Race Eight #4 Cooke Creek- This gelding is returning off the layoff for red-hot connections. We believe getting out of salty Graded Stakes races and returning to allowance company should really help this horse. As we’ve previously noted, this ownership group LOVES to win races at Saratoga and we believe that’s why he’s spotted here today. Mike Maker sports a gaudy 30% Win Rate for Flying P Stables at Saratoga over the past five years. This horse has been training well for his return and we had him against a speed-biased racetrack in his last race so will totally draw a line through that performance. He should be able to fire a mid-90’s ability figure which should be good enough to beat this group at a square price. Look for Ricardo to put this horse near the lead and take care of his business. The #1 Wynstock is an interesting price shot who has been compromised by two slow paces and a gold rail in his last three starts and we’ll try to get him underneath our top pick for part of our play.
The Play: 2 units to Win and 1 unit on 4/1 Exacta.
Race Ten #4 Alexis Zorba- This 5YO gelding has been an all-time classic chandelier in the lane throughout his career; however, we believe this is an incredibly interesting spot to bet him today. With the rails on the Mellon turf course taken down to the 0’ setting yesterday BOTH turf sprints were won by the inside speed horse. We believe there is a strong possibility this bias will persist today and this gelding figures to be the controlling inside speed. Moreover we like the jockey switch to Rosario who is the strongest finisher in the game, his fresh set of hands might be able to do the trick in getting this horse to finish in the lane. Finally, we might actually get a square price today even on the class drop with recent backers of this horse getting tired of his antics and not going to the windows. We believe today is finally the day for this gelding to get his picture taken at the Spa!
The Play: 5 units to Win.