Aug. 2, he was in suchcommand of his rivals that he wasslowed to a virtual canter in the fi-nal 50 yards.

Waiting for him at Saratoga isTexas Red, who has been in train-ing here for five weeks.

Winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juve-nile last year by a wide margin, thecolt with the strong stretch kick hastaken kindly to his Saratoga sur-roundings.

Trainer Keith Desormeaux notedon Tuesday morning that the quietof his Saratoga barn has led to amore relaxed 3-year-old this sum-mer.

Being acclimated to Saratogacould be one advantage for TexasRed, and another could be his vic-tory in the Jim Dandy Stakes onAug. 1.

Make no mistake about the JimDandy, at 1 1/8miles, being a key ba-rometer for the Travers at 11/4miles.

In this new century alone, Med-aglia d’Oro (2002), Flower Alley(2005), Bernardini (2006), StreetSense (2007), Stay Thirsty (2011),and Alpha (deadheat 2012) havewon both races.

And Travers winners Afleet Ex-press (2010), and Will Take Charge(2013) were third and second, re-spectively, in the Jim Dandy.

Frosted, in many other seasons,

might be a classic winner by now.The Wood Memorial winner has

only two wins in his career of 10starts, yet has earnedmore than$1.3million by virtue of second place fin-ishes in rich events such as the HolyBull, Belmont, and Jim Dandy.

Frosted got within a half-lengthof Texas Red in the Jim Dandy, andthe Travers distance will be noproblem for him.

Among the longer shots in theTravers, Upstart is a very intrigu-ing proposition.

His two victories over New York-breds at Saratoga last summer wereso impressive they propelled himinto the Grade 1 Champagne, inwhich he was second to Daredevil.

He subsequently established him-self as an upper tier member of theclass with fine performances inthe Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, HolyBull, Fountain of Youth and Flor-ida Derby.

Upstart’s dismal effort in theKentucky Derby was a disappoint-ment to trainer Rick Violette, but inany case he rebounded with a ter-rific third behind American Phar-oah and Keen Ice in the Haskell.

He is very quick and with the in-side post he could pose a problemfor American Pharoah in the earlystages of the Travers.

Keen Ice, third in the KentuckyDerby, ran the best race of his lifein the Haskell to be second, finish-ing 2 1/4 lengths behind AmericanPharoah.

Although it is not as significantin our time as it used to be, theHaskell has still produced recent

Travers winners Point Given (2001)and Summer Bird (2009).

Frammento, whose maiden vic-tory last year at Keeneland is hisonly career win, was last of four inthe Jim Dandy, beaten more than11 lengths.

That said, trainer Nick Zito hasdelivered some amazing longshotperformances in the Travers overthe years.

Albert the Great was last in theJim Dandy, then lost the Travers bya head to Unshaded in 2000.

Two years later, Zito sent outNothing Flat to finish third at oddsof 31-1 following a seventh in theJim Dandy.

In 2010, he sent out Fly Downto be second to Afleet Express af-ter finishing fifth in the Jim Dandy.

And in 2012, he lost the Traversby a neck with Fast Falcon at 33-1odds behind the deadheat of Alhpaand Golden Ticket.

Zito won the Travers in 2004with Birdstone.

Smart Transition won the Cur-lin Stakes on the day before theJim Dandy.

Afterward, trainer John Shirre-ffs was cautious when asked aboutthe Travers, saying he would takehis time with the decision.

In the interval, Smart Transitionworked well enough to earn his en-try into the race.

Completing the field are MidOcean, who makes his stakes de-but; Tale of Verve, whose best ef-fort this year was a second in thePreakness; and King of New York,who was third in the Curlin.

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1. Upstart (15-1)9-3-3-2, $1,121,480Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr.Trainer: Rick Violette Jr.Owner: Ralph M. Evans and WinStar FarmSire: Flatter (A.P. Indy)Dam: Party Silks (Touch Gold)Notable: Upstart made a late run to finish third in the HaskellInvitational last time out. It was his first start since a bad tripin the Kentucky Derby ended with him being eased. Before thatUpstart won the Grade 2Holy Bull. He has two wins in two startsat the Spa as a 2-year-old.

