Two at Toga (2025)

[moses]

Originally Posted by moses

$280.00 wagered
$304.70 returned

Alexis Zorba went off way below the ML at around 7/5 and paid $7.70 total for win and place. Mama’s Gold was terrible and me falling in love there probably cost me the Pick 5 as I didn’t include Film Star.

Saturday picks.

H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes. Race 10. #3 Barnes 9/2. Talented Baffert colt has been working great and I think he needed a little time off. Looking for him to fire a big one off the layoff at a square price.

Forego Stakes. Race 12. #8 Scotland 12/1. If Scotland’s last race was just a prep for this one, I think he’ll have a really good chance to win this. He’s definitely got to improve but I’ll take a shot on him at 12/1.

Another day bringing back $7.70 with Scotland running 2nd. If Scotland had gotten up, I would have had a huge day. Instead, down overall. The G1 races were just an absolute chalktoberfest and I rarely bet favorites so that’s how my day went. Barnes ran a pretty good race to finish third but never really seemed to be in contention to catch the top two.

$288.00 wagered
$312.40 returned

Sunday.

Race 1. #1 Sassetti 8/1. I can’t remember if I picked this horse already this meet or if I just thought about it but I liked this horse going into last race and I thought she ran a pretty good race that day as the only horse close to the pace not to finish poorly. I much prefer her to the horse that finished in front of her— the #2 Off Script who is listed at 7/2 ML.

Race 8. #3 Bettrluckythangood 5/1. Not sure what to make of the pace here but it sure looks like a lot of horses that want to be up front. That might just set up perfectly for this one. There is a big favorite here but not sure much separates this field.