SARATOGA PICKS -- 8/1/20

A huge day at Saratoga today, with four stakes races in the last four races, so that's where I'm headed with today's picks. It's a Pick Four also, so play it accordingly.

RACE 9 -- WHITNEY (GI) -- $750K -- 1-1/8th miles

5 -- Tom's d ' Etat

2 -- Improbable

3 -- Code of Honor

1 -- By My Standards

RACE 10 -- ALLEN JERKINS STAKES (GI) -- $300K -- 7 furlongs

6 -- No Parole

11 -- Tap It To Win

4 -- Echo Town

2 -- Eight Rings

RACE 11 -- BOWLING GREEN STAKES (GII) -- $250K -- 1-3/8th miles (TURF) 

6 -- Sadler's Joy

3 -- Channel Maker

4 -- Dot Matrix

2 -- Cross Border

RACE 12 -- CARESS STAKES -- $200K -- 5-1/2 furlongs (TURF) 

7 -- Palika

2 -- I'llhandalthecash

6 -- Mother Mother

3 -- Sweet Bye and Bye

Betting strategy:

I'm going to take my top four picks in Race 9, my top three picks in Race 10, my top four picks in Race 11 and go deep in Race 12 -- with my top four picks, plus adding #4 Introduced, #5 Jakarta and #9 Cariba. 

The Ticket: 

1,2,3,5

4,6,11

2,4,5,6

2,3,4,5,6,7

Cost $168.

  I'm "up" on Saratoga, so I can put out a little more $$$$. If you want to "trim" your ticket, you might just single Tom's d' Etat in Race 9 and get out of the sequence with a $42 ticket. I'm going with the ol' philosophy that "Saratoga is the graveyard of favorites" and I want to make sure I'm still "alive" after Race 9.

Good luck today!

paulie

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