7/23: Saratoga (Day 1-Schuylerville)

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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I think the angle is stronger with the horse in the 5th because Maker had that horse for its debut.

In Maker's entire training career - he's never won with a first time starter in a turf route. However, since 2008 he's 7-for-16 with 2nd time starters in a turf route.

In general ... Maker sucks sh!t through a straw with debuters and does very well with 2nd timers.

Since '06 he's 10-for-133 with debuters and a pathetic $0.66 ROI on all surfaces. Over that same span he's 24-for-67 (35% and very profitable) with 2nd timers in a route race.

So Race 2 is just a good angle .. race 5 is an extreme weakness to extreme strength angle.

I would be surprised if both didn't give a really good account of themselves today...If the races stay on the turf of course.