2. American Pharoah (1-5)9-8-0-0, $5,630,300Jockey: Victor EspinozaTrainer: Bob BaffertOwner: Zayat StablesSire: Pioneerof the Nile (Empire Maker)Dam: Littleprincessemma (Yankee Gentlemen)Notable: American Phaorah became the first Triple Crown winnerin 37years when he won the Belmont Stakes by 51/2 lengthsJune 6. He went on to romp in the Haskell Invitational Aug. 2forhis eight straight win, seven of which were Grade 1races.

3. Mid Ocean (50-1)6-1-1-2, $33,100Jockey: Manny FrancoTrainer: George WeaverOwner: Limestone ThoroughbredsSire: Mineshaft (A.P. Indy)Dam: Wending (Langfuhr)Notable: Longshot enters Travers off a maiden win going a mileand a sixteenth at Delaware Park. The mount will be first in theTravers Stakes for jockey Manny Franco and his first race aboardMid Ocean. The gelding has finished in money in last four starts.

4. Texas Red (8-1)8-3-3-1, $1,692,300Jockey: Kent DesormeauxTrainer: Keith DesormeauxOwner: Erich Brehm, Wayne Detmar, Lee MichaelsSire: Afleet Alex (Northern Afleet)Dam: Ramatuelle (Jeune Homme)Notable: Coming off win in Jim Dandy at Saratoga Race Course,is third-choice in the morning line odds at 8-1. The Kentucky-bred showed his class in big races with his win in the Breeders’Cup Juvenile last year. His career earnings are nearly 100timeshis purchase price of $17,000.

5. Frammento (30-1)10-1-1-1, $229,700Jockey: Jose OrtizTrainer: Nick ZitoOwner MossarosaSire: Midshipman (Unbridled’s Song)Dam: ginger Bay (Golden Missile)Notable: Gets jockey change to Jose Ortiz with hopes he canride the colt to his second career win. Coming off 11th place finishat Kentucky Derby, fifth place in Belmont and fourth in the JimDandy.

TRAVERS STAKES ENTRIES6. Frosted (6-1)10-2-6-0, $1,336,800Jockey: Joel RosarioTrainer: Kiaran McLaughlinOwner: Goldolphin RacingSire: Tapit (Pulpit)Dam: Fast Cookie (Deputy Minister)Notable: Frosted is coming off consecutive runner-up perfor-mances in the Jim Dandy Aug. 1and Belmont Stakes June 6. Hefinished fourth in the Kentucky Derby. The Tapit colt’s last wincame April 10in the Wood Memorial.

7. Keen Ice (12-1)10-1-1-3, $640,395Jockey: Javier CastellanoTrainer: Dale RomansOwner: Donegal RacingSire: Curlin (Smart Strike)Dam: Medomak (Awesome Again)Notable: After a third place finish in the Belmont Stakes KeenIce ran second to American Pharoah in the Haskell Invitational onAug. 1. Jockey Javier Castellano will be in the irons aboard KeenIce for the first time.

8. Tale of Verve (30-1)9-1-2-2, $394,890Jockey: Gary StevensTrainer: Dallas StewartOwner: Charles FipkeSire: Tale of Ekati (Tale of the Cat)Dam: Verve (Unbridled)Notable: Tale of Verve has earned nearly $400,000in his nine-race career despite just a maiden win because of his runner-upscore in the Preakness stakes over a sloppy Pimlico track May 16.Gary Stevens returns to the irons after riding him in the Belmont.

9. King of New York (50-1)13-2-5-3, $176,100Jockey: Julian LeparouxTrainer: Kenneth McPeekOwner: Harold LernerSire: Street Boss (Street Cry)Dam: Princess Consort (Dixieland Band)Notable: In his second stakes race, King of New York ralliedlate to take third in the Curlin July 31at Saratoga. The longshotStreet Boss colt picked up his last win June 5at Churchill Downs.Julian Leparoux gets his first mount aboard King of New York.

