Central Banker’s Hot Currency Romps at Saratoga

Three-year-old Hot Currency added another impressive victory to her résumé on August 2 at Saratoga, drawing off to win a New York-bred allowance optional claiming race by 7 1/2 lengths.

The daughter of Central Banker, out of Calidez, by Spring At Last, went straight to the front, controlled the pace throughout, and pulled away decisively in the stretch while finishing 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:16.29.

Bred in New York by BHMFR, LLC and trained by Linda Rice, Hot Currency now owns three wins and four seconds from nine career starts, with earnings approaching $400,000. She is another standout runner by Central Banker, who stands at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds.