Sweet Reason passes the Test

Sweet Reason takes the Test, prevailing over a crowd of
 horses in an exciting renewal of this Grade 1 race | WMML photo

SARATOGA SPRINGS - The Test has continuously been a race filled with exciting finishes.

The 2014 renewal of the Grade 1 Test was no exception as the top five finishers were within three lengths of each other.

The start featured Fiftyshadesofgold and Southern Honey dueling at the front.  Miss Behaviour stayed a length behind.  Sweet Reason was well off the pace.

Heading into the stretch, upset-minded Little Alexis joined the crew when Sweet Reason made up ground and took the lead, prevailing to win by a narrow length over four horses all within a neck of each other.

It's Sweet Reason's third career Grade 1 victory, after posting victories in the Acorn at Belmont Park and the Spinaway last year at Saratoga.  In her win in the Spinaway, she romped in the stretch, pulling away by 5 1/2 lengths on a sloppy track at this same distance.

Irad Ortiz, Jr. rode the winner for trainer Leah Gyarmati and owner Treadway Racing Stable.