SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – As a racehorse, no one could run with Flightline (Tapit).Let's see if his kids are a chip off the old block.During his career, which lasted six races over two seasons (2021-22), Flightline mauled all who tried him. Six wins by a combined 71 lengths. An 8 1/4-length win in his swan song, the 2022 GI Breeders' Cup Classic.His job now is to recreate himself in the stallion shed. Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, three of his offsprings are running, two in a loaded maiden special weight for colts, and a filly in another maiden special weight.Race one includes first timer Powerline (Flightline), who went for $1.8 million at the 2025 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale and is owned by West Point Thoroughbreds, John Oxley, Summer Wind Equine LLC, and Bee Zee LLC. Ricardo Santana, Jr. has the riding assignment.Trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, Powerline is the 8-5 morning-line favorite in the field of seven. Another Flightline in the race is Greenwell, who was second in his debut last month at Churchill Downs for Greenwell Thoroughbreds and Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse.He was a $500,000 purchase at the 2025 Keeneland September sale.Greenwell is 2-1 on the morning line in Saturday's first race and Jose Ortiz will ride.“These are the kind of athletes that are special athletes,” Terry Finley, the president and CEO of West Point Thoroughbreds, said Friday morning on the Saratoga backstretch. “This is the first game of his freshman year, and he certainly has shown in practices that he could be a star; that's how I look at it.”Flightline has had three winners in eight starts in his rookie season as a stallion. 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Flight Command (Flightline), trained by Rudy Rodriguez and owned by LSU Stable, won his debut by 10 lengths last month at Aqueduct.Yes, the hype is real about what Flightline might be able to do as a stallion.“I don't know about the rest of the Flightlines, but (Greenwell) can really run,” Casse said. “I get the hype; (Flightline) is throwing out runners.”West Point Thoroughbreds was part of Flightline's ownership group. Finley saw the power up close. Flightline won the GI Pacific Classic by 19 1/4 lengths, the GI Malibu Stakes by 11 1/2 lengths. The closest call Flightline had during his racing days was the GI Met Mile when he only won by six lengths.“It's crazy to think he could replicate himself,” Finley said. “But we do hope. We chuckle because of the number of people that come up here and they kind of stick their chests out because they have a good 2-year-old and they get their heads handed to them. We are aware of that, but we are not going to not get excited about a really good prospect.”Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott will saddle 5-1 Elevated (Flightline) for her career debut in the seventh race. She is owned by MyRacehorse and gets Junior Alvarado in the saddle.“She is quick, she is agile,” Mott said outside his barn on the Oklahoma Training Track Friday morning. “I think we only learn some of those things by racing them. I have three or four (Flightlines). We are blessed to have a lot of nice ones … Flightline, Gun Runner, Into Mischief… we have a lot of sire power; more than ever this year. Still, you are looking for the one.”No Pressure on Cy Fair, Who is Entered in Coronation CupA year ago, Cy Fair (Not This Time) was a finalist for the Eclipse Award for 2-year-old filly. She didn't win, finishing a distant second to Super Corredora (Gun Runner). But that didn't tarnish her accomplishments during her first season on the track.Trained by George Weaver, the 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' won three of four starts, ending with a win against the boys in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. She also beat males in the Algonquin Stakes at Woodbine last October.Cy Fair | Sarah AndrewShe started her 3-year-old season with a third as the even-money favorite in the GIII Limestone Stakes at Keeneland Apr. 10 and then won the GIII Mamzelle Stakes at Churchill Downs Apr. 30.Start No. 3 comes Saturday when Cy Fair is the 3-5 morning-line favorite in the GIII, $225,000 Coronation Cup, a 5 1/2-furlong sprint on the Mellon Turf Course. The turf sprinting specialist has two wins, a second and a third at the distance.Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez, who rode Cy Fair in two Saratoga starts last year–a maiden win and a second by a neck in the Bolton Landing Stakes–has the mount.“I don't really think so,” Weaver said outside his barn at the Oklahoma Training Track when asked if there is any pressure or hype on his filly. “We won the Breeders' Cup with her. No matter what happens, she won the Breeders' Cup. I don't want to take her over there and tarnish her reputation. It doesn't happen as often in our barn as it does with Todd's (Pletcher) or Chad's (Brown) and some other people. Good horses, you never want to see them get beat.”After winning the Mamzelle, Weaver had planned on taking Cy Fair to Royal Ascot to run in the prestigious G1 King Charles III Stakes. That plan was scrapped a few days before she was scheduled to leave for the United Kingdom.“I wasn't happy with her the two to three days leading up to shipping and we decided to bail,” Weaver said. “It's a long way to go … if you don't have the I's dotted and the T's crossed, you don't need to put her on the plane.”There is no guarantee that Cy Fair will run on Saturday. Rain is predicted for the Saratoga Springs area Saturday and Weaver's contingency plan was to enter Cy Fair in Sunday's GIII, $225,000 Quick Call, another 5 1/2-furlong sprint on the Mellon. The Quick Call would be another race against colts.“If it's like a complete mess (Saturday), I wanted to have the option to run the next day if we thought that would be in her best interest,” Weaver said.Younger Mott Feels Right at Home at SaratogaEverything felt right for trainer Riley Mott as he surveyed his surroundings on the Saratoga backstretch Friday morning. It should have. He was home.For the first time since starting his solo training career in 2022, Mott is spending a chunk of the summer at Saratoga Race Course. He has 15 horses in his care on the Saratoga backstretch. All told, he trains 80 horses, the bulk of which are in Kentucky, where he has spent most of his time.Riley Mott | Mike Kane“This is extra special,” the 34-year-old Mott said Friday morning. “Just growing up here and being local and this being home. This has always been the goal and the dream to train up here. Having a stable for the meet is pretty cool.”A year ago, Saratoga was the scene when Mott won his first Grade I race when World Beater (Oscar Performance) won the GI Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes. But he shipped in for the race, the horse stayed at the Hall of Fame barn of Mott's dad, Bill, and then they shipped back to Kentucky.This summer, Riley Mott will stick around.“I hope he brought the right ones,” Bill Mott said with a laugh Friday morning. “I am happy for him. I am pleased that he is here, and he can compete with the rest of us bums.”Riley Mott had his first two starters of the Saratoga season Friday. Atlas a Eye (Highly Motivated) finished second in the fourth race and Mayor of Midnight (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire) was seventh in the sixth.Most of the 15 horses he has in Saratoga are young horses. He said the only stakes runner he has here–so far–is How's Al Today (Munnings), who broke his maiden on June 4 at Churchill Downs for owner Al Gold's Gold Square LLC.Riley Mott said he will point the 2-year-old to the GII, $250,000 Saratoga Special Aug. 1.“I have been coming here since I was born,” he said. “This is my playground. It feels very comfortable. This is my comfort zone; this is what I am used to.”The post Saratoga Notebook, presented by NYRA Bets: Flightline Youngsters Take Center Stage at Spa appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.