Monday, March 5, 2012

YOUNG ARE RESTLESS TO STAKE CLAIM.(SPORTS)

Byline: MATT GRAVES Staff writer

SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Saratoga Race Course has long been regarded as a coming-out party for promising young horses, future stars like Whirlaway, Secretariat, Native Dancer, and Affirmed.

Yet while the fascination most years is directed toward potential Triple Crown colts, any discussion of the 2-year-olds coming to Saratoga this summer has to begin with the fillies. And any discussion of 2-year-old fillies must commence with Mark Hennig.

Hennig trains a trio of 2-year-old fillies primed for the Spa meet -- all undefeated, all stakes winners owned and bred by Edward P. Evans.

Alone, none may stir the heart as Ruffian did back in 1974, but together they form an exciting …

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