Author: Patrick Moquin

For this Wednesday card at Saratoga, I’ll be providing a streamlined analysis. The first reason for that is because this card is a little light and doesn’t really need too much depth.

This is a very solid Sunday card at Saratoga, and while we’ll try to make some money on it, no one’s talking about a bunch of claimers right now. The result of yesterday’s Alabama Stakes is what’s on my mind.

Man, it’s been a weird couple of days at Saratoga, but we persevere and turn the page to an excellent Saturday card. Bruce Brown and Chad Brown have won the same amount of races this week, which is really indicative of the silliness I’ve had to put up with. How does someone account for the fact that every trainer seems to have a live horse? Such is the challenge at Saratoga, but I’ve never had more fun in my life, even in crushing defeat.

Because I’m writing Paddy’s Picks remotely on this beautiful Friday morning, the analysis is a little lighter than I would normally like it to be. However, while the race intros and conclusions have been omitted to save time and space, the horse-by-house outlooks are being left untouched, as I think they provide more than enough information in a bind. Let’s take a look at the card.

There’s not much to discuss about this card on this gloomy Thursday. The racing is  largely inoffensive, the worst case scenario at a fantastic track like Saratoga, though I’m not sure that the payoffs will be ones to break the bank.

A standard day at the track is better than most days elsewhere. This card doesn’t offer anything special beyond the G2 Adirondack, but there’s very little else that I’d rather be doing today. Let’s take a look.

Things cool down here at Saratoga after a perfect day of racing yesterday, but this Sunday card is still one of very high quality. In addition, it gives us time to reflect on some of the incredible performances we’ve all just been witness to.