1/ST BET Race of the Week: $600000 Grade 1 Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga – VSiN

The Lead: They’ll gather at Saratoga and at wagering outlines online around the world for Saturday’s Travers Stakes, the mid-summer Derby. But it’s the Personal Ensign in Race 10 that may have the most competitive lineup on a star-studded, 13-race card. The Personal Ensign has lured some of the best in the Distaff division, fittingly for a race named after the unbeaten, Hall of Fame mare. Horseplayers tackling the Saratoga card on Saturday at Xpressbet and on the 1/ST BET app can take advantage of up a $10 money-back guarantee on every race on the card if your win bet finishes second or third. Field Depth:   Grade 1 winners abound with SWISS SKYDIVER, LETRUSKA, HARVEY’S LIL GOIL and DUNBAR ROAD. The Grade 2 heroines include BONNY SOUTH, AS TIME GOES BY and MISS MARISSA. The Grade 3 winners include ROYAL FLAG and GRACEFUL PRINCESS. This top-class group doesn’t have a wide stretch in terms of schedule quality; they’ve mostly all been battling at the top of the division, though it’s hard to argue against the gameplan SWISS SKYDIVER has attempted and success accumulated. Pace: LETRUSKA is one of the most high-quality speedsters we’ve seen in the Distaff division in recent…
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