KEEN Ice took another scalp in his big-game hunting career, upsetting Shaman Ghost in the Grade 2 Suburban Handicap. Donegal Racing’s five-year-old shocked Triple Crown winner American Pharoah in the 2015 Travers, then went winless until the Suburban.

Jose Ortiz allowed Keen Ice to settle off a slow pace before swinging wide to run down Shaman Ghost to score by a widening three lengths.

Sent off third choice, Keen Ice snapped a nine-race losing streak, dating all the way back to that crazy day at Saratoga. Trained by Dale Romans to upset the Travers, the son of Curlin switched to Pletcher last summer and earned cheques in the Breeders’ Cup Classic and Pegasus before finishing seventh in the Dubai World Cup.

Practical Joke returned to the races for the first time since finishing fifth in the Kentucky Derby to win the Grade 3 Dwyer for Klaravich Stable, William Lawrence and Chad Brown. Joel Rosario, who took off eventual Belmont Stakes runner-up Irish War Cry to ride Practical Joke earlier this year, guided the son of Into Mischief. Rosario placed the bay colt in fourth in the compact field of five before unleashing a direct rally to score by two lengths over 43/1 shot Tale Of Silence. Battalion Runner finished third in his first start since April.

Practical Joke snapped a four-race losing streak, albeit, a gallant streak as he hit the board in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, Fountain of Youth, Blue Grass and beat 15 horses in the Derby. The $240,000 yearling purchase will certainly add spice to the Saratoga cocktail.