Dogtag Back at the Spa for Lake George

LNJ Foxwoods's Dogtag (War Front) returns to Saratoga in Friday's GIII Lake George S. for the first time since breaking her maiden in last August's P.G. Johnson S. Fourth behind then-unbeatable stablemate Newspaperofrecord (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) in the GIII Miss Grillo S. at Belmont in September, she resurfaced to annex Pimlico's Hilltop S. May 17. The homebred is one of three signed on for the omnipresent Chad Brown stable, which made up the trifecta in last Saturday's GI Diana S. and could very well complete another triple here.

Peter Brant's Blowout (GB) (Dansili {GB}) was second to GI Belmont Oaks Invitational romper Concrete Rose (Twirling Candy) in the Mar. 9 GIII Florida Oaks and beaten a head in Aqueduct's Memories of Silver S. Apr. 19. She earned her first stakes score in the June 22 Wild Applause S. downstate, defeating two more stablemates including Nova Sol (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}), who had finished behind Dogtag in the Hilltop.

Paul Pompa, Jr.'s 'TDN Rising Star'Regal Glory (Animal Kingdom) completes the Brown trio. Never off the board in five lifetime outings, she was second in Gulfstream's GIII Sweetest Chant S. Feb. 3 and in the GII Appalachian S. at Keeneland Apr. 7 behind The Mackem Bullet (Ire) (Society Rock {Ire}). Regal Glory was last seen cruising home at 1-9 in the June 1 Penn Oaks ahead of a pair of next-out allowance winners.

Fellow 'Rising Star' Winter Sunset (Tapit) looks to follow in the hoofsteps of her first two dams Winter Memories (El Prado {Ire}) and Memories of Silver (Silver Hawk), who took this race in 2011 and 1996, respectively. She doubled up in the Shantel Lanerie Memorial S. at Fair Grounds Feb. 9 before settling for third in the Florida Oaks. She was third again behind Concrete Rose in Churchill's GIII Edgewood S. May 3, and second in the nine-panel GIII Regret S. back under the Twin Spires. Finishing one spot behind her that day was Varenka (Ghostzapper), who took a hot optional claimer here last week.