10. Smart Transition (20-1)6-2-1-1, $147,160Jockey: John VelazquezTrainer: John SherreffsOwner: Arnold ZetcherSire: Smart Strike (Mr. Prospector)Dam: Zardana (Crimson Tide)Notable: Unraced as a 2-year-old, Smart Transition enters theTravers off a win in the Curlin Stakes at 11/8-miles July 31at theSpa. He finished fourth in the Grade 3Dwyer on Stars and StripesDa at Belmont before that.

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Whirlaway, America’s fifthTriple Crown winner, was af-fectionately known as “Mr.Longtail.” His trainer, the leg-endary Ben Jones, believed thecelebrated tail at times intimi-dated Whirlaway’s opponents.

“The Lord hung it there,”Jones once said.

“He must have had a pur-pose.”

In a career that spannedfrom 1940 through 1943, Whir-laway, a son of English Derbywinner Blenheim II out of theSweep mare Dustwhirl, regu-larly gave his foes a glimpse ofhis distinguished tail — albeitmore often than not a dimin-ishing view as he became oneof the greatest racehorses ofthe 20th century.

Almost 75 years after his Tri-ple Crown campaign of 1941,Whirlaway is back in the spot-light this week as AmericanPharoah, the 2015 Triple Crownwinner, attempts to accomplisha feat achieved by only Mr.Longtail.

When he enters the startinggate at Saratoga Race Courseearly this evening, AmericanPharoah will look to join theelite company of Whirlaway asthe only horses to win the Tri-ple Crown and then add a vic-tory in Saratoga’s most presti-gious race, the Travers Stakes.

Whirlaway was the second ofonly three Triple Crown win-ners to have attempted theTravers. In one of the most dis-cussed races in Saratoga’s his-tory, Jim Dandy, at odds of 100-1, upset Gallant Fox in the 1930edition. More than 40,000 fanswere at the Spa that day, in-cluding future president Frank-lin D. Roosevelt, to witness JimDandy splash through the mudand score one of the greatestupsets in racing history.

The other Triple Crown win-ner to take on the Travers wasAffirmed in 1978. Renewing hisfamous rivalry with Alydar, Af-firmed crossed the finish linefirst, but was disqualified andthe victory was awarded to Aly-dar, leaving Whirlaway as theonly Triple Crown winner toalso prevail in the MidsummerDerby.

Bred and owned by CalumetFarm in Lexington, Ky., Whir-laway proved to be a handfulfor his trainer and jockeys. Thequirky colt had a penchant forbolting to the outer rail duringraces — even hitting it duringhis 1940 Saratoga Special vic-

tory — and regularly slowingdown while on the lead whilelooking for his competition.There were times, even in vic-tory, when Whirlaway was sofar to the outside the photo fin-ish camera had difficulty dis-cerning his correct placing forthe race chart.

Although his connectionsnever fully figured him out,Whirlaway was undeniably aforce to be reckoned with.

After winning seven of 16starts as a 2-year-old in 1940,Whirlaway became a nationalsensation during his sopho-more season, winning the Ken-tucky Derby by eight lengths

in 2:01 2/5 (a record that stood21 years), the Preakness by 5½lengths and the Belmont by2½. He also squeezed in an al-lowance victory between thePreakness and Belmont. Win-ning the Triple Crown assuredhis place in history, but Whir-laway was only getting startedin 1941.

Following the Belmont,Whirlaway won the Dwyer andArlington Special Event (drift-ing out in both races) beforecoming to Saratoga and add-ing the Saranac Handicap. OnAug. 16, Whirlaway cruised toa three-length victory in theTravers for his 11th victory of

the year.Next up was a five-length vic-

tory in the prestigious Amer-ican Derby (which was worthmore money that either the Bel-mont or Travers at the time).

In September, Whirlawaywon the Lawrence Realizationat 1 5/8 miles before finishingsecond in the Jockey Club GoldCup to conclude his remarkableyear with a record of 13-5-2from 20 starts and earnings of$272,386. He edged out 2-year-old standout Alsab for Horse ofthe Year.

Returning as a 4-year-old,Whirlaway often conceded con-siderable weight to his oppo-nents, but nonetheless his suc-cess continued.

