July 28 Saratoga Points Picks go here

[JolyB]

Saratoga can be a tough place to handicap for our points contest on days when it has rained overnight. Today races 1 and 2 are off of the turf and the different distances have to be taken into account (I often forget to do that, as I did yesterday when they were taken off in the middle of the card). Races 6 and 11 are both still on the turf, but at noon the MTO's for both of those races haven't been scratched - perhaps the trainers are waiting and hoping. I just hope for the sake of the pick 6 players that the status of the MTO's are clarified when Pick 6 tickets are sold.

But, it's still the Spa, the races are superb, and I usually can't handicap my hat size. But here goes:

R1: 6-11-5-3-7
R2: 3-7-2-1-9
R3: 5-7-3-8-1
R4: 4-7-1-2-8
R5: 10-3-5-8-1
R6: 14-9-12-5-2
R7: 3-2-5-1-7
R8: 4-1-3-6-7
R9: 7-6-3-2-9
R10: 5-2-1-4-3
R11: 6-7-14-11-9

Good luck to all and thank you to Plenilune for scoring.