Bromans have half the field in Saratoga Dew

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Top New York owner-breeders Chester and Mary Broman will have strength in numbers when they are represented by three of the six fillies and mares entered for Thursday’s $100,000 Saratoga Dew Stakes at Saratoga

Out of Orbit, Held Accountable, and Turn and Bern will all carry the familiar green and white Broman silks in the 1 1/8-mile Saratoga Dew. Out of Orbit and Held Accountable are trained by Phil Serpe, while Turn and Bern hails from the barn of Kiaran McLaughlin, who Sunday sent out A Thread of Blue to upset the $1 million Saratoga Derby Invitational.

Fetching, Cartwheel, and Lucky More complete the lineup for the New York-bred fixture.

The Serpe pair of Out of Orbit and Held Accountable should complement each other nicely, with the former likely the controlling speed from the rail under Luis Saez and the latter expected to be doing her best running at the end.

Out of Orbit returns to statebred company for the first time since leading throughout to defeat second-level allowance company going seven furlongs at Aqueduct on Feb. 16. The Saratoga Dew will mark the first time in 21 career starts she will attempt to stretch her speed nine furlongs.

“I entered her a bit late, but I did it because I thought it might be a good spot,” said Serpe on Monday. “She’s got speed. She might be able to sit up there and kind of steal it. We’ll see how it plays out. I have to talk to Mr. Broman tomorrow and see if she runs or not because he does have the two others in there, but I think she will.”

Held Accountable returned from a seven-month layoff to finish a troubled third against a solid group of open optional $62,500 claiming rivals over a muddy track here just two weeks ago as a prep for the Saratoga Dew while receiving a career-best 79 Beyer Speed Figure. She is one of only three members of the field with a win at 1 1/8 miles, along with Fetching and Lucky Move.

“Honestly, we gave her a little layoff but it was hard getting races filled for her down at Belmont. She’d been ready to run for a while,” said Serpe. “She kind of got squeezed out of the gate in her last start. It cost her some position. I thought she’d be closer. But she ran well and I think this race is coming up the right way for her.”

Turn and Bern has not started since registering a fourlength entry-level New Yorkbred allowance win going a mile on May 26. She will be making her stakes debut on Thursday.

Fetching is not only the lone 3-year-old in the field, she’ll be trying both stakes company and the main track for the first time after making all three of her previous starts on turf. She did win at 1 1/8 miles on the grass against statebred allowance competition here earlier in the meet.