He won five races that yearunder 130 pounds, includ-ing the Massachusetts, Tren-ton, Washington and Loui-siana handicaps, as well asthe Narraganset Special. Hisother wins in 1942 includedthe Clark, Dixie, Brooklyn andBowie handicaps. After com-ing up short in the 1941 JockeyClub Gold Cup, Whirlawaymade amends by defeating Al-sab in the 1942 edition. Whenall was said and done, Whir-laway was once again namedHorse of the Year — again out-polling Alsab — with a recordof 12-8-2 from 22 starts andearnings of $211,250.

Whirlaway raced twice with-out a victory as a 5-year-old in1943 before being retired toCalumet. He concluded his ca-reer with a record of 32-15-9from 60 starts and record earn-ings of $561,161.

A moderate success as a stal-lion, Whirlaway sired 18 stakeswinners, including Scattered,winner of the 1948 CoachingClub American Oaks. He waslater sent to stand in France,where he died in 1953 at theage of 15.

Whirlaway was inducted intothe Hall of Fame in 1959.

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SARATOGA SPRINGS » As Ameri-can Pharoah and exercise riderJorge Alvarez made their waypast the grandstand during theTriple Crown winner’s final gal-lop before the Travers, Alvaradonoticed his horse pick up the paceas an estimated crowd of 15,000fans greeted the 3-year-old.

American Pharoah might havethought Friday was the day of theTravers Stakes, not Saturday.

“I thought maybe he got con-fused and thought that it was therace day. He wanted to go a lit-tle too fast,” Alvarez said, aboutAmerican Pharoah’s 11/2-mile trip.“He ran a little faster over (there).He loves people and everything.”

Needless to say, trainer BobBaffert was satisfied with his

horse’s final gallop before the bigday.

“We had a nice little gallop to-day,” Baffert said. “It looks likeeverything went really smooth. Ifeel very happy with the way hewent today.”

Baffert watched the gallopfrom the winner’s circle, and ac-cording to the trainer, AmericanPharoah has adjusted to the trackand life at the Spa nicely.

“I could tell he really likedthe track,” Baffert said. “He wasfloating around there like he usu-ally does. I wanted to make surewhat I saw today was any timehe has his ears up, forward. Hewas moving around there prettywell. It looked like he handled itreally well. We were looking forsomething like that, some posi-tives. He looks like he’s really en-joying himself. I think he thinks

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American Pharoah and Smokie enter the track Friday morning to warm up for Saturday’s Travers Stakes.

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Bob Baffert watches American Pharoah gallop Friday at theSaratoga Race Course.

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SARATOGA SPRINGS » Fans madesure to be in their seats early Fri-day to watch the Red Jacket Cer-emony before the card’s first race.

NYRA honored owners OgdenMills Phipps and Marylou Whit-ney in its third edition of the RedJacket Ceremony.

“In 2013 we initiated the RedJacket Ceremony by celebratingthree of the greatest jockeys inSaratoga and thoroughbred rac-ing history; John Velazquez, JerryBailey, Angel Cordero,” NYRApresident and CEO ChristopherKay said during the presenta-tion. “Last year we presented redjackets to threemore giants of ourgame; the legendary trainers D.Wayne Lukas and H. Allen Jerk-ens and our beloved former trackannouncer Tom Durkin, who re-tired last year after 24 years atthe New York Racing Associa-tion… This year we celebrate theowner – the very life and blood ofour sport – by honoring two leg-endary owners in Saratoga RaceCourse and thoroughbred racinghistory; visionary Ogden Mills“Dinny” Phipps and the belovedMarylou Whitney.”

The presentation included ahighlight video for each owner,with each speaking after theywere introduced.

“This has been a very, very spe-cial week here,” Kay said.

Saez finishes with 3straight

After a quiet start to the day,jockey Luis Saez finished on fire.

Saez finished on the boardonce through the card’s firstseven races before winning his fi-nal three of the day - races eightthrough 10.

The jockey’s first win came rel-atively easily, leading the major-ity of the way and pulling awayfrom the field late aboard HeatedVerdict. However, he had to workharder for his final two wins.

Saez came from the back of thepack aboard The Tea Cups to winthe Yaddo and made a nice moveaboard Good Luck Gus and splithorses to take the Albany.

