Osare, half-sister to Arrogate, retired

1-winner and 2016 Eclipse Award-winning 3-year-old colt Arrogate.

“She chased a fast pace at Delaware,” said Thomas. “She’s already a stakes winner, but with her pedigree you want to give her a chance to be graded stakes placed. We’re going to retire her to be a broodmare.

“She went back to Bridlewood and they have a lot of time until the breeding season to decide who she will be bred to,” continued Thomas. “With her pedigree and the fact that she is a stakes winner, there’s nothing but upside.”

Currently with eight stalls at Saratoga, Thomas saddled promising 3-yearold maiden Peaceful in Saturday’s eighth race at the Spa, a 5 ½ furlong turf sprint for . Owned by Twin Creeks Racing, the Declaration of War chestnut debuted with a closing second on June 16 at Monmouth Park — A win over close win over First Wave along with Tan and Tight.

Thomas said a troubled start may have cost her a debut win.

“The plan was to run her in New York but the race didn’t go,” said Thomas. “We reluctantly went to Monmouth and she broke a little slow, but ended up making up a lot of ground. So, we’re here now and she’s doing well. At the end of the day, I think she wants more ground than the five and a half offers her, but she ran well enough to come back and try it here.”

Thomas has a number of 2-year-old prospects for the Saratoga summer meet, including Embur’s Zip, who graduated on the Belmont turf on June 30 at second asking and the New Yorkbred Assault Breaker.

“He’ll [Assault Breaker] run long on the grass. I have another that finished third in a three-quarter race on the turf [Dubai Bobby] and he’ll run here probably in the second book,” said Thomas. “There’s eight to 10 2-year-olds to run here before the meet is over, that are all currently stabled at home at Belmont.”

Robert V. LaPenta, Madaket Stables, Siena Farm, and Twin Creeks Racing Stables’ Catholic Boy, the runner-up effort to Preservationist, in the Grade 2, $700,000 Suburban as part of the Stars & Stripes Racing Festival at Belmont Park, has remained at the Elmont oval.

Thomas said he will ship the dual Grade 1 winner to Saratoga at the end of the month with the Grade 1, $750,000 Woodward, slated for August 31, as the target.

“I’ll bring him up here in a week or two,” said Thomas. “I’m just letting him get over his race down there. He came out of it okay for the most part. The Woodward is still the primary target.”