After four straight appearances against open turf sprinters, Godolphin's Star of Mystery (GB) (Kodiac {GB}) returns to her own age group as the likely odds-on favorite for Sunday's GIII Quick Call Stakes at Saratoga.
A two-time winner and Group 2 placed at two in England, the homebred filly wintered in Dubai, defeating a very good horse in the form of Ponntos (Ire) (Power {GB}) in the G2 Blue Point Sprint Jan. 26 before finishing second in the G3 Nad al Sheba Turf Sprint on Super Saturday and third to California Spangle (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint on the Dubai World Cup undercard Mar. 30. Less than 5-1 for the GI Jaipur Stakes over this course and trip June 8, the bay was third to the record-setting Cogburn (Not This Time) on that occasion should take all the beating here after opting out of Friday's sex-restricted Coronation Cup Stakes.
Fandom (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) was a splashy debut winner over the Keeneland turf last April, but was only 11th in the G2 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot and went missing. A 7-1 gamble returning in a competitive renewal of the Palisades Stakes at Keeneland Apr. 7, the Stonestreet runner narrowly defeated Mansa Musa (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns). The latter has since finished a troubled fourth in the May 1 William Walker S. ahead of a track-and-distance allowance victory June 8.
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