Lots going on this morning at Saratoga. Street Sense went out for a nice jog in preparation for the Jim Dandy on the main track and the word continues to be good about top filly Rags to Riches, although trainer Todd Pletcher was still waiting to hear final confirmation from the doctors at about 10 a.m.
The post positions for Saturday's Whitney were drawn and the morning-line odds were set Thursday morning at the At The Rail Pavilion. Magna Graduate, a Pletcher trainee, was made the morning-line favorite at odds of 7-2. Flashy Bull, winner of the Grade I Stephen Foster Handicap last time out (beating, interestingly enough, Magna Graduate) was made the second choice at 4-1, followed by Papi Chullo (9-2) and Diamond Stripes (5-1). In all, 12 horses entered the Whitney and it is shaping up to be a spectacular race with no clear-cut favorite given the retirement of 2006 Whitney winner and Horse of the Year Invasor.
Today is bobblehead doll day at the track, and the honoree is Angel Cordero Jr. Cordero seemed happy enough to be immortalized as Pletcher, whom Cordero rides in the morning for, prepares for some payback. When Pletcher was a bobblehead, Cordero gathered up many dolls to give the trainer a hard time. Pletcher promised this morning to find a bunch of Cordero dolls and have them on display at the barn. Being his nickname is the "King of Saratoga," Cordero's doll should be a big draw (some were up for sale on e-Bay earlier this week).
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