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Post by cherokeescot on Aug 20, 2018 10:07:28 GMT -5
Race 5 is a very interesting $12,500 claimer and I expect frantic activity at the claim box with possibly 6 of the 8 runners being taken :
1. Roll Tide Roll - ran big number at Finger Lakes last time out
2. Ranger in Paradise - ultra consistent performer drops from $16k
3. Too Fast To Pass - 8 y o will be passed
4. Forest Blue - Has been claimed last 3 starts and will be again
5. Rectify - Ran for $40k last time and has won for $25k this year
6. Missle Bomb -better check the spelling - has won 6 of last 9
7. King Kranz - huge drop for stakes winner - was claimed last out for $62.5k
8. Hammers Vision - drops from $40k but has not won for a year and a half
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Post by triguy237 on Aug 20, 2018 10:13:25 GMT -5
When I was handicapping this one, I had similar thoughts.....I thought a couple of these horses would have new owners very soon.
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Post by jolyb on Aug 20, 2018 10:18:19 GMT -5
Ranger In Paradise, Too Fast To Pass and Forest Blue have all been scratched. That class drop on King Kranz combined with a trainer change after the recent claim is eyebrow raising. He is too good a horse to be available for $12,500 unless something has gone seriously wrong. I suspect that someone (or several someones) will be willing to roll the dice to find out. That's a pretty big drop on Rectify also. Missle Bomb could be a useful claim for someone at that price - he seems like a consistent money maker. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2018 10:43:50 GMT -5
looks like the 7 should be the one to beat..the 8 could be there too...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2018 10:59:39 GMT -5
in race 8....this is an interesting race indeed....the 7 is the class but the 6-wine not, at 5/1, should be taking a run at the 7 after being behind the 7 last time they met....and most interesting is the fact that the owners of post 1-2 & 3 all filled the card up but do not seem to be in the class of post 7 and the 6 has something to run at here...lol..well, wait and see....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2018 11:06:50 GMT -5
race five...missed entering this one in our saratoga contest ..it is after noon...lol...the 1-labeg may put in an all out try today at m/l 20 /1 odds but there is a scratch in a small field.....the post 8 in race 4 looks interesting at m/l 8/1 ..in a large field...lol...a 2 year old must watch race...
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Post by 1hooper on Aug 20, 2018 14:57:43 GMT -5
Only runner not claimed was the winner!
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Post by jolyb on Aug 20, 2018 14:59:03 GMT -5
When I was handicapping this one, I had similar thoughts.....I thought a couple of these horses would have new owners very soon. Bev, you were correct in your prediction of activity at the claim box. Of the 5 runners, 4 of them were claimed. Don't know how many involved multiple claims. Only one who wasn't claimed was the winner. I feel sorry for those who claimed King Kranz - he barely was able to walk across the line. |
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Post by triguy237 on Aug 20, 2018 15:53:48 GMT -5
When I was handicapping this one, I had similar thoughts.....I thought a couple of these horses would have new owners very soon. Bev, you were correct in your prediction of activity at the claim box. Of the 5 runners, 4 of them were claimed. Don't know how many involved multiple claims. Only one who wasn't claimed was the winner. I feel sorry for those who claimed King Kranz - he barely was able to walk across the line. Yeah, he called this one. King Kranz is one I would have stayed away from. Too obvious that there may have been soundness issues. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2018 10:05:12 GMT -5
lol..7 and 8 were eased and walked off...what a way to lose money...lol...but the best two owners came in first and third...
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Post by tenfurlongs on Aug 21, 2018 10:34:04 GMT -5
Here is the gap on the paddock path near the racing office, where the trainers gather to inspect potential claims. This was just before the horses came through before race 5 yesterday. I've been going to Saratoga for a long time now and this is the most trainers I have ever seen lined up there: Linda Rice, Gary Gullo, Bobby Barbara, Rudy Rodriguez (second from right), Charlton Baker, Gary Sciacca, Eddie Kenneally, Gary Contessa's guys, and a few others.
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