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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Opening day at Saratoga didnt get off to a good start for trainer Todd Pletcher. But it certainly ended well.Sweet Loretta, away slowly, took advantage of a hot pace and a good ride by John Velazquez to win the Grade 3, $150,000 Schuylerville Stakes by 4-1/4 lengths on a hot opening afternoon at Saratoga. Fun, a 22-1 shot, rallied from seventh to get second by 1-1/2 lengths over Harlands Thunder.Made Me Shiver, the 8-5 favorite, stumbled at the start and finished fourth. She was followed, in order, by Olive Branch, Summer Sally, Lighting Dove, and Inspired Flight. Platinum Spark scratched.It was the sixth victory in the Schuylerville for Pletcher, equaling the number of wins in this race recorded by Pletchers mentor, D. Wayne Lukas.For Pletcher, the Schuylerville helped ease a rough day. Stradivari, one of Pletchers better 3-year-old males, sustained a career-ending injury, fracturing a leg at the end of a morning workout. As of Friday, veterinarians were optimistic Stradivari could be saved for potential stallion duty.Pletcher, a 12-time leading trainer here, went winless in his four races with five horses. He had a second, two thirds, a fourth, and a fifth.Its nice to have a win in the Schuylerville, Pletcher said. This morning we lost what we projected was going to be one of our Travers starters. Hopefully, hes going to be okay. Its the nature of the business; theres good and bad and you got to try and stay level and keep working at it.Sweet Loretta, a daughter of Tapit, had galloped home a seven-length winner in a maiden race at Monmouth Park.Friday, she was taking on some other smart-looking maiden winners, including Made Me Shiver.Sweet Loretta, under John Velazquez, broke slowly and was sixth early. But the pace was swift as Inspired Flight, gunned to the front by Edgar Prado, set fractions of 21.68 seconds for the quarter-mile and 44.79 for the half, chased by Made Me Shiver, who bobbled at the break, and Olive Branch.Velazquez guided Sweet Loretta to the inside down the backstretch and tipped her into the clear on the turn. After Made Me Shiver took the lead in upper stretch, Sweet Loretta cruised by her inside the eighth pole and widened her advantage through the lane.Sweet Loretta, a $750,000 yearling purchase by Vinnie Violas St. Elias Stable, covered the six furlongs in 1:10.89 and returned $10.80 as the third choice.Velazquez said when his filly broke slow he made it a point to save ground until the middle of the turn.At the three-eighths pole I started easing out and she got to the clear and at the quarter pole she responded right away, Velazquez said. They went fast enough, the track is not speed favoring so it worked out very good.Black Friday Shoes China . Cote was eligible to become a free agent Feb. 15. Cote helped running back Jon Cornish run for a league-high 1,813 rushing yards en route to being named the leagues most outstanding player. Black Friday Shoes Sale . If ever they start actually putting pictures beside words in the dictionary, the Blue Jays left-handers mug will appear beside “Consistency. https://www.shoesblackfriday.com/ .C. -- When North Carolina freshman Ryan Switzer reported to training camp in August he was a little miffed to learn he was third on the depth chart at punt returner. Cheap Black Friday Shoes . Burke is expected to miss two to three months after breaking a finger in the teams third preseason game. Tinsley, a 10-year veteran, spent the last two seasons in Utah, where the point guard averaged 3. Black Friday Shoes Free Shipping . After a first half in which he thought "the lid was on the basket," the Toronto Raptors coach watched his squad mount a second half surge to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 98-91.(STATS) -- Nationally ranked Richmond has lost two more starters, running back Xavier Goodall and safety David Jones, to likely season-ending injuries.Both players were injured in the No. 6 Spiders 36-30, triple-overtime win at Albany this past Saturday.Coach Danny Rocco said on the CAA Football coaches teleconference Monday that Goodall suffered a torn ACL and wont play again this season. He said Jones ssuffered a forearm injury and most likely will miss the remainder of the season.ddddddddddddGoodall became the starting running back after Gordon Collins suffered a season-ending hip injury last month.Jones is a nominee to the STATS FCS Defensive Player of the Year Watch List. ' ' '