Trainer William “Doug” Cowans and jockey Luan Machado each earned their first Saratoga Race Course victory when heavy post-time favorite Next coasted to an impressive win in Thursday’s $150,000 Birdstone, a 1 3/4-mile marathon for older horses, over the Spa’s fast main track.
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The hype proved to be right on target for Verifying. The former Kentucky Derby (G1) starter earned a Derby win one state over, taking the 29th running of the $300,000 Indiana Derby (G3) with Horseshoe Indianapolis' three-time leading jockey Marcelino Pedroza Jr. aboard.