Illman: Saratoga pick three play for Monday, July 21
Dan Illman's Saratoga pick three ticket for Monday, July 21.
Dan IllmanJul 21, 2014
Dan Illman's Saratoga pick three ticket for Monday, July 21.
In contrast to Sunday’s Coaching Club American Oaks, a Grade 1 where Stopchargingmaria was the only graded stakes winner of any kind going in, three of the six in Monday’s $100,000 Shine Again – Better Lucky, Grace Hall and My Miss Aurelia – are Grade 1 winners.
DRF Plus daily Gameplan for Saratoga on Monday, July 21.
This year’s edition of the Coaching Club American Oaks has attracted one of the weakest fields in the history of the race and is a Grade 1 event in name only.
DRF handicapper Dan Illman takes a closer look at juveniles running at Saratoga.
How will I play today’s card at Saratoga? Very carefully.
Ultimate Empire finished first in both of his starts at Saratoga last year, and he is the horse-for-course angle play in race 8.
It is difficult to fashion pre-card wagering strategy for a biased racing surface. That is the dilemma Sunday at Del Mar.
Those who expected a flashy debut by a top 2-year-old may have been disappointed in races 1 and 5 Saturday at Del Mar.
For Sunday’s card at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, I will focus on a pick three that encompasses races 3 through 5.