Spa Selections 2025: Saratoga Picks 24 August * The Racing Biz

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In SPA selections, Saratoga -correspondent Joseph Aiello offers Saratoga -picks for a handful of important races in Saratoga, including all the exciting Stakesactie!

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Race 6 – ALW 110000N1X

1. #6 Gardiner (5-1) – won the previous time out of this song and may have the speed benefit on this field, but will have to hold Fort Nelson in the play

2. #1 Fort Nelson (2-1) – Has the strongest effort on this distance last time -out breaking maiden, and can be a winner with a repeat of that attempt, but is more difficult to confronted here

3. #4 Philoso (10-1) – Lasix first time and drops from Graded Stakes Company, which now returns to a manageable distance where he has to show improvement

4. #3 Kalahari Dreams (6-1) – If this gelding breaks well per country house, it can be competitive, so the start is of the utmost importance here for Luis Saez

Race 7 – MC 50000

1. #11 Pay the accounts (20-1) – Tough Post, but showed the last time improvement in the drop -down list in the classroom and can compete with a good value with a similar effort here

2. #9 Unlimited expenses (7-2) – the most likely winner purely based on the class decline, but has not shown much in four starts, so will have to improve

3. #10 Bedford the Brave (12-1) – Last time took a clear step forward in the switch to peat and falls even further in the class with Carmouche in the IJzers

4. #4 New song (9-2) – was competitive in her most recent attempt, which now extends to distance, which should not be a problem for this munnings by Munnings

Race 8 – West Point Stakes

1. #6 rhetoric (1-2) – most likely when he repeats his last two attempts, but can become too short a price to offer gambling value, even if he is the bestest here

2. #2 Clear Conscience (8-1) – No party for the rhetorical last time, but has the top -end efforts to be a winner like the favorite missteps

3. #3 Bettrluckythangood (5-1) – would probably need a little pace to become a winner, but will run too late, regardless of the pace to get a piece of the cake

4. #4 Itallcomintogetha (4-1) – Conman went well the last time, but this horse is a little classier and can have control over things of the jump

Race 9 – ALW 110000N1X

1. #8 Without Word (4-5) – First time Lasix for this anti -foal through a armor -running who has been dismissed of a year, but wins if she runs to her debut form

2. #1 Paula’s A Star (6-1) – has kept good company compared to most of this field, and despite the fact that she has often passed the play, she should end in the mix

3. #4 Justthefactsjack (12-1) – did not run her best last time, but can be a competition if Santana breaks the lead here

4. #3 Claire’s Run (12-1) – A little classier than Despos Dream who has won two consecutive, this marefish from Speightstown is dangerous if she runs back to her form two

Race 10 – CLM 12500

1. #7 Macaw (12-1) -has won three of his last four, so it would be a good price if he ends this morning line price at an evenly tuned field

2. #10 Rithm Nic (4-1) – falls a bit more in class after a disappointing effort last time, but has been good at this distance and can show some early speed here

3. #3 TakeChargesmiling (3-1) – gets Santana in the irons and comes the previous time -out of a solid effort on this song, and shows his best if he is aggressive early

4. #6 Tetsu (6-1) – The board touches in more than half of its attempts, and as one with sixty career, it is relatively consistent at this level and should be too late

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