For the fourth consecutive year we have the privilege of watching champion Market Share compete on Hambletonian Day. Perhaps one of the most important members of the Market Share “team” goes mostly unknown to the general public. But the future for caretaker Shelly Grieco and her “lil man” Market Share go hand in hand.
Though he knows the older male division on the East Coast is stronger than that on the West Coast, trainer Eric Guillot decided to ship Moreno across the country for Saturday’s Grade 1, $1.25 million Whitney Stakes at Saratoga.
A big carryover of $206,133 awaits pick six players as racing resumes at Saratoga on Wednesday. Here's one way to play the sequence with a $400 bankroll limit.
Two maiden races with full fields in the middle of the card (races 4, 5) make a multi-race play tricky at best. However, a pick three starting with race 5, giving you a chance to see the board and see the horses in the paddock and on the track, might be a play, particularly since you can take a stand in races 6 and 7.
A couple of horses on the card could prove useful for your in-race and multi-race wagers.
The Saratoga summer of 2014 was, in his own words, “storybook” for trainer Jimmy Jerkens. Nine wins from 28 starters capped by a memorable one-two finish in the Travers Stakes with V. E. Day nosing out Wicked Strong. Nearly a year later, it is just a memory.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Thursday 8/6 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Thursday 8/6 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Brad Free's daily video report on racing from Del Mar.
A drop in class could be the tonic on Thursday for Indecise or Istanford, both of whom have been facing stakes runners lately but are moving into a classified allowance race in search of an overdue victory in Del Mar’s featured seventh race.
