| R1 USA - SARATOGA | 30 August 2014 |
| Bernard Baruch Handicap (Grade 2) (3yo+) (Turf) G2 3U ($160,670), 1710m 1:39.08 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | WISE DAN (USA) 7yo Gelding | CHARLES LOPRESTI JOHN R VELAZQUEZ | 57.5 $1.80 | |||||||
| WISEMAN'S FERRY (USA) - LISA DANIELLE (USA) | ||||||||||
| MORTON FINK | 2nd | OPTIMIZER (USA) 5yo Horse | JOSE FERNANDEZ A GARCIA | 52.5 $30.00 | ||||||
| ENGLISH CHANNEL (USA) - INDY PICK (USA) | 3rd | FIVE IRON (USA) 4yo Horse | BRIAN A LYNCH JOEL ROSARIO | 54.0 $8.20 | ||||||
| SHARP HUMOR (USA) - TEE OFF (USA) | ||||||||||
| 4th | SAYAAD (USA) 4yo Horse | KIARAN MCLAUGHLIN JOSE ORTIZ | 53.0 $8.50 | |||||||
| 5th | BIO PRO (USA) 6yo Gelding | WILLIAM I MOTT JOSE LEZCANO | 53.0 $4.50 | |||||||
| 6th | NORTH STAR BOY (IRE) 5yo Gelding | NIALL SAVILLE I ORTIZ JR | 51.5 $18.00 | |||||||
| 7th | SKY BLAZER (USA) 6yo Gelding | BARCLAY TAGG RAJIV MARAGH | 52.5 $15.60 | |||||||
| 8th | BOISTEROUS (USA) 7yo Horse | TODD PLETCHER JAVIER CASTELLANO | 54.0 $4.50 | |||||||
| 9th | PARIS VEGAS (USA) 7yo Gelding | ELIZABETH VOSS LUIS SAEZ | 51.5 $35.00 | |||||||
Wise Dan, the reigning two-time Horse of the Year he trains for breeder-owner Morton Fink, returned from a 15-week layoff to hold off late-running long shot Optimizer and win the Grade 2, $250,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap by a nose at Saratoga.
Mercury12000 Says:
1/09/2014 10:17:59 AM
I don't think Wise Dan understands the concept of losing.
vodkashana Says:
1/09/2014 4:01:19 AM
Holy smokes what a horse. 3 months removed from colic surgery, 4 months from last racing, and handicapped at NINE pounds more than the entire field. Oh, and less than 1/5 off the track record.
troppodude Says:
1/09/2014 2:24:09 AM
Why is there a fake crowd noise at 1:30 it goes from no crowd to an apparent crowd cheering... then at 1:50 no crowd at all.. cant be all those cheering on the rail. It's like a laugh track for a sitcom
potatoncarrots Says:
31/08/2014 8:42:15 PM
Wise Dan has to be one of the toughest horses i have ever seen,just keeps winning and winning,plenty of heart and determination.
timmy parkerson Says:
31/08/2014 4:14:11 PM
bullshit this horse wont lose the rest of the year .3 peat and hoy watch
GBeret83 Says:
31/08/2014 10:54:35 AM
My gut feeling is the rest of this season for Wise Dan might end up looking a lot like Goldikova's final season of racing. Still highly competitive, but with some losses. I agree with Lee SOG below in that even though this was Wise Dan's first start coming off a layoff, I doubt he'll come on massively for the run given his age now. He may just not be the same horse any longer that we've seen over the past couple of seasons. If Variety Club shows up for this year's BC Mile, which is a race his connections say they're targeting, Wise Dan will have to improve quite a bit above this effort to beat him, and I'm not sure this effort would be good enough to beat the same Toronado we saw win this year's G1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal-Ascot either, in my honest opinion.