Deep Field In Whitney Handicap at Saratoga

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The handicap division has taken its lumps this year for not being especially deep, but its competitive nature has led to one of the more intriguing recent editions of the Grade 1, $750,000 Whitney Handicap, which drew a large field of 11.
The 1 1/8-mile Whitney, which shares top billing with the Grade 1 Test Aug. 6 at Saratoga, includes grade I winners Giant Oak, Morning Line, Rail Trip, and Tizway, but it was Flat Out who was made the lukewarm 4-1 morning-line favorite off of his dominating Grade 2 Suburban Handicap victory July 2. Mission Impazible and Apart, second and third, respectively, in the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap, are also major contenders. The Whitney, a "Win and You're In" event for the Breeders' Cup Classic, will go to post at 5:44 p.m. EDT.
Preston Stables' Flat Out won the Suburban Handicap by 6 1/2 widening lengths for his first graded stakes victory. Trained by Scooter Dickey, the Florida-bred son of Flatter has worked twice since that win at Monmouth Park and shipped to Saratoga Aug. 2. He will break from post 1 under Alex Solis.
"The post position doesn't make any difference to him," Dickey said. "I like my chances and the horse is doing well. He arrived there yesterday and went around the track this morning."
Flat Out finished sixth in the Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs in his previous start.

The winner earns a spot in the Breeder's Cup Classic, and the race will be on Versus, with the broadcast starting at 5.