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SARATOGA - Sep 02, 2026 - Race 3
MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT - Thoroughbred
(UP TO $20,010 NYSBFOA) FOR MAIDENS, THREE YEARS OLD AND UPWARD. Three Year Olds, 122 lbs.; Older, 126 lbs. (Non-Starters For A Claiming Price Of $55,000 Or Less In The Last 5 Starts Preferred). (If the Stewards consider it inadvisable to run this race o n the turf course, this race will run at One Mile and Three Sixteenths on the Main Track). (Rail at 12 feet).
One And Three Sixteenth Miles On The Turf
Current Track Record: (Deterministic - 1:50.50 - June 6, 2026)
Purse: $115,000
Available Money: $115,000
Value of Race: $115,000 1st $63,250, 2nd $23,000, 3rd $13,800, 4th $6,900, 5th $4,600, 6th $1,725, 7th $1,725
Weather: Cloudy Track: Yielding
Off at: 2:25 Start: Good for all except 1 Timer: Electronic


Fractional Times:
23.39
48.57
1:14.22
1:38.72
 
Final Time:
1:56.26
Split Times:
(25.18)
(25.65)
(24.50)
(17.54)
 
Gate to Wire Time:
2:00.53
Run-Up: 130 feet Temporary Rail: 12 feet

Winner: Protect and Defend, Gray or Roan Colt, by Munnings out of Hold Harmless, by Blame. Foaled Feb 03, 2023 in Kentucky.
Breeder: Stuart S. Janney, III LLC.
Owner: Stuart S. Janney III
Trainer: McGaughey III, Claude

Scratched Horse(s): Cromwell (Main-Track-Only) , Daunting (FR) (PrivVet-Illness) , Hadrian's Wall (Main-Track-Only)

Total WPS Pool: $302,034

Pgm
Horse
Win
Place
Show
 
5
Protect and Defend
5.36
3.00
2.36
 
8
Pay the Piper
3.30
2.52
 
2
Duty
3.76
 

Wager Type
Winning Numbers
Payoff
Pool
 
$1.00 Exacta
5-8
8.22
211,872
 
$0.50 Trifecta
5-8-2
16.04
90,832
 
$1.00 Pick 3
1-1-5 (3 correct)
121.57
59,026
 
$1.00 Daily Double
1-5
20.15
85,441
 
$0.10 Superfecta
5-8-2-6
6.76
49,683
 

Trainers:
5 - McGaughey III, Claude 8 - Brown, Chad 2 - Clement, Miguel 6 - Pletcher, Todd 3 - Rice, Linda 7 - Brown, Chad 1 - Noda, Orlando
Owners:
5 - Stuart S. Janney III 8 - Flanagan Racing 2 - Kinsman Stable 6 - Mark D. Breen 3 - Linda Rice 7 - LaPenta, Robert V., Lawrence, William H. and CHP Racing 1 - Orlando Noda
Footnotes
PROTECT AND DEFEND coaxed from the gate, raced three wide through the first turn, settled tracking the leader in closest aim from the two path, came under coaxing near the quarter pole and tipped four wide into upper stretch advancing to take command straightened away, edged clear under a drive and was kept to task to the finish. PAY THE PIPER chased two to three wide from near the rear of the field coming under encouragement with five-sixteenths to go, angled four to five wide into upper stretch, offered up a mild kick to be along well clear of the rest and second best. DUTY established the front and showed the way in hand along the inside coming under coaxing near the quarter pole, spun three wide into upper stretch and yielded the front straightened away, then weakened through to the finish. DONNADOYAWANNA coaxed from the start, chased just off the inside under a ride from three furlongs out, tipped three wide into upper stretch, weakened. EVENLY ALERT chased two to three wide under encouragement from the seven-sixteenths marker, angled three to four wide for home, tired. PAUILLAC three wide in pursuit, came under coaxing at the seven-sixteenths pole, angled four wide into upper stretch and faltered. GHOST DRIVER brushed the near side stall at the start, chased along the inside under a ride with seven-sixteenths to go, spun just off the inside into upper stretch and was eased home to the finish.


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