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Trained by Nick Zito, Commentator covered 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.23 and paid $10.80, $6.20 and $4.30. Student Council, under jockey Shaun Bridgmohan, returned $7.60 and $4.70. Grasshopper with jockey Robby Albarado paid $4.80 to show.
The 7-year-old gelded son of Distorted Humor, Commentator, won 3 of 5 career Saratoga starts entering the Whitney Handicap where he broke sharply, got position just off the rail and settled him into a comfortable rhythm that produced fractions of 24.16, 47.73, 1:11.80 and 1:37.02.
“This is a good illustration to anyone — don’t ever give up,” said race horse trainer Nick Zito, who won this race with Commentator in 2005.
Other horses that raced in Saratoga’s Whitney Handicap in order of finish: Notional, Rising Moon, Merchant Marine, Solar Flare (ARG), A. P. Arrow, Timber Reserve, Tasteyville and Cowtown Cat.
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