Alan Northcutt

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.--A good 15 minutes after Briland (McKinzie) won the first race Sunday by a neck at Saratoga Race Course, Devon Bradley was unexpectedly pulled into the interview in the winner's enclosure. Well-respected bloodstock agent and architect of partnerships, Peter Bradley had just noted that his daughter was the driving force behind the purchase of the filly out of the Speightstown mare Bay Harbor at OBS April. When Peter said--"This was her favorite horse in the sale, so what was I to say?"--Devon was summoned from another conversation to...