Bill Parcells has reached the pinnacle of professional football twice, coaching the New York Giants to a pair of Super Bowl championships. Yet a victory at the top level in Thoroughbred racing has been elusive for the 2013 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee. That could change this summer at Saratoga Race Course.
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Freedom Trail Chasing Form Reversal In Saturday’s Kent Stakes
Gatsas Stables, R.A. Hill Stable & Steven Schoenfeld's Freedom Trail is the slight choice in the field of seven entered in the $150,000 Kent Stakes this Saturday at Delaware Park. The 1 3/8-mile turf affair for 3-year-olds has been carded as the eighth race with an approximate post time of 4:00 pm.
The Kentucky-bred trained by John Terranova will be seeking his first win of the year in the Kent. In his most recent outing the son of Collected ran fifth in the 1 1/8-mile Grade 2 Pennine Ridge over the Belmont Park turf course on June 3. Previously, he ran seventh in the 1 1/16-mile Grade 3 Transylvania on the Keeneland grass on May 23. Last year, he posted a record of two wins from three starts including at stakes score in the $120,000 Awad Stakes.
Godolphin's Phileas Fogg will be seeking his first career stakes victory. The Kentucky-bred trained by Michael Stidham has a career record of a win from two starts. In his only outing this year, the son of Astern ran second in a one mile dirt allowance at Delaware Park on June 28. Last year, he broke his maiden going a mile and a sixteenth on the main track at Fair Grounds on December 8.
“We have always really liked him from the beginning,” said trainer Michael Stidham. “After he broke his maiden impressively first time out at the Fair Grounds, he came up with a little problem, so we gave him some time. We have always thought somewhere in the future for this horse would be grass based upon his pedigree and the distance should certainly fit him because he is a big galloping type of horse. It is a big step up right into a stake when he is still eligible for his 'other than' condition, but we felt like this was a great opportunity to try both the grass and the distance.”
$150,000 Kent Stakes
For 3-year-olds
at a mile and three eighths (turf)
| # | HORSE | OWNER | TRAINER | JOCKEY | Wg | ODD |
| 1 | Regal Kingdom | Dupuis & Bourque | H. Graham Motion | Daniel Centeno | 117 | 10-1 |
| 2 | Really Good | Paradise Farm et al | Michael Maker | Ruben Silvera | 117 | 3-1 |
| 3 | Freedom Trail | Gatsas, RA Hill & Schoen | John Terranova | Jeremy Rose | 122 | 2-1 |
| 4 | Love Me Knot | Pinnacle Racing | Gregory Sacco | Charlie Marquez | 117 | 10-1 |
| 5 | Phileas Fogg | Godolphin | Michael Stidham | Angel Arroyo | 117 | 8-1 |
| 6 | Ocean City | Golden Lion Racing | Brittnay Russell | Sheldon Russell | 117 | 4-1 |
| 7 | Tee At One | Mastic Beach Racing | Diane Morici | Raul Mena | 117 | 10-1 |
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