Saratoga August 10th The Locks are on Twitter

Again,  arguably, the best race meeting in the world continues at the Spa.    Today's races aren't exactly world class but do have a number of G1 runners that make up the field in some of the lowest class races of the whole meet.


Saratoga, Wed. 8/10..
1st Race, 5.5f turf,NYS bred, Opt Claiming.
Compliance Officer in the only legit pace in the field, Silver Timber, is a 2x BCTurf Sprinter


2nd Race...2yo Maiden Claimers
Mayville, 2nd race, who is sired by Straight Man, a son of Saint Ballado, I remember pulling him out of his stall to take a look at that horse as a yearling...Can She Run comes in with good works...I'd Lie, has run twice already and has excuses in both.


3rd Race.6F, 15k claiming...
Ugh! This is the bottom of barrel of Saratoga racing...
I will go with at 20-1 Karakorum Budman... isn't much worse than the others....


4th race, MSW, 2yo 5.5f.
Kimmel's Vexor had trouble in debut looks to improve, Pletcher has beautifully bred, Raconteur.


5th race, today's stakes race, 1.5m turf F&M,
Senada comes in with best form but @ shorter distances, Gold D' Oro, will stay in the mix on the lead through the race.


6th race, 6f 20k claimers.
Major Molly, 8-1 Finger Lake shipper will prompt pace, 4-1 Need An Angel should prevail.


7th Race 1m turf, claimers.
Ahgogo was pushed wide in last, Virging on Stardom, is 5 of 9 in the money. Patent Pending Tom,15-1, good form but ice cold trainer


8th Race 7f Claiming 3yo. 
Not much value here so may go light on betting.
Goodtimehadbyalll and Dawly are the plays.


9th Race 13/16 turf. OptCl 3yo+, 
Joshua Reynolds, Ducduc, Close Aly, Colonialism ranked in highest (8-1) to lowest odds (3-1) can all win


10th Race 1mile turf, MSW, 3yo+ NYS, 
if Obviously Tuesday and Turn Up the Music can walk on the lead they will be the exacta



The JCC Locks are:
1. $8 win #1, $4 place #1, 
$1 ex box #1,#5. 
$1 Daily Double #1,#5 & #3,#2,#7


2. $10 win #3, 
$ 1 exacta all over #3,
$1 exacta #3,#2,#7.


3. $5 win,place #3


4. $8 win,place #2, 
$4 win,place #7,  
$2 Daily Double  #2,#7 & #5, #10., 
$1 Pick 3, #2,#7 & #5,#10 & #3,#5


5. $8 win #5
$1 exacta all over #5.   
$2 win place, #10.


6. $8 win/place #3.   
$2 win/place #5.


7. $8 win #6
$1 exacta all over # 6
$1 exacta #6, #4, #10.


8. $5 win/place #2


9. $1 exacta #2,#5,#7,#8.  
$6 win/place #8.
$3 win/place #7


10. $4 win, place #4
$2 win, place #6


Epilogue
A good day over all but still net down but named winners in 7 or 10 races and if Senada won rather than lost by a closing neck would have definitely been in the black.


$188 of Bets, $138 of Wins, Net -$50.

1st..

Compliance Officer - scratched 

Silver Timber wins

2nd

Mayville - 3rd

Can She Run - scratched

I'd Lie - wins

3rd

Karakorum Budman - 6th

4th

Vexor wins

Raconteur 5th

5th 

Senada - 2nd

Gold D' Oro - 7th

6th

Major Molly scratched

Need An Angel wins

7th 

Ahgogo - 4th

Virging on Stardom - 6th

Patent Pending Tom - 9th

8th 

Goodtimehadbyall - 3rd

Dawly wins

9th

Joshua Reynolds - 4th

Ducduc - 5th

Close Aly - 3rd 

Colonialism wins

10th

Obviously Tuesday wins

Turn Up the Music 3rd