FROM OFF THE PACE: Familiar Rivals Meet in A. G. Vanderbilt

FROM OFF THE PACE: Familiar rivals meet in A. G. Vanderbilt

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — A half-dozen mostly older sprinters, five of them geldings, make up the core of entrants in Saturday’s Alfred G. Vanderbilt Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. The eight-horse field includes the 1-2-4 finishers in last year’s edition of the six-furlong race, which has been a G1 since 2010. Morning-line favoritism, however, has landed on two G1-winning horses – Book’em Danno and Mullikin – who bypassed last year’s A. G. …

Book'em Danno faces stiff test as he shortens up a bit more in Vanderbilt

Book'em Danno, Mullikin, and Nakatomi, the winners of three of the four Grade 1 sprint stakes decided here a year ago have returned to Saratoga to square off for the second time this season in Saturday's $400,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Stakes.