- Saturday, August 31, 2024
Saratoga
Race 5 Post time 2:14PM ET
(5) FEDERAL JUDGE (Cox / Franco)
With only 4 starts, Federal Judge is the most lightly-raced horse in the field, but he’s the most talented, and certainly the fastest out of the blocks. After winning his first 2 starts in 2023 he was thrown to the wolves racing for the first time without Lasix in the G1 Woody Stevens. He was sidelined after the race and did not resurface until 13 months later at this level at Saratoga, returning as a new gelding. Federal Judge set the pace as the 8-5 favorite, only to be run down in the shadow of the wire going 7F. Cuts back to 6.5F today, which should only help in a field which is made up of horses who do their running from off the pace.