I had a great Saratoga meet, and those of you who followed me saw that I had a lot of good days at the meet. I’m providing the statistics straight up, although many of the winners would not have been bets because they were not overlays, so my personal ROI was much higher. I also didn’t do statistics on vertical or horizontal bets, but I will point out the best day I had at the meet, August 1. The statistics for that day:

• 10 winners in 11 races, Average Win Mutuel $11.20
• Early Pick 4 – $3,677
• Pick 5 – $40,243
• Late Pick 4 – $594
• Six Pick 3’s – $981, $920, $1,313, $189, $121, $237

If you had bet every Pick 3, 4, and 5, total investment ($2 bets) would have been $1,700 (assuming using three horses in each race) with total return $48,275. Of course, I did have multiple P5’s and P4’s throughout the meet, but one day like that could make a season.

Here are the meet statistics for my picks. To be clear, I provide three horses per race, and if any one of the three wins it counts as part of the total winners, and if two of the top three choices finish first and second it counts as a hit in the exacta. Since I recommend win bets and exactas, I’ll provide the return for both:

• Total number of races handicapped – 375
• Total winners – 216
• Winners on top – 92
• Win percentage total – 58%
• Win percentage top choice – 25%
• Average win mutuel (total winners) – $9.20
• Win bet ROI (based on total wins)   +$2.33 per $2 bet
• Two win mutuels over $50, two between $40 and $50, two between $30 and $40, and seven between $20 and $30

• Exactas hit – 106
• Exacta hit percentage – 28%
• Average exacta  winning mutuel – $42
• Exacta ROI   +$2.40 per $2 bet
• Highest exacta pay – $433.50 (8/20 Race 7)
• Exactas over $100 – 8