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Trained by Kiaran McLaughlin, Abraaj, covered 6 furlongs in 1:10.23 and paid $5.40, $3.10 and $2.40. First Defence, under jockey Javier Castellano, returned $4.10 and $3. Sammarco with jockey Channning Hill paid $5.10 to show.
“I am very proud of my horse,” said winning jockey Alan Garcia of the 5-year-old son of Carson City, Abraaj, who recorded his 5th win in 13 starts. “He finished very strong. I don’t know why he wasn’t running smooth early. When I started riding him, he finally started to get going. Then, he just kept going and ran very, very good.”
Other horses that raced in Saratoga’s Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap in order of finish: Thor’s Echo, Black Seventeen and E Z Warrior. Bustin Stones was scratched.
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