With his three victories Fri-day, Saez hasmoved into a fourth-place tie with Jose Ortiz. Eachjockey has 26 wins.

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Lubash and Junior Alvarado edge King Kreesa in theseventh race Friday at Saratoga Race Course in SaratogaSprings.

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SARATOGASPRINGS»The ri-valry between Lubash andKing Kreesa has been oneof the most compelling sto-ries on the New York-bredscene in recent years. Thetwo turf stalwarts, winnersof a combined 18 stakes (in-cluding four graded) andmore than $2.3 million,met for the sixth time inthe past two years in Fri-day’s $150,000 West PointStakes, one of six stakes onthe day’s all-statebred pro-gram.

In their five most re-cent meetings, each horsehad won twice, with bothfinishing behind Kharafain the fifth meeting. Witha chance to break the tiein the West Point, Lubashfashioned another of hispatented late runs, rollingpast King Kreesa in the fi-nal 100 yards to take the36th running of the 1 1/16-mile race by a length.

“What can I say aboutLubash, it’s always thesame,” said winning trainerChristophe Clement, “Hetries hard, he runs hard.Junior rides him with anamazing amount of confi-

dence. It’s fun because therearen’t many horses whoare winning stakes whenthey’re eight years old.

“He’s a very nice horse. Ididn’t do anything special;he’s that good. He’s beenovercoming (my training)for the past four years.”

Somewhat unexpectedly,Notacatbutallamamade thefront from his inside post,with King Kreesa (the nar-row 6-5 choice) content totrack in second. Lubash (3-2), riding the rail, was nevermore than 2-3 lengths be-hind. The field maintainedthe same positions throughthe turn and into upper

stretch, with Notacatbutal-lama running three-quar-ters in 1:13.28.

Clement wasn’t con-cerned with the slow pace.

“With that horse, I don’tworry about it. It doesn’tmatter.”

King Kreesa finally gotby Notacatbutllama, butLubash—after being kickedout several paths by JuniorAlvarado — was motoringlate, getting up in time towin his 15th race. The son ofFreudwas caught in 1:43.04for 1 1/16 miles over a firmInner Turf.

“I tried to save as much

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Lubash edges rival inWest Point StakeswinKing Kreesa takes second in Race 7 on New York-bred day at Spa

Brian McCann returned toAtlanta for the first time as amember of the New York Yan-kees on Friday night. McCannwas drafted by the Braves in2002and spent nine seasonswith the big club.

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The New York Islanders an-nounced on Friday that AlArbour, the man who guidedthem to four Stanley Cups ina row in the early 1980s, hasdied at the age of 82.

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SARATOGA SPRINGS >> Richard“The Mig” Migliore didn’t fol-low baseball as a kid growingup in Brooklyn.

But when Hank Aaron sur-passed Babe Ruth as the game’sall-time home run king, he gothooked and has been a fan of thesport ever since.

Migliore, a popular EclipseAward-winning jockey and cur-rent broadcaster, believes TripleCrown winner American Phar-oah is doing the same thing forracing.

“This is unbelievable,” hesaid. “I feel like a little kid again.When you have greatness it cap-tures people’s imaginations. Tohave this many people here justfor a workout is pretty incred-

ible.”Migliore was among the

15,000 people who got up earlyFriday to catch a glimpse ofAmerican Pharoah during amorning workout at SaratogaRace Course. The champion3-year-old, accompanied by hisconstant companion — a stablepony named Smokey — steppedonto the main track at 8:49 a.m.

after leaving Terranova RidingStable’s barn on the backstretch.

Fans watching from jam-packed clubhouse seats andalong the rail erupted intocheers as American Pharoahslowly ambled toward the Win-ner’s Circle area, stopped and

then took off for a one-lap gal-lop around the oval.

“We got up at 4 o’clock to gethere,” said Bobbi DeFranco ofAltamont, who watched withher husband, Joe. “People allover the world envy Saratoga,

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A chance to see historyFans flock to track to watch American Pharoah’s workout

American Pharoah gets washed down after his warm-up ride Friday.PHOTOS BY ERIC JENKS — FOR THE SARATOGIAN

More than 12,000people came to the Saratoga Race Course Fridayto see Triple Crown winner American Pharoah.

