SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Horse of the Year Wise Dan returns to the track Saturday to run in the contest where he launched his seven-race winning streak.
The 6-year-old gelding, who’s 3-for-3 during the current season after ending his last campaign with a victory in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Santa Anita, will defend his title in the Fourstardave Handicap. The race will be run at a mile over the turf course at Saratoga Race Course. Six of the seven races in his current year-old streak have been run at a mile on grass.
Six horses will oppose Wise Dan, including Lea, who was runner-up to Wise Dan in the June 29 Firecracker Handicap at Churchill Downs.
The others are Skyring, Za Approval, Mr. Commons, Willyconker, and King Kreesa.
