Saratoga August 26

Race 1

  • 8  Good Magic
  • 2  Hazit
  • 6  High North
  • Secondary (5)

Race 2

  • 3  Surprise Twist
  • 8  Holiday Bonus
  • 5  Kabang
  • Secondary (7, 9)

Race 3

  • 10  Neepawa
  • 9  Another
  • 6  Fortune Cookie
  • Secondary (5)

Race 4

  • 9  Sticksstatelydude
  • 4  Threefiveindia
  • 6  Shaft of light
  • Secondary (2, 3)

Race 5

  • 10  Cerise’s Prince
  • 8  Ray’s the Bar
  • 4  Cloontia
  • Secondary (2, 1)

Race 6

  • 2  Songbird
  • 3  Going for Broke
  • 4  Forever Unbridled

Race 7

  • 3  Paulassilverlining
  • 4  By the Moon
  • 7  Highway Star
  • Secondary (2, 5)

Race 8

  • 5  AnnArbor Eddie
  • 2  Takaful
  • 1  Practical Joke
  • Secondary (7, 9)

Race 9

  • 6  Mind Your Biscuits
  • 10  Defrong
  • 4  Divining Rod
  • Secondary (5, 7)

Race 10

  • 5  Money Multiplier
  • 7  Idaho
  • 2  Bigger Picture
  • Secondary (3, 6)

Race 11

  • 10  Irap
  • 5  Good Samaritan 
  • 4  Tapwrit 
  • 6  Girvin
  • This is a very competitive Travers, with 9 or 10 horses having a legitimate chance. I went with Irap because the horse really seems to have blossomed over the summer. Throw out the Derby where he all sorts of trouble and he’s never really run a bad race. Should be close to his morning line odds at post time. Good Samaritan was very strong in the jim Dandy. That gives him a win over the track, something none of the other horses can say. Girvin is another one that looks great except for his Derby. Tapwrit has rested since the Belmont, and I’m not sure I like that, but his trainer Todd Pletcher is a solid 20% with layoff horses.

Race 12

  • 1  Lady Eli
  • 6  Dickinson
  • 5 Antonoe

Race 13

  • 8  All About Voodoo
  • 4  Prognostication
  • 10  Nile Prince
  • Secondary (11, 12)