Smart Transition scores in Curlin; Gangster impressive in maiden win

A pair of nice three-year-olds earned back-to-back wins at Saratoga on

Friday.

First-up in the day's featured $100,000

Curlin S.,

Smart Transition (Smart Strike) recorded a 4 3/4-length victory under Junior

Alvarado for trainer John Shirreffs. Next up in a

maiden special weight, Gangster (Street Boss) wired the field for trainer

Todd Pletcher and jockey Jose Ortiz.

Smart Transition ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.40 but Gangster got the same

distance in 1:49.71.

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