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It is good to see that jockeys Victor Espinoza, Umberto Rispoli and Flavien Prat have been able to return to racing after a brush with Covid-19.

Espinoza, who is no stranger to serious injury, says it was the most pain he has ever experienced.

At Del Mar Saturday we have the San Clemente Gr 2 over 1600m on the turf and Peter Miller saddles Laura's Light on 3/1 and She's So Special on 5/1.  Also in the market Warren's Showtime is on 7/2.  11 runners.

The San Diego Handicap is also Gr 2 over 1700m with 6 runners and the headline here is the return of Maximum Security to the track.  He's now with Bob Baffert with Cedillo riding and is on a not surprising quote of evens.  Higher Power looks the next best with Prat riding for John Sadler.

Over at Saratoga the Gr 2 Ballston Spa sees the return off Sistercharlie with her trainer Chad Brown saying better late than never as she starts her 2020 campaign.  She's on 2/5.  Pletcher's Another Broad is on 6/5 with no jockey announced so far.

The Alfred G Vanderbilt is Gr 1 over 1200m with only 5 runners and a lot of interest.  Steve Asmussen's Volatile is up in class but has won his last 3 by impressive margins and comes in to this on 4/5.  The veteran Whitmore is one of 3 runners with a Gr 1 in their CV and is on 2/1.