Evening Attire Goes for 4th Saratoga Win

After finishing third behind Medaglia d’Oro and Volponi in a Grade 1, Evening Attire shows up in an allowance race today at Saratoga.

The winner of the Saratoga Breeders’ Cup Handicap and Jockey Club Gold Cup in 2002, the 5-year-old Black Tie Affair gelding has nine opponents in the $58,000 race at 1 1/8 miles.

Owned and bred by Mary and Joseph Grant and Tom Kelly and trained by Pat Kelly, Evening Attire was beaten by only a little more than two lengths in the Whitney Handicap on Aug. 2.

Mark Guidry is named to ride Evening Attire, who has three wins and two seconds in six starts at Saratoga.

The rest of the field includes likely pacesetter Onthedeanslist, Parose, Sohaib, Gold Dollar, Regal Sanction, Crafty Shaw, El Gran Papa -- who won at Saratoga a year ago for trainer Bobby Frankel -- Hard Buck and Hero’s Tribute.

Trained by John Ward for owner John Oxley, Hero’s Tribute is also dropping out of six consecutive graded stakes. The 5-year-old Sea Hero horse, who won the Gulfstream Park Handicap in March, has a win and a second in two Saratoga appearances.

Race of the day: Mariensky is one of three horses trainer Christophe Clement entered in the $100,000 Glens Falls Handicap, a Grade III at 1 3/8 miles on the turf. Clement also entered Midnight Angel and Sixty Seconds, a New Zealand-bred mare who won her first U.S. start by three lengths on July 11 at Belmont Park.

One for the road: Cyclorama drops into a softer spot for trainer James Bond in today’s sixth at Saratoga, a $50,000 allowance at 1 3/16 miles on the grass.

This will be her first appearance in an allowance since May 11 and her last four starts have come in the Sands Point, Hollywood Park’s American Oaks, the Garden City Breeders’ Cup Handicap and the Dance Smartly Handicap at Woodbine. Edgar Prado will ride. The 4-year-old Theatrical filly will leave from the inside post.

Exotically speaking: A pick three using Alices Silver Lady and Nellie L in the second, Forty Pureza, Pearl Hunt and Simplytruth in the third and singling Winendyme in the fourth.

Winners: Previous day/meet total: 4/68. Money: Previous day/meet total: $23.40/$393.80. Total money bet: $498.