6th-Saratoga, $115,000, Alw, 8-16, (NW1$X), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:09.86, ft, 5 lengths.
THREE RIVERS (f, 3, American Pharoah–Flying Spur {GISP, $198,821}, by Giant's Causeway) delivered on debut with a 1 3/4-length victory downstate June 24, good for a 78 Beyer, and stayed perfect with a sharp score here. The 5-2 chance mixed it up on the front end through fractions of :22.18 and :45.29 and blasted off into the stretch to win going away by five lengths. Portage (Tonalist) was second. Mike Rutherford homebred and distant GI Kentucky Oaks third-place finisher Flying Spur, a daughter of MGISW Lakeway (Seattle Slew), is also responsible for the 2-year-old colt Dawn At Normandy (Omaha Beach) and an Omaha Beach colt of this year. She was bred back to Justify. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $112,750. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O/B-Mike G. Rutherford (KY); T-William I. Mott.
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