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A. Bianco Holding Limited’s Pioneering Spirit stalked and pounced to a 2 3/4-length victory in closing day Monday’s 65th running of the $150,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap, a listed race for 3-year-olds and upward going 1 1/16 miles over the firm inner turf at Saratoga Race Course.
Headed by four Grade 1 winners and a trio of Grade 2 victors, a field of 16 was entered for Saturday’s $1.7 million Kentucky Turf Cup
P. Dale Ladner’s Alva Starr, bred by Ladner and trainer Brett Brinkman, became the second winner of the Prioress (G2) produced from the Brinkman-trained and Ladner-owned Sittin At the Bar when she romped to an 8 3/4-length score under Jose Lezcano in Saturday’s six-furlong test for sophomore fillies at Saratoga Race Course.