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Fern Circle Stables, Back Racing, and Magdalena Racing’s graded stakes-placed Creative Minister competed in two-thirds of the Triple Crown, but will step into restricted company in Friday’s 13th renewal of the $135,000 Curlin Stakes, a nine-furlong test for 3-year-olds at Saratoga Race Course.

Flying P Stable, R.A. Hill Stable, and Flying Partners’ leading marathoner Lone Rock will vie for a repeat victory in the $200,000 Birdstone, a 1 3/4-mile test for older runners on the main track Thursday at Saratoga Race Course.

Kentucky-based stallions Creative Cause and Heart To Heart will shuttle to Haras Phillipson in Uruguay for the 2022 Southern Hemisphere breeding season, the South American publication Turf Diario reports.

Clarkland Farm’s Kentucky homebred Just Cindy outdueled Summer Promise in a spirited stretch battle to capture Thursday’s Grade 3, $175,000 Schuylerville, a six-furlong sprint for juvenile fillies on Opening Day at Saratoga Race Course.

Secret Oath worked five-eighths in 1:00.01 Friday morning while stablemate Ethreal Road had to pull up after spooking and bolting.

Legendary Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas is not done writing his storybook career just yet. At 87 years young, Lukas still has plenty of high-caliber horses to showcase his talents at the upcoming Saratoga Race Course summer meet, which starts Thursday.

Graded stakes action for the 2022 meet at Saratoga Race Course starts with a field of nine juvenile fillies taking center stage on opening day Thursday in the $175,000 Schuylerville (G3).

Man Child and Wizard of Westwood were both first out winners in a pair of $50,000 maiden races for 2-year-olds Sunday at Los Alamitos.

Study Guide: 2022 Belmont Stakes at the Kentucky Derby. The 2023 Kentucky Derby is the 149th renewal of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports. Live odds, betting, horse bios, travel info, tickets, news, and updates from Churchill Downs Race Track.

  The 154th running of the Belmont Stakes on June 11 will tell us a little something about the three-year-old division. Always at the forefront this time of year, the 2022 class of sophomores appears to be rather balanced. The mile and a half “test of a champion” is certainly a race that can make a horse. With eight talented runners looking for a share of the $1.5 million in purse money, this sashay around Big Sandy looks to be very competitive.   Let&rs...