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Klaravich Stables’ Idea Generation earned her first victory against winners in style when going wire-to-wire to capture Saturday’s Grade 2, $500,000 Flower Bowl, a 1 3/8-mile inner turf test for older fillies and mares, at Saratoga Race Course.

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Godolphin’s Grade 3-winning Kentucky homebred Highland Falls seeks his first top-level score in Sunday’s Grade 1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup, a 1 1/4-mile test for 3-year-olds and up, at Saratoga Race Course.

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In 2011, owner Mike Repole teamed up with eventual Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher at Saratoga Race Course to land the Grade 2 Jim Dandy and Grade 1 Travers double with Stay Thirsty. 13 years later, the dynamic duo again accomplished the feat with Fierceness, a Repole homebred grandson of Stay Thirsty, who notched a tenacious score in Saturday’s $1.25 million DraftKings Travers.

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Today’s Grade 1 Personal Ensign is named in honor of Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey’s 1988 Eclipse Champion Older Female, who was a force on the track winning all 13 of her starts and carrying that talent to the breeding shed.

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Trainer Whit Beckman will saddle Honor Marie in search of his first Grade 1 win in Saturday’s $1.25 million DraftKings Travers, a 10-furlong test for sophomores, at Saratoga Race Course.

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Lea Farms’ Power Squeeze prevailed in a stretch-drive thriller to secure her third graded win and first at the top-flight in Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 Alabama presented by Keeneland Sales, a 1 1/4-mile test for sophomore fillies, at Saratoga Race Course.