Miguel Clement, assistant trainer to father Christoph Clement, unleashes City Man with jockey Joel Rosario onto the track for the eighth running of the Grade III Forbidden Apple Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs on Friday, July 15, 2022.

Today is Day 3 of the Saratoga Race Course meet. Racing starts at 1:05 p.m.

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“Brown has four shots at another Diana, led by undefeated Bleecker Street,” by Mike MacAdam with photos from Erica Miller

Trainer Chad Brown is so dominant in the Grade I Diana that he even gets horses who didn’t look like they were meant for races like this into the Diana.

And not just into the field, but into the role of favorite.

That’s the case with Bleecker Street, who has left her dirt pedigree behind in a cloud of stardust during her meteoric rise to the top — almost — of the filly and mare turf division this year.

Her stablemate Regal Glory, who is scheduled to race against males in the Fourstardave later in the meet, still holds  the top spot, but Bleecker Street has been rising quickly and remains undefeated from seven career starts heading into Saturday’s feature at Saratoga Race Course.

She’s the 6-5 morning-line favorite in a Diana field of six that typically is heavy on Brown horses, and this year is no different. Brown, who has won the Diana six times since 2011 and five years in a row from 2016-20, will also saddle Rougir, Technical Analysis and In Italian.

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“City Man works out winning trip in Forbidden Apple,” by Mike MacAdam with photos from Erica Miller

Trainer Christophe Clement stood for a post-race TV interview on Friday, then tried to pull a closing kick equivalent to his horse’s finish away from the waiting media.

“Listen, he ran well, Joel Rosario, life is good, see you later,” he said.

Stopped for further comment, Clement praised the trip charted by his favorite jockey, Rosario, that allowed the New York-bred City Man to pull out a 2 3/4-length win at betting odds of 12-1 in the Grade III Forbidden Apple at a mile on the inner turf course at Saratoga Race Course.

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“Chatting at the track with … Miguel Clement,” by Will Springstead with photos from Erica Miller

Miguel Clement is the 31-year-old son of, and assistant to, trainer Christophe Clement. 

Naturally, Miguel has been around horses his whole life, so it didn’t take him long after graduating from Duke University in 2013 to make it a career. He quickly joined the Darley Flying Start program, a two-year, full-time management and leadership program that specializes in the international thoroughbred racing and breeding industry.

After that, he spent nearly two years working with trainer Hugo Palmer in Newmarket, England, before returning to work for his father, a Hall of Fame nominee, in September 2017. 

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