SATURDAY,
AUGUST 1
SARATOGA
SPOT PLAYS
Race 10
#11 Tap It To Win
Plus
play exacta box w/#6 No Parole
#11 Tap It To Win exits a loss in the Belmont Stakes
where 1 ½ miles turned out to be too far for him. Seems to have unlimited talent
when placed in the proper spot, and will benefit from this cutback in distance
with wins showing in the pp’s going bother shorter (6F) and longer (1 1/16th).
Owns good tactical speed, but at this distance does not need the lead to win.
Play in exacta box with #6 No Parole, who looms the best
sprinter in this field and is already a Grade 1 winner from last time out at
Belmont in the Woody Stephens, where he went wire-to-wire and earned a big
speed figure in a win over some of these same horse at this 7F distance.
Race 11
#2 Cross Border
Saratoga
horse for the course with 4 wins in 4 prior outings at the Spa finds a perfect
spot to make it a perfect 5-for-5. In good current form, has won at the
distance, and meets no killers here amongst today’s competition.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1
SARATOGA
RACE 1
1 –
#8 Team Merchants 6-1
2 –
#7 Winfromwithin 4-1
3 –
#1 Olympiad 7-2
RACE 2
1 –
#1 Fog of War 2-1
2 – #2
Spirit Animal 3-1
3 –
#3 Dream Friend 5-2
RACE 3
1 –
#9 Regal Speaker 9-5
2 –
#1 Allied Invasion 5-1
3 –
#5 K.K. Ichikawa 4-1
RACE 4
1 –
#3 Dreams of Tomorrow 9-5
2 –
#5 Ima Pharoah 5-2
3 –
#9 Obsessed 12-1
RACE 5
1 –
#3 Midnight Bisou 2-5 Best Bet
2 –
#6 Point of Honor 5-2
3 –
#4 Vexatious 5-1
RACE 6
1 –
#7 Everfast 2-1
2 –
#6 Stage Left 4-1
3 –
#2 Mister Winston 5-2
RACE 7
1 –
#6 Shawdyshawyshawdy 8-1
2 –
#10 Habitus 3-1
3 –
#7 King of Miami 5-2
RACE 8
1 –
#7 Amano 2-1
2 –
#1 Holy Emperor 9-2
3 –
#3 Bail Out 6-1
RACE 9
1 –
#5 Tom’s D’Etat 6-5
2 –
#3 Code of Honor 5-2
3 –
#1 By My Standards 9-2
RACE 10
1 –
#11 Tap It to Win 5-1
2 –
#6 No Parole 9-5
3 –
#4 Echo Town 9-2
RACE 11
1 –
#2 Cross Border 5-2
2 –
#6 Sadler’s Joy 2-1
3 –
#5 Channel Maker 7-2
RACE 12
1 –
#2 I’llhandalthecash 4-1
2 –
#9 Cariba 9-2
3 –
#7 Dalika 3-1
4 –
#8 Saratoga Treasure 15-1
