South Dakota

1.45 Haydock, Listed, 4yo/up, f/m, 10f 100yT George Strawbridge's homebred FRIENDLY SOUL (GB) (Kingman {GB}), who has won five of six prior outings, makes her first start since posting a career highlight in 2024's G1 Prix de l'Opera. She is a sibling of Group 1 winners With You (GB) (Dansili {GB}), Call The Wind (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and We Are (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) and the John and Thady Gosden trainee faces eight rivals, including last year's G1 Irish Oaks runner-up Wemightakedlongway (Ire) (Australia {GB}), in this Listed Hedge Of Oak...

Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott says he is not all that interesting. We disagree. Mott, who got his first winner when he was still in high school, has never stopped. Through the years, he has had a barn full of high-caliber horses. He talks about some of them; he talks about Sovereignty, who is the best 3-year-old in the country. He talks about training for the late George Steinbrenner. And he remembers a dumb question from a reporter (me). Here is the Saratoga Q&A. TDN: First question. Why is...