Today’s 13-race card starts an hour earlier than usual, at 12:05 EST. Two Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series races are highlights.
Picks for today’s races were made pre-scratches.
Race 1 13-12-3-8 13 Certified Loverboy gets a jockey upgrade to Joel Rosario today.
Race 2 7-1-3-2 Dirt sprint king Steve Asmussen with the 7 Powerful entered in this spot. Jockey switch to Jose Ortiz.
Race 3 5-6-1-7 5 Strong Quality has hit the board in all three career starts and comes in sporting back-to-back bullet works.
Race 4 3-1-5-2 4 Ethereal Road does his best running on the dirt. I'm not sure why they keep trying the Saratoga grass.
Race 5 11-7-4-5 A good betting race. I suspect 11 Mister Chairman will be the post time favorite.
Race 6 9-2-6-3 Pedigrees of this bunch is impressive. Looking to blow up the tri and super by including the 6 Prairie Dunes for trainer Bill Mott.
Race 7 1-5-7-2 1 Greeley and Ben puts blinkers back on today. His best races this year have been run with blinkers on.
Race 8 4-10-3-6 First time starter 4 Dubyuhnell is a bred dirt horse and should be in a good spot to make a stretch run.
Race 9 2-10-6-11 2 Analyze It gets Irad Ortiz, Jr. today, who was in the irons for a win three back.
Race 10 4-1-3-7 4 War Like Goddess looks tough to beat here. Could just play an exacta with her over the Chad Brown entries.
Race 11 2-6-8-5 2 Olympiad will have to fend off late bids from half of the field here.
Race 12 3-5-10-6 5 Ria’s Angel goes for the first time for trainer Rudy Rodriguez and gets a jockey upgrade to Joel Rosario.
Race 13 11-8-9-5 11 Quick Power Nap is the class of this field and has a bullet work August 26.
Best of luck!