With any luck, the opening-day Grade 3 Schuylerville Stakes will be the smallest and apparently least competitive of the 33 graded stakes races scheduled to be run at this 40-day Saratoga meeting.
Michael Hammersly's Del Mar pick three ticket for Friday, July 18.
As spring turns to summer, handicappers face a sticky wicket – speed figures earned by 2-year-olds at 4 1/2 furlongs. Are they significant, or not?
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, July 19 by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore.
Saratoga’s 146th summer meet kicks off with a $25,000 restricted claimer at 1 1/8 miles, which is once around the main track.
Money Talks (5-2) returns from a freshening in the eighth, a $20,000 optional-claiming route, after running hot and cold in the spring.
I was impressed with Strathnaver’s narrowly beaten second in the Just a Game most recently, and I’m going with her in the Diana Stakes at Saratoga.
DRF handicapper Dan Illman takes a closer look at juveniles running at Saratoga.
Brad Free's horses to watch in Southern California.
Byron King's Del Mar pick three ticket for Thursday, July 17.
