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Old 07-10-2025, 09:43 AM
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Race 5. #5 Edict, 8/1. I think #4 Heredia is the horse to beat and am against #3 Deep Satin who will be a short price but note that her top figure two races back came on softer ground. She could win, but I don’t want her at a short price. The #2 Les Reys intrigues me but this is a tough spot coming off the layoff. For me, I like #5 Edict who was very impressive two back, beating Heredia (both off a layoff) and ultimately running second to a good horse in Dynamic Pricing. I’ll forgive Edict for last out, which was still a decent performance but won’t be good enough to win today. In the New York, she was against better horses and probably didn’t like the added ground. She’s cutting back and she’s got Johnny V back on board and she’s going to be a big price.

Race 8. #7 Charlottesapproval, 6/1. I’m not totally sold on the ML favorite Movin’ On Up, even if it does bring back memories of one of my favorite TV shows growing up — The Jeffersons. Charlottesapproval seems better suited for a little more distance than her last out and she’s already run back to her 3YO figures so the hope is she’s ready to take a step forward. It’ll need to be a good step forward but it’s not impossible and I figure she’ll be a nice price. I do also like the #1 Ozara but I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s even lower than her 7/2 ML odds so I’ll go with the bigger price.
Going to switch this up a little.

I’ll stick with the #5 Edict in Race 5. But instead of Charlottesapproval, I’m going to land on #4 Alexis Zorba in Race 2. Alexis Zorba has already run 7 or 8 races in his career that are probably fast enough to win this race. Two back when he faced off against the ML favorite Devil in Disguise, the pace totally fell apart. Now, he’s in the Trombetta barn and reporting as a first time gelding. Maybe the ultimate equipment change gets this horse back on track. All he has to do is run back to his form from last summer. Maybe that’s too much to ask, but the favorite is going to be 4/5 and has a lot of questions of his own. Trombetta wins 15% with first starts with him. He’s a perfect 2-for-2 over the last 5 years when dropping a horse into claiming from the allowance ranks in their first start with him.
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Old 07-10-2025, 11:40 AM
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Best Bet: Race 7 - #5 Lost Horizon 4/1 - Really liked the debut effort with more kind of subtle early trouble than some others and then had to go super wide slowly getting into stride late which to me indicates Will love the stretch out today and being out of Wow Cat that makes sense. Tough to say but might get a decent enough price today given all that she has going in her favor with connections, breeding, etc.

Best Value: Race 8 - #8 Spinning Colors 10/1 - Always liked this horse and I get that she really get away with it last out. That said I think she’s more than capable of repeating even if facing a little more pressure in here today…I get the sense that she’s going to be dismissed off that effort and I think personally she’s a little better than most…Hening has been awfully quiet but I think she has this one sharp right now and if JV can ration out her speed that leaves most shaking their head again..and I’m not really that afraid of anyone in this field
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Old 07-11-2025, 07:44 AM
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$40.00 wagered.
$40.70 returned.

Alexis Zorba ran 2nd and paid $3.90. Edict wasn’t good enough.

Today.

Race 7. #5 Spirited Boss, 6/1. I like his earlier sprint races. Other than last out on the dirt, he seems to break well and I think Johnny V will put him in good position. He beat Classic Q a few back so he’s got some turf talent, the question is if he’ll prefer the shorter distance. I suspect he’ll get ignored on the tote board and drift above 6/1.

Race 5. #3 Ragtime Sizzle, 8/1. Fresh off the claim, this one gets wheeled back in 8 days. The race looks like there’s little pace but I expect the #4 Low Key and the #6 Another Cleeshay to apply some pressure up front. If Kantarmaci can win that race yesterday, this one fits a lot better on figures even if Ragtime sizzle is jumping up from MCL20K to CLM100K. This field isn’t very good and the upset is definitely possible here.
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Old 07-11-2025, 09:39 AM
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^good to see you post dahoss, hope all is well.

Lost Horizon looked like she might be ready to pounce and win easily to my eyes but the winner had other ideas and she was well beaten for second paying $4.40 to place. Similarly Spinning Colors looked to be possibly ready to kick away but Ozara pranced by her in a common gallop, that was impressive, SC paid $9.70 to place.

