Saturday 8/28/21 Free Plays / Trends / Betting Info / Etc

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Ed Sehon

Saratoga

DAILY DOUBLE (Race Nos. 1-2, 11:35 a.m. ET/8:35 p.m. PT)

Race 1: #8 Speaking Scout (8-1 morning line)

Race 2: #5 Jack Christopher (9-5)

Wager: $4 Daily Double of 8 & 5. ($4)


BEST BET (Race No. 7, 3:02 p.m. ET/12:02 p.m. PT)

Bob Baffert brings his ultra-talented, fleet filly #1 Gamine (3-5 morning line) back east to pad her total earnings ($1.4 million to date). John Velazquez has guided her to four straight victories. Lone speed leads to another wire-to-wire romp. Wager: $40 to Win on 1. ($40)


EXACTA EXTRA (Race No. 8, 3:37 a.m. ET/12:37 p.m. PT)

Mr. Ed looks for these three top-shelf sprinters to blanket wire together: #1 Mischevious Alex (6-1 morning line); #7 Yaupon (5-2) and #8 Firenze Fire (6-1). Wager: $5 Exacta Box of 1,7 & 8. ($30)


LATE PICK 5 (Races Nos. 9-13, 4:12 p.m. ET/1:12 p.m. PT)

Race 9: 6
Race 10: 4,6
Race 11: 1,2,7
Race 12: 2,4,6
Race 13: 1,5,10,12 ($36)

PRICE PLAY (Race No. 12, 6:12 p.m. ET/3:12 p..m. PT)

Welcome to the graveyard of champions as cagey conditioner Al Stall Jr. and regular rider Miguel Mena steer #6 Masqueparade (8-1 morning line) to upset victory over prohibitive favorite #2 Essential Quality (4-5). Let the parade begin. Wager: $20 Win & Place on 6. ($40)

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John Lauro

Arlington Race No. 7 (6:40 p.m. ET/3:40 p.m. PT)

#6 One Timer (4-5 morning line). “We’ve cashed on this 2-year-old star before and now he tops the Arlington-Washington Futurity on Saturday at Arlington.”


Saratoga Race No. 12 (6:12 p.m. ET/3:12 p.m. PT)

#3 Keepmeinmind (6-1 morning line). “Looking for the upset in the Travers. He was moving on the winner [Essential Quality in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy. He’s been waiting for a mile and a quarter.”