Donato’s Saratoga selections for Friday, July 30, 2021 | The Daily Gazette
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The Curlin Stakes will be the featured race Friday with a field of seven scheduled to run the ninth race over nine furlongs of the Main Track and two of those entrants, First Captain (7-5), and Miles D (10-1) are by the race’s namesake.
First Captain is undefeated through three races, with the most recent coming as the favorite against graded company. In that race, he bested the field at the final sixteenth marker and made space from there, winning by 1 3/4 lengths. He looks suited for a return to the winner’s circle, as he rates comparatively above the field as he did in his last race.