Saratoga Day 4: Break Even looks for turf breakout in Coronation Cup

By Rick Francis —-

A winner of her first five starts, Klein Racing’s daughter out of Country Day, Break Even (4) looks to make it six straight as she tries the turf in the running of the Coronation Cup, slated as race 9 on the card.

Her main threat to snap that win streak will come from the Jason Servis trained filly out of Paynter, A Bit of Both (5), a winner of four straight including her turf debut last out at Monmouth. Eyeinthesky (6), the most seasoned on the lawn, breaks from their immediate outside but has seen her form take a step back in her last two.

It shapes up to be an exciting stretch duel.

The field from the rail out:

1) I’llhandalthecash (Mandal/Davis)
2) Lyrical Lady (Asmussen/Santana)
3) Bohemian Bourbon (Wilkes/Leparoux)
4) Break Even (Cox/Bridgmohan)
5) A Bit of Both (Servis/Ortiz, I)
6) Eyeinthesky (Casse/Rosario)
7) Midnight Fantasy (Sharp/Saez)
8) My Galina (Abreu/Castellano)
9) Abyssinian (Ward/Velazquez)

Selections: 4, 5, 6, 3