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Marylou Whitney, center, wasinducted to the Walk of Fame atSaratoga Race Course on Friday.She is joined by her husband, JohnHendrickson, right.

ByPaul Postppost@digitalfirstmedia.com@paulvpost on Twitter

SARATOGA SPRINGS >> Twoiconic horse owners tooktheir place Friday amongother racing greats as thenewest members of Sarato-ga’s Walk of Fame.

Marylou Whitney, the“Queen of Saratoga,” and for-mer New York Racing Associ-ation and Jockey Club chair-man Ogden Mills “Dinny”

Phipps were enshrined dur-ing ceremonies at the Sara-toga Race Course Winner’sCircle on Friday.

From there, they moved tothe track’s new Walk of Famebuilding where their hand-some bronze plaques wereunveiled.

“If you let her, Saratogawill bring out the best ineveryone,” said Whitney, hervoice filled with emotion.“May God bless you. MayGod shine His love on Sara-

toga and this track.”She is the first woman

named to the Walk of Fame.Marylou Whitney Stables

has produced many out-standing horses such as 2004Belmont Stakes and TraversStakes winner Birdstone,trained by Hall of FamerNick Zito.

“Anybody that knows Mar-ylou can tell she’s a speciallady,” Zito said. “Other thanbeing a great horse owner

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TROY>>Awoman andmother whohad been residing in Troy withher family is missing.

Elizabeth Priest, 30, has notbeen seen by anyof her relativesor friends sinceApril 30, said hermother, Holly Raf-ferty of Troy.

“I know mydaughter and Idon’t think shewould just up andleave,” said Raf-ferty.

Pr iest is amother of threeand her young-est’s birthday wasFriday. Her three sons range inage from 7 to 12. Custody of thechildren is currently with their fa-ther’s family.

Rafferty filed a missing per-son’s report with the Troy Policelast week.

Priest is 5’2’’ and about 90pounds. She has had varying haircolors but her original color isblonde. She has light brown eyes.

She was last seen on Thomp-son Street in Troy but she hadalso previously lived in Saratoga

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NEW WINDSOR >> The pilot of asingle-engine stunt plane prac-ticing for this weekend’s airshow at Stewart InternationalAirport was killed Friday after-noon when the aircraft crashed,according to state police.

Trooper Steven Nevel said thepropeller-driven plane crashedabout 2 p.m. at the airport inOrange County, where the NewYork Air Show is scheduled forthis weekend.

Federal Aviation Adminis-tration spokesman James Pe-ters said the plane was a GilesG-202 experimental aircraftand that it crashed shortly aftertaking off. An eyewitness andtweets from people at the scenesaid the plane’s tail broke off inflight. State police said the air-craft “experienced an apparentstructural failure.”

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American Pharoah gets washeddown after his warm-up rideFriday for Saturday’s Traversrace.

More than 12,000people came to catch a glimpse of Triple Crownwinner American Pharoah.

American Pharoah warms up at the track Friday morning.

More than 12,000people came to the Saratoga Race Course Fridayto catch a glimpse of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah.

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she’s a sweetheart of aperson. You can’t help butlike her. She doesn’t letanyone take her happinessfrom her. She does whatshe wants to do. That’swhat I love about her.”

Whitney and her hus-band, John Hendrickson,personally sponsor andfund a Backstretch Appre-ciation Program that pro-vides entertainment anddinners for racing’s un-sung heroes — grooms,exercise riders and hot-walkers — every eveningduring the 40-day Sara-toga meet. Whitney isalso well-known for herphilanthropy in Saratoga,helping found SaratogaPerforming Arts Centerand the National Museumof Dance, while make sig-nificant donations to in-stitutions such as Sara-toga Hospital and Sara-toga Regional YMCA.

“She is an icon, she de-serves the title Queen ofSaratoga,” said her long-time fr iend, MaureenLewi.