Wagered: $40.00
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Had some opinions on the turf races today outside of the stake where I think Make Haste looked a likely winner I probably wasn’t trying to beat…might talk myself into Gata Brazil at this point though. Have to reassess this card
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Old 07-11-2025, 10:56 AM
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$40.00 wagered.
$40.70 returned.

Alexis Zorba ran 2nd and paid $3.90. Edict wasn’t good enough.

Today.

Race 7. #5 Spirited Boss, 6/1. I like his earlier sprint races. Other than last out on the dirt, he seems to break well and I think Johnny V will put him in good position. He beat Classic Q a few back so he’s got some turf talent, the question is if he’ll prefer the shorter distance. I suspect he’ll get ignored on the tote board and drift above 6/1.

Race 5. #3 Ragtime Sizzle, 8/1. Fresh off the claim, this one gets wheeled back in 8 days. The race looks like there’s little pace but I expect the #4 Low Key and the #6 Another Cleeshay to apply some pressure up front. If Kantarmaci can win that race yesterday, this one fits a lot better on figures even if Ragtime sizzle is jumping up from MCL20K to CLM100K. This field isn’t very good and the upset is definitely possible here.
Spirited Boss is scratched out of the 7th but I'm going to stay in that race. I'll probably put her in the winner's circle but I really don't like the ML favorite #1 Make Haste. Her win last out was against significantly weaker horses. Two back, she just wasn't good enough against two horses that are in this race and I view Cloe as the horse to beat and she may run away with it, though my hope is to beat her at a big price. I'm going to end up on #2 Italian Soiree, 12/1. Looking through her replays, I don't think she's a horse that likes to rate and she never looked comfortable to me in her turf routes. To me, she'll benefit from being able to just run out of the gate at this shorter distance and let loose. She's got a win at 5 1/2 furlongs, albeit on dirt, but she looked comfortable that day, made a 3wide move on the turn, and just kept running. She's run against some really good turf horses at route distances and hasn't embarrassed herself. Throw out her last turf race as she got bumped very hard at the top of the stretch and jogged home. She was never in contention last out in the Jersey Girl but those were some pretty good dirt horses she was up against and that was pretty much an impossible task. The fact she put in a modest effort on what I don't think is her preferred surface further bolsters my belief that she's a sprinter and not a router. Terranova wins at 12% on turf but the average payout is over $12.00. A mild improvement with the switch back to turf puts her in contention here.
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Old 07-11-2025, 01:34 PM
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^I do think Soirée is a little interesting in there but I couldn’t quite get there

Best Bet: Race 7 - #7 Gata Brazil 6/1 - Not totally convinced that Make Haste won’t win but I did not find much on this card and I’m going to see if Brittany Russell doesn’t have this one primed for a big effort today. Shipped to NY two back and seemed poised/came up empty almost like something went wrong. Back to Laurel with a big effort and now she points back here, the distance and course may be more suited…

Best Value: Race 9 - #8 Ocala Dream 20/1 - I thought the last race going long was actually quite an effort. Obviously there’s a good chance he just really liked the slop but if he’s ok with the faster ground today I actually like this trip today for him and I definitely don’t trust any of the logicals in here.
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Old 07-11-2025, 01:56 PM
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The key for me race 7 is that I just don’t like the likely favorite. I’m using 2-3-7 in horizontals there. I don’t trust turf horses coming from Gulfstream, especially ones that wire the field. Cloe is a little more trustworthy imo but even she was very disappointing two back.

I’m probably wrong but Soirée will be a big enough price for me.

