Saratoga: Spa Babies 2-year-old picks and analysis for Aug. 16
Handicapper Dan Illman's analysis and selections for 2-year-old races at the 2013 Saratoga meet.
Dan IllmanAug 15, 2013
Handicapper Dan Illman's analysis and selections for 2-year-old races at the 2013 Saratoga meet.
Trainer Bobby Dibona likes where he is sitting with Hard Enough heading into the $60,000 Restoration Stakes for 3-year-olds on turf, the Saturday feature at Monmouth Park.
Trainer Robertino Diodoro is the epitome of calm heading into Saturday’s 84th running of the Grade 3, $200,000 Canadian Derby at Northlands Park, where he will saddle the likely favorite, Broadway Empire, in the richest race in Western Canada.
Saratoga 2-year old video recaps for the 2013 meet.
Dark Cove, who earlier this year was running in claiming races, will be carrying the familiar red-and-white silks of Ken and Sarah Ramsey on Saturday as a prime contender in the $400,000 American St. Leger, the first of four straight major stakes on the Arlington Million program at Arlington Park.
Saratoga 2-year old recap for Dancing House.
Pretty Reckless looks like the one to beat when she makes her second lifetime start in a first-level allowance race that will serve as Saturday’s feature at Hastings.
Saratoga 2-year old recap for Sol the Freud.
The large crowd that is expected to show up to watch the Grade 3 Canadian Derby at Northlands Park on Saturday also will get a treat watching Commander at work in the $50,000 Westerner Handicap.
Trainer Richard Mandella's most exciting South American runner in years, the Argentine-bred Indy Point, could become the first of them to win the Arlington Million on Saturday.