July 17 Saratoga Points Picks go here . . .

[DonGuido]

And off we go to The Spa, it's that wonderful time of year!!! We are playing races 2-11. Please have all wagers and picks in by 1:41PM ET, scheduled post time for race 2. Ga'luk to all.

Oh and this means college football is just around the corner . . . GO CLEMSON TIGERS!!!

[RUFFIAN]

PURRSNICKETY + POINTLESS

R2
5-3-7-4-6
R3
9-2-1-11-3
R4
8-7-3-9-4
R5
9-7-5-2-4
R6
4-3-1-7-5
R7
1-6-11-5-8
R8
12-1-10-7-6
R9
1-9-2-7-6
R10
7-6-8-5-2
R11
8-9-7-2-4

Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaats All Folks

[Digger]

r2: 3 7 4 5
r3: 9 1 11 2
r4: 8 2 6 7
r5: 7 9 2 5
r6: 1 7 4 6
r7: 8 11 6 5
r8: 10 5 11 1
r9: 2 1 7 9
r10: 2 5 6 7
r11: 4 9 8 7

Ready Early, for what ever comes my way...

[Real Quiet]

R2...3-5-4-7-2
R3...4-9-2-1-11
R4...3-8-9-10-6
R5...7-9-5-2-6
R6...4-3-11-5-12
R7...1-3-10-8-6
R8...10-11-1-5-3
R9...1-2-4-9-6
R10..8-5-3-6-7
R11..8-7-4-2-9

Thanks to Plenilune for scoring

[JolyB]

Thank goodness the first batch of heavy showers went somewhere else. I think that more rain may occur after 5 but by then most of the turf races except the Diana will be in the books. This time of year you can never count out a thunderstorm rolling out of the Adirondacks when you least expect it.

R2: 5-3-4-2-7
R3: 2-1-9-3-7
R4: 8-7-3-6-9
R5: 9-7-5-4-2
R6: 4-11-12-5-1
R7: 1-6-2-4-3
R8: 1-12-10-11-5
R9: 1-2-9-7-5
R10: 7-5-6-8-3
R11: 8-7-2-5-3

Good luck to all and thank you to Plenilune for scoring.

[cal828]

R2 5-3-7-1

R3 1-2-6-7

R4 9-1-3-7

R5 5-7-9-4

R6 4-9-7-6

R7 4-3-1-6

R8 5-1-10-7

R9 1-9-6-2

R10 7-8-6-5

R11 7-8-4-2

[cruzan200246]

R2. 5-3-7-6
R3. 1-9-2-11
R4. 11-8-7-3
R5. 9-5-7-2
R6. 4-3-7-1
R7. 4-3-1-8
R8. 1-5-7-11
R9. 1-6-9-8
R10. 1-5-7-8
R11. 7-6-5-2

[DonGuido]

2: 3-5-4-7-6
3: 1-9-11-3-2
4: 7-8-3-6-4
5: 5-9-7-4-2
6: 4-5-9-10-7
7: 1-11-8-6-3
8: 1-7-12-10-11
9: 1-2-9-6-7
10: 5-7-8-6-3
11: 7-4-8-5-9

Ga'luk to all!!!

[DonGuido]

Where is everybody???

[Digger]

Originally Posted by DonGuido

Where is everybody???

I'am here trying to do math on my show bets wishing I had win bets to calculate. Appears we have people missing the early action.

[RUFFIAN]

Where is everybody???:
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PURRRHAPS AT MONMOUTH PARK

[JolyB]

Originally Posted by RUFFIAN

Where is everybody???:
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PURRRHAPS AT MONMOUTH PARK

Some were, 20,983 to be exact. Very good attendance for Monmouth's signature race of the year. NJ Route 36 between the track and the Garden State Parkway must have been a zoo. Unfortunately, the Haskell was marred by an unfortunate incident near the 1/8th pole in which the favorite, Hot Rod Charlie, came in about two lanes while Mandaloun was making a move near the rail. That left Midnight Bourbon no place to go, and he appeared to clip heels with Charlie, almost went down, tossing Paco Lopez who then was kicked by Following Sea and stayed on the ground until he was removed by stretcher. Everything happened so quickly that I may not have gotten the sequence correct except to say it was a scary situation.

The reports I read stated that Lopez was "suffering some knee pain" and that Midnight Bourbon galloped past the finish and was finally caught by an outrider.

It's interesting to compare numbers from the two Eastern tracks that had Grade 1 races yesterday. Monmouth attendance was 20,983; on track handle was $1,170,950 and off track was $15,243,595. The attendance at Saratoga was reported to be 25,520; on track handle was $4,582,684 and off track handle was $27,535,185. Lots of pent up demand from fans who couldn't attend the races in 2020.

[Plenilune]

Originally Posted by DonGuido

Where is everybody???

I was protesting not playing Del Mar's card! JUST KIDDING!!!

No sleep Friday night due to pain issues. I was just too exhausted Saturday to think of horse racing let alone anything else.

Looking forward to next Saturday!