Saratoga Race 5

[mjellish]

Rudy\'s horse is favored in the double and Pick 3 and taking money in the win pool.  I smell a rat here.

[kevb]

Sorry, I don\'t get your meaning. Do you think he\'s a winner or a bad favorite?

[mjellish]

I was saying the horse was being over bet as a first time starter for no real apparent reason.  Had a very interesting trip around there to.  Broke fast, then dropped back to almost the rear, then rallied to just miss the place.  One to watch for later.

[Boscar Obarra]

Speaking of bets, there was a LOT of late steam for the Finger Lakes runner in todays stake, won, impressively by the 9yo Moonlight Song. Only his 18 start , and the 9th win. Baker can train.

 Left the gate running and wired , where that style has not been the key to success for the most part. Jose tried to keep him off the rail, but he drifted back in , would probably have won by more if not for that.

 Apparently , some smart money preferred Crackerjack Jones, pounded from 6-1 to 7/2 late. Not a great trip,looked done at the 1/4 pole wide, but came again to finish well enough. Ground loss there.

 PS Time looked dicey to me and according to trackus this was the time, note the first 1/4 reported 22.05 in the chart, the rest close enough
   

22.62
   
45.79

1:09.43

1:15.86