​Renegade wins Saturday’s Jim Dandy at Saratoga to keep his name in the 3-year-old championship mix. Photo courtesy of NYRAAugust 3 (UPI) — Hold all tickets in the race for the 3-year-old championship. After Renegade stormed from the clouds to win Saturday’s Jim Dandy at Saratoga, it appears Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner Golden Tempo hasn’t quite nailed down the crown yet.The Jim Dandy was the feature attraction in a dandy weekend of racing that included the Arlington Million program at Colonial Downs, some well-funded new turf races at Ellis Park, a Breeders’ Cup qualifier at Del Mar and more.Internationally, Glorious Goodwood was a big success alongside Group 1 races in France and Germany.The 3-year-olds
Twinkle Town wins Saturday’s Grade II Saratoga Special for 2-year-olds at Saratoga. Photo by Joe Napolitano, courtesy of NYRARenegade has a way to go if he hopes to catch Golden Tempo in the 3-year-old rankings — but not as far as he had to go to catch the early leaders and win Saturday’s Grade II $500,000 Grade II Jim Dandy at Saratoga.With jockey Irad Ortiz up, the Into Mischief colt looked more sound asleep than relaxed as he trailed pacesetting Chip Honcho by 10 lengths or more down the backstretch.Burnham Square wins Saturday’s Arlington Million at Colonial Downs. Photo courtesy of Colonial DownsBut Ortiz was just executing the strategy he’d outlined for trainer Todd Pletcher. Renegade picked it up on the turn and simply blew by everything he saw, winning by 1/2 length. Fellow Triple Crown trail warriors Commandment and Silent Tactic finished second and third, respectively.Renegade now has two Grade I wins, also including the Arkansas Derby, but finished second by a neck to Golden Tempo in the Kentucky Derby and third to that same rival and Commandment in the Belmont Stakes.Eunomia wins Saturday’s Grade I Clement Hirsch at Del Mar, a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Distaff. Photo by Benoit Photography, courtesy of Del Mar Turf ClubGolden Tempo, trained by Cherie DeVaux, also has two wins but they’re the Derby and the Belmont — trump cards in the championship game.Golden Tempo passed on the Jim Dandy because his training was interrupted by a post-Belmont illness. But the two are slated for a third head-to-head meeting Aug. 29 in the Grade I Travers. After that, it might be the Breeders’ Cup Classic Oct. 31 at Keeneland — possibly for all the marbles.Mike Repole, who owns Renegade in partnership with his breeders, Robert and Lawana Lowe, is looking forward to those races.”Listen, the best 3-year-old in the country right now is Golden Tempo. How can you say he’s not, right?” Repole asked rhetorically after the Jim Dandy. “So, of course, I wanted a shot here. But we’ll get a shot at the Travers and we’ll see what happens.”In other 3-year-old action, Bob Baffert-trained Sabino Canyon won a stretch duel with the odds-on favorite, Bravaro, in Saturday’s $100,000 Petramalo Mile for 3-year-olds at Colonial Downs.Sea Strike r