I like your pick of Ocala Dream. Half-sib Seven Lillies won 8 times on dirt, including some pretty big figures (high 80s, low 90s) as a 6 and 7 year old. Plenty of dirt in the pedigree there.
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Old 07-11-2025, 02:33 PM
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Kantarmaci let me down.
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Old 07-11-2025, 05:33 PM
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Kantarmaci let me down.
Ok, I’m over this as I had the double into Soirée a few times and then was able to finish off the Pick 5 today on a $36 bet (my first Pick 5 hit ever). Sorry, had to brag a little. It paid $2779.75.
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Old 07-11-2025, 10:41 PM
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Spirited Boss is scratched out of the 7th but I'm going to stay in that race. I'll probably put her in the winner's circle but I really don't like the ML favorite #1 Make Haste. Her win last out was against significantly weaker horses. Two back, she just wasn't good enough against two horses that are in this race and I view Cloe as the horse to beat and she may run away with it, though my hope is to beat her at a big price. I'm going to end up on #2 Italian Soiree, 12/1. Looking through her replays, I don't think she's a horse that likes to rate and she never looked comfortable to me in her turf routes. To me, she'll benefit from being able to just run out of the gate at this shorter distance and let loose. She's got a win at 5 1/2 furlongs, albeit on dirt, but she looked comfortable that day, made a 3wide move on the turn, and just kept running. She's run against some really good turf horses at route distances and hasn't embarrassed herself. Throw out her last turf race as she got bumped very hard at the top of the stretch and jogged home. She was never in contention last out in the Jersey Girl but those were some pretty good dirt horses she was up against and that was pretty much an impossible task. The fact she put in a modest effort on what I don't think is her preferred surface further bolsters my belief that she's a sprinter and not a router. Terranova wins at 12% on turf but the average payout is over $12.00. A mild improvement with the switch back to turf puts her in contention here.
Italian Soirée paid $31.20 to win and $17.20 to place. That brings the totals to…

$48.00 wagered
$89.10 returned

For Saturday, my picks are:

Race 5. #7 Magical Ways, 8/1. This race just looks like a good betting race as most of the field is pretty evenly matched. Magical Ways’ turf form is muddied up as he’s switched back and forth between turf and dirt in his career. I think the pace will heat up in this one so I’m looking for Junior to get a ground saving trip in the back and then make one big run in the stretch.

Race 11. #4 Excellent Truth, 5/2. I want to try to beat She Feels Pretty here and while I prefer better odds than 5/2, I’ve just been really impressed with Excellent Truth. I thought she had a really bad trip in the Jenny Wiley in her first start here in the U.S. and she still nearly won. She had some milder trouble in the Just a Game and was still running strong at the end. I like both Chad horses but she’s got more tactical speed than stablemate Dynamic Pricing and I just trust Excellent Truth a bit more to work out the right trip for herself.
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Ok, I’m over this as I had the double into Soirée a few times and then was able to finish off the Pick 5 today on a $36 bet (my first Pick 5 hit ever). Sorry, had to brag a little. It paid $2779.75.
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Italian Soirée paid $31.20 to win and $17.20 to place. That brings the totals to…

$48.00 wagered
$89.10 returned

For Saturday, my picks are:

Race 5. #7 Magical Ways, 8/1. This race just looks like a good betting race as most of the field is pretty evenly matched. Magical Ways’ turf form is muddied up as he’s switched back and forth between turf and dirt in his career. I think the pace will heat up in this one so I’m looking for Junior to get a ground saving trip in the back and then make one big run in the stretch.

Race 11. #4 Excellent Truth, 5/2. I want to try to beat She Feels Pretty here and while I prefer better odds than 5/2, I’ve just been really impressed with Excellent Truth. I thought she had a really bad trip in the Jenny Wiley in her first start here in the U.S. and she still nearly won. She had some milder trouble in the Just a Game and was still running strong at the end. I like both Chad horses but she’s got more tactical speed than stablemate Dynamic Pricing and I just trust Excellent Truth a bit more to work out the right trip for herself.


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Old 07-12-2025, 06:14 AM
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Thanks guys. It was a good day.

My first purchase after the ticket cashed was to buy PPs for the entire Saratoga meet.
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Old 07-12-2025, 09:57 AM
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Italian Soirée paid $31.20 to win and $17.20 to place. That brings the totals to…

$48.00 wagered
$89.10 returned

For Saturday, my picks are:

Race 5. #7 Magical Ways, 8/1. This race just looks like a good betting race as most of the field is pretty evenly matched. Magical Ways’ turf form is muddied up as he’s switched back and forth between turf and dirt in his career. I think the pace will heat up in this one so I’m looking for Junior to get a ground saving trip in the back and then make one big run in the stretch.

