Untapable (Tapit), last year's champion sophomore filly, looks to get her 4-year-old campaign back on track in Sunday's GIII Shuvee H. at Saratoga. The Ron Winchell runner came up just a half-length short of Gold Medal Dancer (Medaglia d'Oro) when second to kick off 2015 in the Mar. 14 GII Azeri S. Moving forward off that effort, Untapable produced a sparkling 2 1/2-length victory in the Apr. 10 GI Apple Blossom H. She made a big move on the turn to challenge pacesetting Wedding Toast (Street Sense) at the top of the stretch in the June 6 GI Ogden Phipps, but had no response when that foe skipped clear to an easy victory, just holding on for second.
Stopchargingmaria (Tale of the Cat), winner of last year's GI Coaching Club American Oaks and GI Alabama S., returns to Saratoga off a four-length win in the May 15 GIII Allaire DuPont Distaff.
“She's doing well,” trainer Todd Pletcher said of the Town and Country Farms runner. “We're very happy with her and her last breeze [a bullet half-mile in :47.03 Sunday]. She seems to be in good form. We were planning on running her in the Ogden Phipps, but she got a little sick before the race. Her two biggest wins have been here, and she's 3-for-4 here and was second in another start. She seems to enjoy Saratoga.”
Jim Tafel Racing's Tiz Windy (Tiznow), winner of last year's GII Indiana Oaks, is coming off a third-place effort in the June 13 GII Fleur de Lis H. “She runs hard every race,” said trainer Carl Nafzger. “In my opinion she always run well, and has never had a bad race.”
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