Phipps was NYRAchairman from 1976-83and chaired The JockeyClub from 19883-2015.Also a prominent breederand owner, his horse Orbwon the 2013 KentuckyDerby and his stable alsoproduced Rhythm, winner

of the 1990 Travers.“Angel Cordero was

probably the best personI ever saw ride on top of ahorse,” Phipps said.

However, he amusedthe large crowd on handby telling how Cordero fell

off a small Phipps familypony 11 times, before fi-nally giving up, unable tobreak it for Phipps’ chil-dren.

Cordero was one of fourprevious Walk of Fame in-ductees present that wel-

comed Phipps and Whit-ney to the shrine. JockeyJerry Bailey, trainer D.Wayne Lukas and long-time track announcerTom Durkin also joinedin the festivities.

Durkin said he has noregrets about retiring lastyear and missing a chanceto call American Pharo-ah’s Triple Crown races.

“Nine times I went intothe booth with a chance tomake a Triple Crown calland I was 0-for-9,” he said.“I guess you’d call that the‘Curse of Durkin.’”

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now even more so. Here itis right in our backyard.”

American Pharoah hadthe track all to himself, ap-pearing to thoroughly enjoythe adulation and picture-perfect morning weather --cloudless blue skies, brightsunshine and comfortablycool temperatures.

Another cheer rose ashe came down the stretch,reached the finish line areaand kept going at a gentlegallop before walking off

to await an appointmentwith destiny that could re-sult in his unofficial claimas “Greatest Thoroughbredof All Time.”

American Pharoah is at-tempting to become thefirst Triple Crown winnersince Whirlaway in 1941 toalso win the Travers. Satur-day’s Grade 1, $1.6 millionstakes race is the richest inSaratoga’s 152-year history.

Not since Mike Tyson’srise through the heavy-weight boxing ranks, enroute to becoming theyoungest champion ever,has the Capital Regionbeen so enamored by a na-

tionally-prominent sportsfigure.

Joe Deucker of Albanyand his 7-year-old son,Jack, proudly displayed2015 Belmont Stakes pro-grams they’d just gottenautographed by Bob Baffert,American Pharoah’s Hall ofFame trainer.

“My son is the next gen-eration of fans,” Deuckersaid. “He loves horses andthe races. I hope we can get(American Pharoah jockey)Victor Espinoza’s auto-graph, too.”

Baffert was amazed atFriday’s turnout.

“I’ve never seen anything

like it,” he said. “That’swhat he brings with him.He loves to train, he loves torun. That’s why we’re here.Give everybody a chance tosee him.”

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The pilot was the onlyperson in the plane, andhe was pronounced dead atthe scene, police said. Hisname wasn’t immediatelyreleased, but the FAA saidthe plane was owned bystunt pilot Andrew Wrightof Austin, Texas. Wrighttook a reporter for a pre-view flight earlier Friday.

There were no other in-juries and no propertydamage on the ground asa result of the crash, po-lice said.

Benjamin Granucci, aphotographer and editorfor the website nycavia-tion.com, said he photo-graphed the wreck as ithappened.

He said the pilot hadflown several passes, per-forming a variety of tricks,when he went into a divefollowed by a steep, cork-screwing climb.

“Partway through thecorkscrew, he sloweddown,” Granucci said. Buthe said he didn’t thinkanything was wrong un-til he saw the plane flyinginto an area off-limits toperformers because of itsproximity to spectators.

“After he was clear

of that area, he sort ofstopped and just startedspinning to the ground,”Granucci said.

Granucci said he hearda thud but didn’t see theplane hit the ground be-cause his view was ob-scured by trees and asmall hill.

He said that when hereviewed his photos, theyappeared to show the tailsection of the plane twist-ing off in midflight.

In his performances,Wright climbs, rolls, loopsand spirals in the plane,leaving a trail of smoke.In a trademark maneu-ver, he flies straight up un-

til the engine stalls, andthe plane then falls tail-first toward the ground,with the engine roaringback to life moments be-fore the aircraft would hitthe ground.

Orange County Execu-tive Steven Neuhaus saidthe county’s Departmentof Emergency Serviceswas at the scene with po-lice and the FAA and thatFriday’s remaining prac-tice runs for the showwere canceled.

