August 8th Saratoga Points Picks go here

[JolyB]

Originally Posted by DonGuido

Since many here are tuned in to Saratoga races much better than me and most of the rest of us, first question (and this may but likely will not help us latter on in the meet) . . . share you secrets for:

1. Why pick the 7 horse to win in Race 1?

One possible explanation - if you watch Talking Horses on the NYRA website (shown between 11:45 and 12:15), you would have seen both host Andy Serling and guest Andy Beyer pick him on top - but they were looking for a price play based on his ML of 12-1. Please notice that I didn't edit that pick - wrong again for me.

Another possible explanation - David Jacobson, who makes his living in the claiming ranks by claiming high and entering low. In this case, Looking Cool had run in the Grade 2 CharlesTown Classic in April, ran for cl 50 in June and July, and was now entered in a cl 32. As Jacobson goes, this was a rather modest drop.