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Saratoga Race Course is renowned for its terrific 2-year-old racing, and all of the big barns west of the Mississippi plus some of the smaller stables with a nice juvenile or two target the meeting in upstate New York. It doesn’t take long for the 2-year-old action to swing into high gear as the Grade 3 Sanford Stakes is one of three featured stakes on the first Saturday card of the meet.

The fields for the 14 races that comprise the Breeders’ Cup World Championships really begin to come into focus in summer and fall. This regular feature will offer a snapshot profile of one of the previous weekend’s standout stars, usually a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series winner, and whether I’m buying or selling their chances to win Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar.

Tom Pedulla offers takeaways from a pair of Grade 1 contests Saturday at Belmont at the Big A, the $727,500 Belmont Derby Invitational and the $500,000 Fasig-Tipton Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes, and other major developments this weekend.

Dragoon Guard introduced himself as a contender in the 3-year-old division with a front-running performance in the $300,000 Grade 3 Indiana Derby at Horseshoe Indianapolis on July 6.

After running in six straight two-turn races, Domestic Product returned to a one-turn distance and responded with a dominant performance as he motored to a 7 1/2-length victory in the one-mile $200,000 Grade 3 Dwyer Stakes for 3-year-olds July 6 at Belmont at the Big A.

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