Race 11. #4 Excellent Truth, 5/2. I want to try to beat She Feels Pretty here and while I prefer better odds than 5/2, I’ve just been really impressed with Excellent Truth. I thought she had a really bad trip in the Jenny Wiley in her first start here in the U.S. and she still nearly won. She had some milder trouble in the Just a Game and was still running strong at the end. I like both Chad horses but she’s got more tactical speed than stablemate Dynamic Pricing and I just trust Excellent Truth a bit more to work out the right trip for herself.
With the 5th coming off the turf, I’m going to change my pick there. I don’t dislike Magical Ways but question the price he’ll be. Instead, I’m going to go with #7 Society Man in Race 7. I thought that was a pretty good effort off the layoff last out. He’ll need to take a step forward from last race but I think he can do it and should get a much better pace setup today. At 8/1, he’s my pick, and I wouldn’t be shocked to see him go off higher than that as I expect Malarchuk and Drake’s Passage to take a lot of money.
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Nice work Moses...keep it rolling
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Old 07-12-2025, 11:20 AM
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Good work... great start and a few weeks to go
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Old 07-12-2025, 02:18 PM
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^Great work Mo, thought Soiree was interesting and then talked myself off it, good job consolidating that opinion into a nice pick 5 score.

7/12/25:
Best Bet: Race 8 #2 El Rezeen 8/1 - Obviously won't be getting this price with all the scratches but I really loved that prep at Keeneland and have been waiting for him to return as I think as a 4yo English Channel he's just starting to figure it out. Would've liked to bet him at a much bigger number in a full field to be honest but this card totally crumbled for me and my opinions (just like yesterdays) when all the turf races I had interesting opinions on got washed off...so I'll stick here and I do think he has a legit shot to beat Far Bridge and will be a bigger price.

Best Value: Race 7 # 8 Holiday Pay 12/1 - Just think he gets overlooked in here and I do find it interesting that Jose is back...I have that last race competitive with the logical contenders in here and I'm not fully sure I trust that to be honest, but I don't mind taking the shot at a price in a field that you can really pick through the form of a lot of the logicals even if none of them would surprise me if they won...

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Old 07-12-2025, 06:54 PM
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Thanks guys.

Society Man could not close any distance today but Excellent Truth was very game in the Diana, fighting back to beat She Feels Pretty. It was an incredible effort and was happy to see her put it all together today. She paid $8.00 to win and $3.00 to show, getting me just over the century mark in money back.

$48.00 wagered
$100.10 returned

I don’t love the card for Sunday and am not sure I’ll play much, maybe a small late Pick 5 singling Schwarzenegger to start it.

My picks:

Race 1. #2 Bob Mo, 12/1. Bob Mo should be running up front and he gets a major jockey upgrade. He’s got a couple figures that fit here and so maybe he’s able to run them off their feet at a big price. The projected favorite Chillax really doesn’t stand out that much on figures and not sure he’ll get a favorable pace scenario.

Race 9. #1 Jet Sweep Joe, 8/1. This horse beat older last out at Woodbine, including a couple respectable turf sprinters. What I liked was that he rated and then ran them down in the stretch and I’m hopeful he takes that approach here as a few of these horses should hook up on the front end.

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Thanks guys.

Society Man could not close any distance today but Excellent Truth was very game in the Diana, fighting back to beat She Feels Pretty. It was an incredible effort and was happy to see her put it all together today. She paid $8.00 to win and $3.00 to show, getting me just over the century mark in money back.

$48.00 wagered
$100.10 returned

I don’t love the card for Sunday and am not sure I’ll play much, maybe a small late Pick 5 singling Schwarzenegger to start it.

My picks:

Race 1. #2 Bob Mo, 12/1. Bob Mo should be running up front and he gets a major jockey upgrade. He’s got a couple figures that fit here and so maybe he’s able to run them off their feet at a big price. The projected favorite Chillax really doesn’t stand out that much on figures and not sure he’ll get a favorable pace scenario.

Race 9. #1 Jet Sweep Joe, 8/1. This horse beat older last out at Woodbine, including a couple respectable turf sprinters. What I liked was that he rated and then ran them down in the stretch and I’m hopeful he takes that approach here as a few of these horses should hook up on the front end.
Bob Mo is scratched. Going to stay in race 1 and go with #4 Classicist, 5/2 — who should wire this field with simply a repeat of his 2YO form and will destroy the field with a step forward.
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Great start... seems wide open today. Struggling to put a pick 4 ticket together
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