Well, we tried utilizing a key horse last weekend as our linchpin for numerous multi-race and in-race wagers, but when the storms came, that race was washed off the turf, and our key horse scratched. A week later, however, there appears to be a similar opportunity, this time with ROCK ME BABY in the California Dreamin’ Handicap (race 8).
Really interesting card nearly from start to finish, with an apparently well-matched group of 2-year-olds in the Sanford and an interesting edition of the Grade 1 Diana. Personally, I’d lay more horses at short odds on this card than play at longer prices, but that’s not an option in North American parimutuel wagering, and so, onward.
DRF handicapper Dave Litfin provides insight into the late pick four on Saturday's card at Saratoga.
DRF handicapper Brad Free outlines his top plays on Saturday's card at Del Mar.
Hammersly: Del Mar pick three play for Saturday, July 25
The Grade 2 Lake George for 3-year-old fillies, now slated to go off with a field of 10 following the scratches of longshots Lady Zuzu and My Year Is a Day, is an intriguing handicapping puzzle with plenty of room for argument.
The first graded stakes race of the 2015 Saratoga meeting comes early this year, with the Grade 3 Schuylerville being run Friday as the fourth race at 2:39 p.m. Eastern. The Schuylerville is the first of three graded stakes at the meeting for 2-year-old fillies, followed by the Grade 2 Adirondack on Aug. 15 and the Grade 1 Spinaway on Sept. 5.
Jellicle Ball (#3, ML 10-1) makes her North American debut in Friday's ninth race at Saratoga, the Grade 2 Lake George Stakes on turf. Since Jan. 1, 2014, trainer Graham Motion is winning at a 33 percent clip with first-time North American starters, for a return on investment of $4.29. Check out the Positive ROI report as part of DRF Plus. Sign up for DRF Plus here.
McMullen County (#2, ML 8-1) returns in Friday's eighth race at Ellis Park, a 1 1/16-mile allowance on turf. It will be his first start since finishing fifth by seven lengths in an allowance June 13 at Churchill Downs. The sixth- and seventh-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.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, July 25th by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore.
