Saratoga: White Abarrio looks to be 'in the mix' in Whitney

Pletcher looking for fifth Whitney with Fierceness – but it won't come easy

On Saturday at Saratoga, Todd Pletcher will seek a fifth Whitney victory when he starts Fierceness against a deep, accomplished field in a highly anticipated renewal of the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney, which offers its winner a fees-paid berth into the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic.

Saratoga: White Abarrio looks to be 'in the mix' in Whitney

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. White Abarrio co-owner Mark Cornett blames his horse’s dismal performance last out in the Grade 1 Met Mile on the intricacies of breaking from Saratoga’s Wilson chute. He expects his horse to rebound in Saturday’s $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1). The 6-year-old Race Day horse, ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., was bumped on both sides at the start of the Met Mile and traveled wide in finishing a well-beaten fourth in a field of fiv…