BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, August 1, 2020 by Bob Fierro & Jay Kilgore
Our “Arlington Appetizer” left a crumb on the table as our 2-year-old Pick, Scaterra, blew the doors off at a surprising $13, but Savage couldn’t get up late and finished second but he was a good gimmick payee. There were two other juvenile BreezeFigs maidens that won last week, at Ellis and Parx, and the 3-year-olds continued to march through the condition books with a dozen of them breaking their maidens at: Arlington, Del Mar, Ellis, Finger Lakes, Laurel (two), Lone Star (two), Monmouth and Saratoga (three, including a BreezeFigs exacta). Today’s cards are contentious but we found one race where there may be a reasonable chance to get some decent payback, see below. Stay safe and good luck!
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Here is Saturday’s Pick:
2-Year-Olds
Saratoga, 1st Race, Maiden Special Weight, 6 Furlongs (Dirt)
Zunith Moon and Reinvestment Risk are in the inside posts which can be a disadvantage for babies in dashes but this is six furlongs which gives them a chance to recover if it gets rough at the start. Zunith Moon comes out of OBSMAR with a seven-over-Par Group 1 profile that featured a whopping 26.88 foot stride length (SL) which was more than two-and-a-half feet longer than average for colts that day at a furlong. Reinvestment Risk breezed on a different day at the same sale but at a quarter mile chalking up a one-under-par Group 3 number with a 25.43 foot SL that was five-eighths of a foot longer than average for colts at the distance. These two are reasonably priced in the morning line and deserve gimmick attention. Good luck!