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Saratoga Selections

THURSDAY, AUGUST 17

SPOT PLAYS

SARATOGA

Race 1

#5 Honor Way

Toss out the sloppy 7F race and the other recent races all look good, including the second-place finish by a nose last time after having her best chances in that race compromised at the start. Likes the Saratoga track, and is sitting on a win off the claim by David Jacobson, so she just needs a clean start.

Race 4

#6 Crazy About Jazz

Plus play an exacta box w/#8 Flying Point

#6 Crazy About Jazz needed a race off a four-month layoff last time, and tired late after blazing a very fast past out front on a speed duel. This spot is a lot different, however, and this horse has a chance to get out front and never look back wire-to-wire in the second race off the long layoff.

Play in exacta box w/ #8 Flying Point, who graduated at first asking in a turf sprint two races ago, and then flopped when stretched out to a mile last time. Now takes the key cutback in distance back into a turf sprint, and looms the main danger at value 12-1 odds on the morning line.

FULL CARD SELECTIONS

THURSDAY, AUGUST 17

SARATOGA

RACE 1

1 – #5 Honor Way               3-1           BEST BET

2 – #3 Tainted Angel          4-1

3 – #6 Easy Way Out          2-1

RACE 2

1 – #8 Saratoga Colonel                    2-1

2 – #10 Brooklyn Speights               5-2

3 – #5 Heat Check                                 6-1

RACE 3

1 – #4 Securitiz                                       5-2

2 – #3 Thebigfundamental              9-5

3 – #1 Raagheb                                       4-1

RACE 4

1 – #6 Crazy About Jazz    7-2

2 – #8 Flying Point             12-1

3 – #11 Mo Promise          20-1

RACE 5

1 – #2 Royal Power            8-1

2 – #7 Smokin Platinum 5-2

3 – #10 Dark Ops                 9-2

RACE 6

1 – #3 Hard Scramble       3-1

2 – #7 Gorgeous Charli    6-1

3 – #5 Classic Cotton        8-1

RACE 7

1 – #10 Initiate                     4-1

2 – #4 Summer Luck          5-2

3 – #1 Taperge                       2-1

RACE 8

1 – #5 Clipthecouponannie            6-1

2 – #1 Quezon                                         9-5

3 – #2 Hot City Girl                              6-1

RACE 9

1 – #11 Carrera Cat                              3-1

2 – #5 Center of the Stage                6-1

3 – #10 Toquette                                   6-1

4 – #9 Straw Hat                                    4-1