Aiming for her third straight victory and back-to-back graded stakes wins, Pipsy battles familiar foes in the $175,000 Caress Stakes (G3T), a 5 1/2-furlong grass sprint July 19 at Saratoga Race Course.
The Ireland-bred 4-year-old filly of Kodiac, trained by Will Walden, is 2-for-2 in 2025. Most recently, Pipsy won the June 5 Intercontinental Stakes (G2T) at Saratoga to earn her first graded stakes victory of the year and second of her career.
“That was a good group of fillies she beat ... you’ve got to bring your ‘A’ game every time,” Walden said. “We’re confident Pipsy will bring hers.”
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One mare looking to snap Pipsy's win streak is Future Is Now, who has earned three graded stakes victories in her career. Future Is Now finished half a length behind Pipsy in the Intercontinental Stakes, her first loss since last summer.
“It was a good effort. We didn't get the exact result that we would have liked, but she ran a really good race,” Future Is Now's trainer Mike Trombetta said.
Finishing three-quarters of a length behind Future Is Now in the Intercontinental Stakes was show finisher Kairyu, who will look to close the gap on the Intercontinental's top two Saturday.
The turf field is made up of nine fillies and mares, six of them exiting the Intercontinental, with three additional entries made for the main track only. Rain is not expected.
Saratoga Race Course, Saturday, July 19, 2025, Race 9Entries: Caress S. (G3T)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Toupie (KY) Manuel Franco 126 H. Graham Motion 8/1 2 2Zeitlos (KY) Junior Alvarado 126 Steven M. Asmussen 8/1 3 3Twirling Queen (KY) Emisael Jaramillo 122 Jose Francisco D'Angelo 12/1 4 4Kairyu (IRE) Kendrick Carmouche 122 Cherie DeVaux 6/1 5 5Pandora's Gift (IRE) Joel Rosario 122 Miguel Clement 5/1 6 6Pipsy (IRE) Jose L. Ortiz 126 William Walden 7/2 7 7Future Is Now (MD) Paco Lopez 126 Michael J. Trombetta 5/2 8 8Time to Dazzle (KY) Dylan Davis 126 Mark E. Casse 8/1 9 9Obstreperous (KY) Ricardo Santana, Jr. 122 Jose Francisco D'Angelo 20/1 10 10Halina's Forte (FL) Rider TBA 126 Philip A. Bauer 2/1 11 11Little Prankster (KY) Jose L. Ortiz 126 Philip A. Bauer 4/1 12 12Caress (KY) Rider TBA 126 George Weaver 10/1
