The stakes standing of the Troy Stakes (G3) and the Galway Stakes, each off-the-turf editions run Aug. 10 at Saratoga Race Course, will stay downgraded as a consequence of being moved to the principle monitor, in line with the American Graded Stakes Committee.
Any turf stakes is routinely downgraded by one stage when it’s moved off the grass. The race is then reviewed by the AGSC to see if it warrants having its authentic stakes standing restored.
The Troy Stakes, a 5 1/2-furlong race for 4-year-olds and up, will stay downgraded to a grade 3. Surveillance , a 7-year-old Structure gelding, received this 12 months’s Troy, which was his first graded stakes win and his fourth profession black-type win. He received by 3 1/4 lengths as the favourite over Outlaw Child . Step Ahead was third.
The Galway, additionally run at 5 1/2 furlongs for 3-year-old fillies, was initially a listed stakes however will now be recorded as a non-listed black-type stakes. Halina’s Forte , a daughter of Mitole , received the Galway and captured her second black-type stakes win for the 12 months. Previous to the Galway, she ran third within the Victory Trip Stakes (G3) on the principle monitor at Aqueduct Racetrack. Baraye was second by a head within the Galway and Worth Space was third.Join BloodHorse Every day