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.
Category: Analysis
New Wave: Guest Novices Handicap the Travers Stakes
After last week’s guest handicapping article for Whitney Day was a success in every sense of the word, I’ve decided to expand the idea for the Travers. This article features a new generation of handicappers that have taken painstaking efforts to learn a game from a bygone era.
Handicapping Roundtable: Travers Stakes Analysis from the Best
When I’m undecided about a race, the people included in this article are the ones I invariably turn to. They represent decades of combined experience at the track, and their opinions are as reputable as any other out there. In my small racing world, these are the handicapping elite, and today, they’ve been gracious enough to provide their Travers analysis to my small, but loyal, audience.
Travers Day Analysis: Saturday, August 8, 2020
There are few bigger days on the racing calendar than Travers Day at Saratoga. Five graded stakes will be contested between some of the best runners in the country, and the crown jewel at the end, the G1 Travers, will be the true test of a champion this year.
Saratoga Analysis: Friday, August 7, 2020
Happy Travers Eve! In addition to the G2 Saratoga Special, this is actually a very solid Saratoga card featuring a lot of deep races. It’s an excellent warmup for what should be a heaving betting day tomorrow.
Saratoga Analysis: Thursday, August 6, 2020
There have definitely been more compelling cards than this one at Saratoga this meet, but under the right conditions, this wouldn’t be the waste of time it appears to be now.
Saratoga Analysis: Wednesday, August 5, 2020
At three in the morning today, I was quietly mulling over some Travers news stories, when I noticed that TVG was airing Japanese horse racing. It was the only broadcast on at that time, and I noticed one quirk that I can’t really explain fully; the terminology they use to analyze the sport is completely different from what we use.
Saratoga Analysis: Sunday, August 2, 2020
This is a bit of a cooldown day at Saratoga after a very competitive card yesterday. However, the day does pick up after a few drab races early on, which should give people reason to tune in, assuming the rain holds out.
Handicapping Roundtable: Whitney Day w/ Niko Konstantellis and Lucas Ludgate
It’s Whitney Day at Saratoga, and that means that some of the best horses in each division will travel upstate and run in some of the most competitive races of the year. It’s the second most popular day at Saratoga all summer, one where early Breeders’ Cup favorites will be established and new challengers may appear. Most importantly, it’s a day where even casual horse racing fans can tune in to watch.
As I perused the graded stakes for today’s card, a day featuring stars of the sport such as Midnight Bisou, Tom’s D’Etat and No Parole, I realized that I could use a second opinion myself. In what may become a recurring segment, I’m being joined today by two guest handicappers, Lucas Ludgate and Niko Konstantellis, to look over these top notch stakes with me.
Saratoga Analysis: Saturday, August 1, 2020
Handicappers live for days like this one. Whitney Day at Saratoga is one of the most popular days in the horse racing calendar every year, and along with Travers and Woodward Day, is one of the Crown Jewels of the Saratoga meet. Some of the fastest horses in the country will square off today in several different divisions, and the only regret a horseplayer could have is that they’re not allowed to attend. Let’s try our best to enjoy it from home.