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RACE 2: BLUE ATLAS (#3)

RACE 1: RED DANGER (#3)

Saratoga | Race 8 | Post Time 5:05 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up

RACE 4: OFF WE GO (#1)

Saratoga | Race 3 | Post Time 2:15 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up

We noted last week that “baby turf races are either dream or nightmare trips” and the one we selected had a little of both. Doctor Davis lost his footing at the start but soon rushed up to take the lead and was looking really good at the furlong pole until he got a bit roughed up and stopped.

The Whitney, most important race in the land this Saturday, Aug. 7, has managed to come up both fascinating and utterly predictable.

I like all five entrants, and in a fair fight, any one of them could win. But with nobody to run with Knicks Go, the fight doesn’t look fair. Apparently, Knicks Go can deliver a far, far stronger punch racing two turns than one, and cruising along on the lead, he’s been untouchable in his two-turn starts since Brad Cox got him.

Kenny Peck provides his analysis, selections and suggested ticket structure for Saturday's Pick 6 at Saratoga. 

RACE 7: Thinking DALIKA (#6) can steal the Glens Falls, which came up light in terms of pace. She was unable to last going this distance two back but she opened an unnecessarily big lead there and was run down late; with better rating she could prove tough to catch. WAR LIKE GODDESS (#3) is the main threat late despite the short layoff, as she has the best Beyers in the field; working steadily toward this return.

Saratoga | Race 4​ | Post Time 2:49 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs | Not already a TimeformUS member? Sign up