After a well-earned breather following his third-place effort in the May 17 Preakness Stakes (G1), fan-favorite Sandman is back in action at Saratoga this weekend sporting a piece of new equipment—blinkers. “Talking to Johnny [Velazquez] after the Preakness and to Jose [Ortiz] he maybe doesn’t engage quite as much as you’d like early on, so we’re going to try to keep him a little closer and the blinkers will do that I believe,” said dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse. The son of Tapit is entered in the July 26 $500,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga, where he will look to improve against familiar foes Sovereignty and Baeza. Assistant news editor Sean Collins was on the scene for Sandman’s July 16 breeze and spoke with trainer Mark Casse. Watch the full video now on the BloodHorse YouTube channel! 🎥: Sean Collins / apharoah12 #sandman #horse #horseracing #thoroughbred #saratoga #tapit