Saratoga Picks: August 4, 2013
Saratoga picks by Mike Beer, Dave Litfin, and Kenny Peck for Sunday, August 4.
DRF StaffAug 03, 2013
Saratoga picks by Mike Beer, Dave Litfin, and Kenny Peck for Sunday, August 4.
Saratoga analysis by Dave Litfin for Sunday, August 4.
Winsili ran the best race of her career to score a 20-1 upset Saturday at Goodwood in the Group 1, $173,374 Nassau Stakes, as favored Sky Lantern got into serious trouble in deep stretch and had to settle for fifth.
Rockport Harbor, a Grade 2 winner and leading Pennsylvania sire, was euthanized on Friday at New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa., due to complications from laminitis at age 11.
A federal judge issued a restraining order on Friday in a lawsuit against two proposed slaughterhouses in New Mexico and Iowa, temporarily halting plans to open both facilities next week.
The pick six proved impossible to solve for the second consecutive day at Del Mar on Friday, leading to a massive carryover of $619,482 for Saturday’s 10-race program.
Rallying around the pacesetters, U’narack took the lead in the final furlong and won the seven-furlong Real Good Deal Stakes for California-breds by a half-length over 9-1 Ambitious Brew.
Clement Hirsch Handicap analysis by Brad Free, Michael Hammersly, and Marty McGee.
Jockey Garrett Gomez, who has not ridden since July 14 after undergoing recent treatment for alcoholism, was given conditional approval to resume riding at Del Mar on Wednesday, pending the results of a urine test this weekend, track stewards said on Friday.
Lethal Force, the dominant sprinter in England this summer, and Moonlight Cloud, a Group 1 winner last September, meet for the first time in Sunday’s $464,000 Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville, France.