SARATOGA
SPOT PLAYS
Race 4
#9 Miss
Fashionista
Trainer
Todd Pletcher is having a big meet, and this horse is the best dirt route horse
in the race for a likely off-the-turf situation on Saturday. Irad Ortiz has the
mount.
Race 8
#2
Showcase
Plus
exacta box with #4 First Resort
#2
Showcase goes out for the Todd Pletcher barn, which is annually the top-winning
outfit in Saratoga juvenile races. Showcase began his career with a splash last
time in his career debut when he was bet down to 0.70-1 odds on the tote board
and then delivered with a 7 ½-length win after rating professionally right off
the leader in the early stages. Irad Ortiz Jr. has the mount.
Play in
exacta box with #4 First Resort, who was sent off favored in a 10-horse field
at Ellis Park and then survived a speed duel all the way around the track until
drawing off in the stretch to a 3 ½-length win at first asking. He could be the
real deal for Eoin Harty training for Godolphin with Flavien Prat picking up
the mount. If the main track is still wet at Saratoga on Saturday afternoon,
First Resort is already proven on a muddy track.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10
SARATOGA
RACE 1
1 Innovator 2-1
7 Thunder Roll 10-1
6 Nantz 5-1
RACE 2
1 Hurricane
Nelson 1-1 Best Bet
2 Marche 7-2
4 Banned for Life 9-2
RACE 3
5 Disco Deano 5-1
4 Secret Rules 9-5
1 Cold as Hell 6-1
RACE 4
9 Miss
Fashionista 6-1
10 Highway
Harmony 8-5
2 Wish List 5-1
RACE 5
7 Spiritual Lady 5-2
8 Til There Was
You 6-1
4 Dashing Delta 6-1
RACE 6 –
POSTPONED, WILL BE RUN SUNDAY
4 Carson’s Run 8-1
6 Deterministic 9-2
8 Trikari 3-1
RACE 7
8 Valuation
Metric 3-1
11 Clock Tower 6-1
12 The Boondocker 8-1
RACE 8
2 Showcase 6-1
4 First Resort 7-2
3 Global Legend 12-1
RACE 9
4 Cogburn 1-2
6 Big Invasion 12-1
9 Grooms All
Bizness 8-1
RACE 10 –
POSTPONED, WILL BE RUN SUNDAY
4 Carl Spackler 9-5
6 Ottoman Fleet 8-5
3 Major Dude 8-1
RACE 11
4 Dot’s Dollar 9-2
2 Downtownchalybrown
3-1
7 Banyan Breeze 8-1
RACE 12
5 Star of Mystery 2-5
9 Amidst Waves 20-1
10 Halina’s Forte 2-1
12 She’s Always Rosie 8-1
