Irad Ortiz Jr. rides Life is Good to victory. (AP Photograph/Gregory Bull) Related Press
The $1 million Whitney Stakes headlines 4 graded stakes Saturday at Saratoga. A compact and aggressive area of six older horses will race 1 1/8 miles. The ninety fifth working of The Whitney can be a “Win and You’re In” qualifier for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Basic Nov. 5 at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington.
The Whitney is Race 10 of a 12-race card with 4 graded stakes. The race will draw massive betting motion, and the nationwide broadcast is on NBC from 5-6pm ET. Followers can even take a look at different horse racing odds and picks, and watch and wager on the most important races across the nation on TVG’s live streaming.
Forward of the Whitney is the $500,000 Grade 1 Take a look at Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at 7 furlongs. Race 11 is the $1 million Grade 1 Saratoga Derby Invitational for 3-year-olds at 1 3/16 miles on the turf with a cash back supply from TVG.
Whitney Discipline, Odds, Profiles and Picks
The New York Racing Affiliation (NYRA) introduced that there will likely be no Present wagering on The Whitney. Whereas the important thing pair of Life is Good and Olympiad will take probably the most bets and cash, three of the opposite 4 contenders have been aggressive at this stage.
- Americanrevolution (5/1)
- Sizzling Rod Charlie (9/2)
- Zoomer (30/1)
- Olympiad (2/1)
- Pleased Saver (8/1)
- Life is Good (6/5)
Todd Pletcher trains three of the horses within the area. That features Life is Good, who has received 7-of-9 begins together with the Pegasus World Cup Invitational at this distance with a career-best 123 Equibase Pace Determine (EFS). He’s received all his races because the pacesetter, together with by 3 1/4 lengths within the Pegasus to defeat final yr’s Whitney winner and Breeders’ Cup Basic champion Knicks Go. Life is Good additionally received final November’s Breeders’ Cup Dust Mile, and a current Grade II race final month in opposition to a good smaller area.
In keeping with Horse Racing Nation’s Super Screener picks and evaluation, runners can’t be too far again on this race as tempo and presser varieties have dominated. Life is Good will likely be pressured by Sizzling Rod Charlie, however the main win contenders are Olympiad and Americanrevolution.
Coach Invoice Mott has conditioned and watched bodily gifted and mentally sturdy Olympiad win all 5 begins this yr. He owns each stability velocity figures and a robust flip of foot which permits him to excel beneath any tempo state of affairs. Olympiad topped out at 123 ESF final race to win at 1 1/8 miles as the favourite whereas holding off a career-best velocity determine by runner-up Americanrevolution. Olympiad received his prior race in Might as the favourite after monitoring down Pleased Saver within the stretch, who has completed second in 4 straight graded stakes races.
Americanrevolution is a stronger worth play as each a prime win contender and in-the-money finisher. He’s a New York-bred owned by the identical group as Life is Good, and Americanrevolution received on this floor going the identical 9 furlongs distance final August. He then adopted with a Grade 1 win within the Cigar Mile earlier than six months off for his comeback fourth place end. Final race was sturdy ending simply behind Olympiad, and Americanrevolution may flip the tables with a floor saving journey off the pressured tempo and Luis Saez using once more.
The analysts and handicappers at TVG and Horse Racing Nation’s Tremendous Screener each undertaking Olympiad to win the Whitney. However Americanrevolution can win, and he’s beneficial as inclusion in win wagers and exacta payoffs.
- #4 Olympiad (2/1)
- #1 Americanrevolution (5/1)
Saratoga Derby Invitational Odds and Picks
The favored horse racing bets and angles will begin with Race 9 for the Late Decide 3 and Decide 4. Many bettors will facet with a single inclusion for Race 9 on the heavy 2/5 favourite Matareya within the $500,000 Take a look at Stakes. She’s received three straight graded stakes this yr and Horse Racing Nation and TVG analysts word she towers over this area and will likely be sitting simply off the closely pressured tempo and able to pounce for an additional rating.
However the fourth version of the $1 million Saratoga Derby Invitational drew the most important area of 11 runners, and the race can be the second leg of the turf crown sequence for male horses. Nations Satisfaction (7/2) received two begins this spring, after which had a large journey within the Grade 1 Belmont Derby. That race was his U.S. debut, and he got here working late with vitality to complete runner-up as the favourite. Only a neck behind was the late-charging Stone Age, who additionally had a large and compromised journey at lower than 3/1 odds.
Horse Racing Nation’s Tremendous Screener picks Nations Satisfaction to win the Saratoga Derby with Annapolis and Stone Age additionally prime win contenders.
- #4 Nations Satisfaction (7/2)
- #6 Annapolis (5/2)
- #10 Stone Age (9/2)
Including to different bets beneath are #7 Royal Patronage (10/1) #9 Basic Causeway (8/1) with prime longshots #5 Stolen Base (30/1) and #2 Grand Sonata (15/1).
The Whitney Stakes horse race at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs. (AP Photograph/Hans Pennink)
Following The Whitney and Saturday races at Saratoga, racing followers can tune into TVG live for the Grade 1 Clement L. Hirsch from Del Mar and one other “Win and You’re In” qualifier to this yr’s Breeders’ Cup Distaff.
Take a look at the TVG analyst picks of prime win contenders Blue Stripe (4/1), Desert Daybreak (5/1) and Personal Mission (5/2) together with final yr’s Belmont Derby winner Shedaresthedevil (8/5).
Observe all of the odds and betting from Saratoga on Whitney Stakes Day with the most important day of racing at “The Spa’ forward on Aug. 27 for the $1.25 million Travers Stakes.
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