Saratoga Thursday

[NTamm1215]

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

[philcski]

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

[GPK]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

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

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

[Linny]

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.

Originally Posted by GPK

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

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

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

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.

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

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

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

[hockey2315]

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.

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Originally Posted by Linny

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.

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

Originally Posted by GPK

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.

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

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

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