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Saratoga Hotlist - August 28
August 26, 2022
Today’s NY Hot List races to watch – Sunday, August 28, 2022 at Saratoga
By Matt Shifman and Bob Ehalt
Hot List Key:
A: A preferred horse to watch B: Secondary horse to watch
*C: Went down 2 or more betting notches and finished 1st through 3rd
*D: Went down 2 or more betting notches and finished 4th or worse
* - 4 or more betting notches if 11-1 or more.
1st race [Md Sp Wt, 1 1/16 mi TURF] – (10) Forever Dixie (B) steadied in the first turn and then the stretch and had to race four-wide. The blinkers go on, which is a positive statistic for Mark Casse. (2) Xigera had the lead in her debut race after pressing the pace and finished second for hot trainer Phil Bauer. (6) Clever Joke will make her first start for Chad Brown as a daughter of Practical Joke out of a mare that was a stakes winner on the turf. (7) Akayla is another firster for Brown and this one sold for $650,000 in March at Ocala.
2nd race [Alw 50000s, 1 1/8 mi] – (5) Higher Quality stretched out to the nine-furlong distance and won his first start at Saratoga and got claimed away from Chad Brown for $40,000. (3) Cryo was second in two starts at Saratoga going the two-turn distance, last time was in a starter allowance in his first start after a claim by the Noda Brothers. (6) Eloquist appeared on the Kentucky Derby trail last year and was a winner in his second start of 2022 at the Spa going this distance. (1) Endowed ran well in his last two starts at this level for Christophe Clement.
3rd race [Alw 50000s, 5
August 26, 2022
Today’s NY Hot List races to watch – Sunday, August 28, 2022 at Saratoga
By Matt Shifman and Bob Ehalt
Hot List Key:
A: A preferred horse to watch B: Secondary horse to watch
*C: Went down 2 or more betting notches and finished 1st through 3rd
*D: Went down 2 or more betting notches and finished 4th or worse
* - 4 or more betting notches if 11-1 or more.
1st race [Md Sp Wt, 1 1/16 mi TURF] – (10) Forever Dixie (B) steadied in the first turn and then the stretch and had to race four-wide. The blinkers go on, which is a positive statistic for Mark Casse. (2) Xigera had the lead in her debut race after pressing the pace and finished second for hot trainer Phil Bauer. (6) Clever Joke will make her first start for Chad Brown as a daughter of Practical Joke out of a mare that was a stakes winner on the turf. (7) Akayla is another firster for Brown and this one sold for $650,000 in March at Ocala.
2nd race [Alw 50000s, 1 1/8 mi] – (5) Higher Quality stretched out to the nine-furlong distance and won his first start at Saratoga and got claimed away from Chad Brown for $40,000. (3) Cryo was second in two starts at Saratoga going the two-turn distance, last time was in a starter allowance in his first start after a claim by the Noda Brothers. (6) Eloquist appeared on the Kentucky Derby trail last year and was a winner in his second start of 2022 at the Spa going this distance. (1) Endowed ran well in his last two starts at this level for Christophe Clement.
3rd race [Alw 50000s, 5
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