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Travers, Lady Eli top Cup-style card
Travers Day 2016 shapes up as a Breeders’ Cup style card with a P5 sequence featuring fields of 10-11-8-12-10 and a guaranteed stakes P4 with 13-12-7-13. Approach the slate’s multis the way you do Breeders Cup, utilizing minimum denominations, strong opinion singles coupled with spreading tactics. Weather is going to be perfect. Main track and turf courses perfect as well. One good pop should make your Travers Day. Let’s get lucky and have them travel safely and come home well..
SARATOGA
POST-SCRATCHES
1st: MSW, 2yo, 6f (P5, P3, DD)
Most Likely: #3 Reckling 4-1: Yet another 2nd timer …
Storms dent NY Showcase Friday
Note that surprisingly persistent thunderstorms have been through the area into the morning. Ending now (6a), but likely will have main track muddy to start the day.. Thursday a difficult afternoon at the races starting with Champion chaser Bob Le Beau strangely fracturing a hind pastern while running on the flat and Ring of Truth clipping heels and falling hard in the nightcap. Both were euthanized and are being appropriately appreciated. For Elizabeth Voss, the loss of Bob Le Beau made enjoying Portrade’s G1 win impossible and brought back the anguish of Makari’s fatal fall two years ago in the Cup. This is a game that’s frequently unfair and regularly unforgiving..
SARATOGA
POST-SCRATCHES
1st: 3rd …
$40k C/O for Saratoga Thursday
SARATOGA
POST-SCRATCHES
1st: 75th NY Turf Writers’ Cup H. (NSA-G1), 4+, 19f-National Fences (P3, DD)
Most Likely: #3 Bob Le Beau 6-5 DNF (Fatally injured)
Next Best: #4 Scorpiancer 5-2 3rd
Best Value: #1 Andi’amu 12-1 2nd
Exotics Use: 6 Schoodic 8-1 4th
2nd: NY-MCLM/$25k, 3+, 6f (P5, P3, DD)
Most Likely: #7 Mr Curiousity 8-5 WON ($3.20)
Best Value: #3 Risener 8-1 6th
Next Best: #4 Zababa 7-2 2nd
Exotics Use: #1 Cats Landing 5-1 3rd
3rd: NY-MSW, 2yo-F, 5.5f-T (P4, P3, DD)
Most Likely: #11 Discreet Image 6-1 2nd
Best Value: #5 Mazmania 12-1 5th
Next Best: #9 Lem Me Dance 8-1 WON ($)16.00
Exotics Use: …
Fun card kicks Travers Week
SARATOGA
POST-SCRATCHES
1st: ALW/N2L, 4+, 16.5f-National Fences (P3, DD)
Nice group of in form players including pair of flat/hop options in North Star Boy and Share Out. Young-ish and lightly raced 5yo All for Us has made transition to chasing winning first try over hurdles and then competing well here and at MTH. Can’t be left with too much to do..
Most Likely: #2 All for Us 4-1
Next Best: #7 North Star Boy 3-1
Best Value: #6 Share Out 15-1
Exotics Use: #8 Help From Heaven 7-2
2nd: MCLM/$20k, F&M-3+, 6.5f (P5, P3, DD)
Clunky assembly of droppers, turf/dirt movers and miscellaneous sluggish fillies. Not sure how you cross out any of them. Need at least 1-4-5-8-9 to start P5 …
#55k C/O to end SAR Week 5
SARATOGA
POST-SCRATCHES
1st: NY-MSW, F&M-3+, 5.5f-T (P5, P3, DD)
Best Value: #2B Town Fair 6-1 4th
Next Best: # 3 Lady’s First 9-5 5th
Exotics Use: #7 Dorothy’s Dream 8-1 7th
Super Add: #1 (POE/Edition Farm) Wake Up Smiling 8-5 2nd
2nd: MSW, 3+, 12f-IT (P4, P3, DD)
Best Value: #3 Caldera 6-1 5th
Next Best: #10 Uncle Gio 5-1 4th
Exotics Use: #7 Richmond Street 5-2 2nd
Super Add: #5 Sadler’s Joy 3-1 WON ($9.80)
3rd: CLM/N2L, 3+, 9f (P3, DD)
Most Likely: #6 Geo Niko 9-2 2nd
Next Best: #4 That Makes Sense 7-2 6th
Best Value: #2 Salem Loop 12-1 5th…