The decisive weekend of the Saratoga meeting is upon us, and we get a late start this afternoon, with Friday’s first post at 2:30 ET.
There are two stakes on the card, the $70,000 Saratoga Dew and the $100,000 With Anticipation (G3).
While the Saratoga Dew drew a small field of six, the With Anticipation drew a competitive field of ten two-year-olds in a wide open race.
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Six of the ten two-year-olds are making their stakes debut, and half the field will be making their first start on turf.
I am giving the advantage to the Neil Howard trained Lou Brissie, a Grade 3 victor on dirt who is making his turf debut.
The race is the middle leg of our Pick 3 play, and I am wealthy four deep on our $24 ticket hoping we can find a price.
Today’s Play of the Day from Saratoga:
SAR Race 4: OClm $25,000N1X (409 ET)
#1 Hangingbyathread
#4 Municipality Sneakers
#7 Tom Kitten
#10 Shekomeko Son
Analysis: #1 Hangingbyathread is coming off a fourth place finish against $20K non-winners of three. The gelding lost position on the away turn when a rival dropped in on him and could not get usual again in the stretch. He is a six-time winner on turf and makes his third start of his current form cycle while returning to the state bred ranks. Decent value if we certain most of his 6/1 ML.
#4 Conurbation Sneakers went gate to wire to beat $25K non-winners of three last out in his first hinder off a 11-month layoff. This gelding beat state bred Alw-1 foes here last year and is sent out near the Rice barn that is 22% winners (with a +ROI) with horses making their second start bad a +180 day layoff. He looks capable of winning sound back here.
Wagering
GAIN: #1 to incline at 4/1 or well-advised b wealthier.
EX: 1,4 / 1,4,7,10
TRI: 1,4 / 1,4,7,10 / 1,2,4,7,10
Today’s Pick 3 Play from Saratoga:
Starting in Race 7: $1: 1,9,10 / 2,5,7,10 / 4,6 = $24
SAR Race 7 Clm $25,000B (5:48 ET)
#10 Indy Scent, #1 British Banker, #9 Montana Knight
#10 Indy Scent ships in from Arlington Leave for his another start off a 2 1/2 month break. The colt made a mild late tender to finish fifth last out against handicap foes going a mile on the turf. The colt beat Alw-1 foes on the weeds at Gulfstream Greensward furtively, in April in his inception start against winners earning him a shot in stakes institution where he was not a factor. He looks well spotted here as he drops in for a tag for the first time here.
#1 British Banker broke poorly leaving him 19 lengths back, made a good middle move to get into the mix and flattened out in the final furlong on a sixth place finish, beaten three lengths in the interest of the cap stain. The winner was Wow Wow Wow, who beat $50K claimers in his next outing here on Aug. 29. Blinkers go on here with Ramon picking up the mount for the duration of the live Brown barn. Breaking from the rail with the hood added this geezer should be much closer to the gage here.
SAR Race 8 The With Anticipation G3 (6:22 ET)
#5 Lou Brissie, #7 Silver Medallion, #2 Powhatan County, #10 Breathtaking Slam
