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The $1 million Shadwell Travers is the feature race Saturday at Saratoga and features a competitive field of eleven including the Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, who breaks from the outside post. He most recently finsihed fourth in the Haskell Stakes behind Trappe Shot and First Dude, after stumbling at the start. Look for him to bounce back.

Life at Ten will really have to work to keep her six-race win streak alive as she faces 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra in Sunday's Grade 1, $300,000 Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga.

The 2010 Arlington Million field will be comprised of a total of 10 horses with Gio Ponti as the betting favorite. The defending champion, Gio Ponti, is trained by Christopher Clement and will be piloted by Ramon Dominguez. He is in top form with a win in his last race in the Grade 1 Man O’ War at Belmont in July.

Four-time Grade 1 winner Blind Luck takes on three-time Grade 1 winner Devil May Care in the Grade 1, $500,000 Alabama Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. Devil May Care is coming off two consecutive victories including the Mother Goose and the Coaching Club Oaks.

The Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks $200,000 Stakes at 1-1/16 miles features a field of six including Iowa Oaks winner Seeking the Title and No Such Word who finished second in the Black Eyed Susan Stakes. Patriotic Viva has the home court advantage having won her most recent start over this surface in a non-graded stakes.

Santa Anita Derby winner Sidney's Candy will make his turf debut in Saturday’s $150,000 La Jolla Handicap for 3-year-olds over 1-1/16 miles on turf. Leroy’s Dynameaux won the Grade 3 Will Rogers Stakes on turf June 20th and has never finished out of the money.

Zenyatta is set to put her 17-0 record on the line in the $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar on Saturday. Zenyatta will be going for her third straight win in the Hirsch and she heads a field of six in the 1-1/16 mile race in which she will be the overwhelming favorite.

Quality Road headlines the $750,000 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga on Saturday. He will be the heavy favorite here and his last two performances will make him very tough to beat.

Sunday's $250,000 Ruffian Invitational at Saratoga features a field of six including likely favorite Unrivaled Belle, who has the distinction of having beaten Horse of the Year, Rachel Alexandra, last April at Churchill. She most recently finished second in the Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont.

Cost of Freedom and EZ's Gentleman will vie for favoritism in the Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes on Sunday at Del Mar. The field for the six-furlong race includes Grade 1 winner EZ's Gentleman who is coming off a huge effort in the Triple Bend last month at Hollywood.