Fornatale: How I'll play Saratoga on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018
I’m going to combat my Travers hangover – which is both literal and figurative – with a play in the double connecting the eighth and ninth races.
Peter Thomas FornataleAug 26, 2018
I’m going to combat my Travers hangover – which is both literal and figurative – with a play in the double connecting the eighth and ninth races.
The late pick-four sequence at Del Mar on Sunday appears to be a competitive one, and there are a couple of favorites throughout whom I’m not entirely sold on. I’ll hope to beat at least one of them with this ticket.
TimeformUS handicapper David Aragona highlights some contenders on Sunday's card at Saratoga.
Sharp form and an affinity for the Del Mar turf course make Conquest Typhoon an attractive wager in Saturday’s sixth race at Del Mar.
Catalina Cruiser is the best horse running Saturday at Del Mar and is favored to win race 7, the Grade 2 Pat O’Brien Stakes. Catalina Cruiser, 3 for 3, is the low-odds key in the first leg of a play-of-the-day pick-three wager. We’ll single Catalina Cruiser and use four runners in the middle leg and three in the finale. Bet size: $1. Ticket cost: $12.
David Aragona spotlights several contenders on Travers Day at Saratoga.
We have a baby race on the Travers Day card at Saratoga and one from the 3-year-olds as well from Monmouth Park that both look interesting.
TimeformUS handicapper David Aragona highlights some contenders on Friday's card at Saratoga.
Fifteen years after the Breeders' Cup last offered future-book parimutuel wagering, Breeders' Cup futures are finally back, beginning Friday at noon Eastern and continuing through Sunday. On tap this week for futures are a couple of races – the Classic and the Distaff – with others to come in the weeks ahead.
The eyes of the racing world will be on Saratoga this weekend for the stakes-laden Travers card, and contest players will have plenty of options to play those Saturday races online and to win into future tournaments.