Last August he outclassed allowance class runners by 8 1/2 lengths after galloping along on the lead. According to Race Lens, trainer James Ryerson is 2-for-17 in graded stakes in the last five years and never has had a starter hit the board in a graded stakes at Saratoga. Prior to that he had gone 3: 0-0-0 in graded company, including 2: 0-0-0 in stakes company. Unbridled Bomber hit the board in a graded stakes for the first time last out in the Suburban (G2), checking in 8 3/4 lengths behind winner Charge It. He has finished out of the money all four times there. The James Ryerson trainee doesn’t like Saratoga. Regular jockey Joel Rosario remains aboard. Trainer Michael Stidham is an 18 percent winner and 41 percent in the money in stakes races. Three starts back the son of Tapit ran a career-best race, winning the Oaklawn Handicap (G2) with a 113 Equibase Speed Figure. It was an excellent effort coming off an uncharacteristically poor outing in the Stephen Foster (G1) two starts back. Proxy did something in the Monmouth Cup (G3) last out that he hadn’t done since he was a juvenile, namely go to the lead and wire the field. The only knock against is that he hasn’t strung together back-to-back victories since he was two. Proxy should improve in his third start off a layoff. Joel Rosario took Proxy to the far outside, and Tapit’s son lost enthusiasm and ground, finishing last. He had a mild excuse in the Stephen Foster, checking hard about a furlong out of the gate. Remarkably consistent, this Michael Stidham trainee has tossed only two clunkers this year. The versatile Proxy can settle on or off the pace and win. Laurie Ross of Pedigree Power and Ashley Tamulonis of Coast To Coast decide who will stand and deliver and who is just a pretender. ![]() This year’s edition of the Jockey Club Gold Cup is the 11th of 12 races on Saturday’s 12-race card. The mighty Curlin was the last to complete the double when he accomplished the feat in 2007, following Cigar in 1995 and Skip Away in 1997. None of the last 10 Gold Cup winners who started in the Breeders’ Cup Classic pulled off the double, but last year Olympiad placed second, and in 2012 Flat Out was third. Click here for Saratoga entries and results.
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