1st-Saratoga, $105,000, Msw, 8-19, 2yo, 6f, 1:10.75, ft, 4 1/2 lengths.
RISK IT (c, 2, Gun Runner–Wedding Jitters, by Broken Vow), sent off the 8-5 favorite, wired the field for a debut victory at Saratoga Saturday. A $500,000 Keeneland September purchase, the chestnut colt jumped out to the early lead and was clear through a quarter in :22.60 and a half in :46.00. He shrugged off a challenge from Hunt Ball (Into Mischief) at midstretch and strode clear under a hand ride to graduate by 4 1/2 lengths. Wedding Jitters has a yearling filly by Laoban and, without a foal this year, was bred back to Nyquist. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $57,750.
O-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC and Three Chimneys Farm; B-Gun Runner Syndicate & De Sousa Stables & Cranford Bloodstock LTD (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen.
RISK IT, a 2YO by @Three_Chimneys stallion Gun Runner breaks his maiden under @Tyler_Gaff for trainer Steve Asmussen in the opener today at #Saratoga! pic.twitter.com/XddzM1yvTv
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