Leading Wild (#1, ML 6-5) returns in Wednesday's sixth race at Woodbine, a six-furlong claiming race on the all-weather track. It will be her first start since finishing first by one length in a claimer July 22 at Woodbine. The second-, third-,10th-, and 11th-place finishers from that race came back to win their next starts. Get the Key Race report as part of DRF Plus. Sign up for DRF Plus here.
Let's take a horse-by-horse look at Wednesday's late pick four at Saratoga.
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Here’s how I’ll play Monday’s races, as always focusing on the overlays relative to my personal betting line.
It shows how deeply Triple Crown winner American Pharoah has worked his way into our collective racing consciousness that after Honor Code’s thrilling decision over Liam’s Map in the Whitney a few weeks ago and Beholder’s sensational score over males in Saturday’s Pacific Classic, the most popular topic of discussion from the general racing public was how American Pharoah might have fared against those horses in those races.
Lots of claiming races on the first half of this Saratoga card. I don’t have a problem playing claiming races generally, but it’s not what I’m looking for at Saratoga. Worse than that, I can’t find a comfortable toehold in any of the early races.
