We have two horses running at Saratoga on Saturday.  Lord Justice is entered in a 2 year old maiden race.  This is the first race of his career.  Looking forward to seeing how he runs in his debut.  Then, in the feature race, we have Harlem Rocker (see photo at top) running in the $1,000,000.00 Travers Stakes.  He has post position 8 and is the 2nd choice on the morning line.  However, he's going to have to beat some good horses.  The lineup is:

1. Tale of Ekati, Edgar Prado, 20-1
2. Colonel John, Garrett Gomez, 8-1
3. Da' Tara, Alan Garcia, 8-1
4. Tizbig, Cornelio Velasquez, 30-1
5. Macho Again, Julien Leparoux, 6-1
6. Cool Coal Man, John Velazquez, 15-1
7. Amped, Jorge Chavez, 30-1
8. Harlem Rocker, Eibar Coa, 4-1
9. Mambo in Seattle, Robby Albarado, 5-1
10. Tres Borrachos, Tyler Baze, 15-1
11. Pyro, Shaun Bridgmohan, 7-2
12. Court Vision, Kent Desormeaux, 12-1

In this field are the winners of some big Derby preps and a couple of nice races after the Triple Crown.  This will be a good test for Harlem Rocker to see where he stands in the 3 year old picture.

I'm still watching and enjoying the Olympics.  I'm very proud of the Americans.  I though Shawn and Nastia were awesome on balance beam!  Also, the American team won the gold medal in show jumping.  Unfortunately, I didn't get to see that.  They don't have much coverage of the horse sports on tv, and if they do, it's usually when I'm at work.  I'm hoping the USA does well in the individual jumping competition also!

Adamsdarling, I'd be more than happy to send some of my days off in your direction!   I've had people at work here tell me they wish they could buy some off me.  I'd be happy to give them away, but we're not allowed!