A woman at the airshow box office said theweekend show will go onas scheduled.

U.S. Rep. Sean Pat-

rick Maloney said he was“deeply saddened” by theaccident.

“My thoughts andprayers are with the pilot’sfamily and all those par-ticipating in the New YorkAir Show this weekend,”Maloney, D-Cold Spring,said in an emailed state-ment.

The crash will be inves-tigated by the NationalTransportation SafetyBoard, which is standardprocedure is such acci-dents.

Mid-Hudson NewsNetwork contributed tothis report.

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A Giles G-202single-engine aircraft like this one crashed Friday at Stewart InternationalAirport, killing the pilot.

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Marylou Whitney, center, was inducted to the Walk of Fame at Saratoga Race Course onFriday. She is joined by her husband, John Hendrickson, right.

“You can’t help but like her.She doesn’t let anyone take herhappiness fromher. She doeswhatshewants to do. That’swhat I loveabout her.”— Hall of Famer Nick Zito

Travers Day Trafficand Safety Plan –Information providedby the SaratogaSprings PoliceDepartment

Racetrack arrival

Parking / Admission:NYRA run parking lotswill open at 6:45 a.m.and admission to theracetrack will begin at7:00 a.m.

In an effort to re-duce traffic congestion,lengthy delays park-ing and the potentialfor missing the start ofthe races, we are askingthose attending the racesto arrive early and leaveplenty of time to makeit in to the track. Post-time for the first race is11:45 a.m.

Private parking lotsare available on theUnion Ave. and NelsonAve. sides of the race-track.

Patrons of those lotsshould make sure to locktheir vehicles and writedown the address the ve-hicle is parked so it canbe found at the end ofthe day.

Because of the highvolume of private park-ing lots and patrons, po-lice officers will not beavailable to assist some-one in locating their ve-hicle until many hoursafter the races have con-cluded for the day.

BusesAll Buses, regardless

of size, will be directedto enter the OklahomaRacetrack on East Av-enue at Gate 21 (PotatoChip Lane).

A NYRA employeewill direct the buses to aparking location. This lo-cation on the OklahomaTrack is where patronswill be dropped off andshould return to at theend of the day.

Buses will not be al-lowed to drop-off or pick-up on Union Ave., EastAve. or Nelson Ave.

Handicapped parkingNYRA has limited

handicapped parking atthe Main Gate Entrance,Rec Hall Entrance (UnionAve.), and OklahomaTrack (Potato Chip Laneoff of East Ave.).

The NYRA handi-capped parking locationsare paid parking.

TaxisTaxis should drop-off

all patrons at the WrightStreet Gate off of NelsonAve. Taxis will not be al-lowed to stop in trafficon Union Ave. or NelsonAve. to drop-off fares.Taxis will only be avail-able at the Wright StreetGate at the end of the dayand should instruct theirfares throughout the dayof that.

There is a specif i-cally designated area onWright Street for taxis.

LimousinesALL Limousines are

instructed to drop-offand pick-up on FrankSullivan Place near theClubhouse Gate. Thereis a designated drop-off/pick-up/parking area forlimousines.

Interstate 87Those using I-87 to ar-

rive at the racetrack takeadvantage of all three ex-its (13, 14, 15) to get to theracetrack. This alleviateslengthy traffic delays atexit 14 and then even fur-ther delays to find park-ing. Exit 13N to Rt. 9. Fol-low Rt. 9 North and turnright on Crescent Ave.,Crescent St., or LincolnAve. All three streets leaddirectly to the racetrack.Exit 14 leads directly toUnion Ave. and the race-track. This will be themost congested and willexperience the longestdelays.

Exit 15 to C.V. WhitneyHighway, left on to EastAve., racetrack straightahead 1 mile.

The Saratoga RaceCourse is surroundedby residential neighbor-hoods.

Police ask all patronsto be aware of heavy ve-hicular and pedestriantraffic throughout theneighborhoods and duecaution should be givento both.

All parking restric-tions throughout theneighborhoods will bestrictly enforced.

Vehicles will be tick-eted and towed atthe owners expenseif found to be in vio-lation of the postedpark ing regulat ions.

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