midstretch, and conntinued willingly to be second-best.ddddddddddddAncient Secret is a New York-bred daughter of Kantharos owned by Alpha Delta Stable. She completed the distance over a firm

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The home side created most of the chances but struggled to break down Braunschweigs resilient defence, resulting in the Bundesligas 1,000th scoreless draw.SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Trainer Chad Brown got his 2016 Saratoga meeting off to the same flying start as last summer, winning the opening-day feature, the $200,000 Lake George, for the second year in a row, this time with the undefeated Ancient Secret.Brown sent out the first two finishers in Fridays Grade 2 Lake George, with Elyseas World rallying to be second, 1-1/4 lengths behind her stablemate and a length in front of the late-running Outsider Art. Brown won the 2015 Lake George with Mrs McDougal.Ancient Secret was the third of four winners on the card for jockey Irad Ortiz Jr.Ancient Secret entered the 1-1/16-mile Lake George perfect in three starts but was racing for the first time around two turns and for the first time beyond a mile. She rated kindly for Ortiz, three lengths off the early pace dictated by Sky My Sky, moved readily to challenge for command three wide into the stretch, and, after edging clear, maintained a safe advantage to the end.Elyseas World raced near the rear of the field for six furlongs, brushed briefly with Thundering Sky while attempting to split rivals with her bid near midstretch, and conntinued willingly to be second-best.ddddddddddddAncient Secret is a New York-bred daughter of Kantharos owned by Alpha Delta Stable. She completed the distance over a firm course in 1:40.35 and returned $6.40 in the scratch-reduced field of 8 3-year-old fillies.Winning the Lake George two years in a row is great and takes a lot of pressure off right away, said Brown. At least we wont get shut out for the meet.Brown said he was impressed with Ancient Secrets performance.This filly ran really well, said Brown. Shes a remarkable little horse. She always trained like a real quality animal. We gave her little incremental goals, and shes hit them all. I wasnt really sure about the two turns, but she passed the test.Brown also was happy with Elyseas World.I thought she ran terrific, Brown said. I was happy to see her get back into form. Her last race, I think I ran her back too soon, and she probably didnt like being inside late in the race today. Both fillies will go back in a graded stakes somewhere. ' ' '