Saratoga Thursday
 

This has to be one of the best mid-week cards in the last few years. There are a ton of interesting races.

No kidding. Superb card... love the 4th, 7th, 8th, and 9th.

You are right, great looking card. Nice looking baby turf route in the 5th.

I was just about to post the same message. What a card. The $100k/optcl is stakes quality, the Quick Call looks loaded with speed and should be a blast to watch, even the open claiming early on looks good.

Ehh...looks like a Pletcher chalk romp. The Howard is promising except for the fact it's a Howard horse.

That's just it, Coach. The Pletcher, imo, is gonna be overbet. The mare has dropped a couple nice runners (G3 winners in France) by Royal Academy, but her lone other foal out of AP Indy has never hit the board in 5 races. I will be looking to beat her.

Yep...BTW mentioned it was a doozy and it really is. I'm about halfway through it and my head is spinning.

I've mostly looked at three races so far.

Race 5: Don't like any of the firsters. I guess some combo of the three non-Lukas horses that have run. Maybe that's chalky, but I'd have to think the firsters from the big name trainers have to get bet.

Race 7: I'm inclined to think this race should collapse, but I'd be a lot more confident about that if it were 7f at Belmont. Still, I like Philippe and Fastest Magician.

Race 9: Authenticity looks really good. . . I know the horse she beat last time is mediocre, but she overcame a glacial pace and had to come way wide in the stretch. You don't see horses close that much ground and run down an isolated leader like that, and I know Mott's horse was really green, but she was still moving pretty quickly in the lane.

This SARATOGA......NOT Belmont or Aqueduct! :D

;)

And the Pletcher wins...Howard runs third yadda yadda chalked out garbage.

:wf