McLean’s In-Depth Handicapping of Saturday Classic 11/4 Miles

Classic	11/4 Miles
Post	Horse	T	J	Record	Distance	Dirt/Difference	Comments	Grade	Odds
1	Forever Young	Yhahagi	Sakai	603	505	660/+1	True Closer-DC/Older?	A++	6-to-1
2	Highland Falls	Cox	L. Saez	132	287	144/+45	Stalker-Closer/Lost to Tapit Trice-NewG	A-	20-to-1
3	City of Troy	A. O'Brien	R. Moore	434	()	()/+216 on Turf	Speedy Type on Turf/Older?	A+++	5-to-2
4	Mixto	O'Neill	Frey	56	204	113/+57	Stalker Speed/DM: 2 wins in 6/Lost to NG	C	30-to-1
5	Senor Buscador	Fincher	Rosario	606	332	2361/+1756	DC-C/3 Bad in Row/Track Bias Against	C	30-to-1
6	Derma Sotogake	Otonash	Lemaire	263	460	500/+157	True Closer-DC/3rd Last Year	B	20-to-1
7	Ushba Tesoro	Takagi	Kawada	500	1860	1999/+1500	DC-TC/5th in '23	B-	12-to-1
8	Pyrenees	DeVaux	B. Hernandez	72	175	86/+58	Stalker-Closer/Lost to HF	B	30-to-1
9	Fierceness	Plethcer	J. Velazquez	333	343	434/-18	Speed/Older?	A-	3-to-1
10	Tapit Trice	Pletcher	I. Ortiz	144	70	146/+29	Stalker Closer/Beat HF	A-	30-to-1
11	Sierra Leone	Brown	Prat	300	450	346/+78	DC-TC/Older?/Lost to Fierceness	A	12-to-1
12	Arthur's Ride	Mott	Alvarado	100	51	42/+42	Speed/Lost to HF	B-	15-to-1
13	Newgate	Baffert	Dettori	60	120	60/+22	Speed	C	20-to-1
14	Next	Cowans	Machado	60	()	86/+45	All Speed	B	8-to-1
15-AE	Rattle N Roll

	McLean Racing	Grade	Record	Distance	Fast/Diff	Style
	Forever Young	A++	2	2	2/+1	TC/DC
	City of Troy	A+++	4	()	()/3	Speed
	Highland Falls	A-	()	()	()/()	Stalk
	Sierra Leone	A-	()	4	()/4	DC
	Tapit Trice	A-	()	()	()	Stalker Closer
	Fierceness	A-	5	5	5/-18	Speed
	Next	B+	()	()	()/()	Speed
	Derma Sotogake	B+	()	3	4/3.	TC/DC
	Ushba Tesoro	B-	3	1	1/2.	DC/TC