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Pletcher’s Cotillion trio could spark a big day, which will start early when he breezes Horse of the Year candidate and Breeders’ Cup Classic contender Life Is Good at Saratoga Race Course. Pletcher runs Goddess of Fire, Green Up, and Shahama in the 1 1/16-mile Cotillion, a race he’s won three times.
Trainer D. Wayne Lukas has enjoyed success in almost every American stakes over his legendary career, but the 87-year-old Hall of Famer has yet to grace the winners’ circle in the Cotillion. That could change this year with his multiple graded stakes-winning filly Secret Oath.
Nominations are set for the Grade 1, $1 million betPARX Pennsylvania Derby with as many as 28 3-year-olds under consideration for the 42nd renewal of the 1 1/8-mile event Saturday, Sept. 24 at Parx Racing in Bensalem, Penn.