alright here is a side note, due to the Olympics NBC is only covering some of the "Summer at Saratoga", which I am pissed about. Why didn't another network pick this up? Now I'm forced to watch TVG ugh.
Opening weekend at the Spa was good, I quickly learned that if you don't bet on a Todd Pletcher horse, you are bound to make some money.
Rags has been retired, no surprise there. He was the little horse that couldn't. He had this underdog appeal, that everyone rallied for, and he just continuously failed to preform when he needed to, except when Mike Smith let him win the Belmont.
Alpha won the Jim Dandy over a sloppy track yesterday- he looked good, not the biggest fan of this horse, but he will most likely be the favorite going into the Traver's (unless he you know, gets a temperature or something, aka dodges some faster horse). He did look good, and he had a lot of horse left at the wire. Well see how he does on the Stay Thirsty route.
Now onto the Haskell,
1. Nonios
2. Dullahan
3. Paynter
4. Gemologist
5. Handsome Mike
6. Stealcase
I think it will be Handsome Mike with the upset, simply because those connections have been on fire lately. Other than that, Its Paynter. Bejarano is traveling to ride, and I just cant believe that he would give up a Sunday at Del Mar unless he believes that he can win. Dullahan, whom I would normally think would be a threat may still be tired, he ran in two of the TC races, which is a fairly tough process, and his Belmont running was just pathetic (beaten 11 lengths?). Gemologist, who I thought was the most overrated horse going into the Derby, I think may hit the board, but I do not see him winning. Todd Pletcher is doing great this summer, remember?
Other than that, I am just talking out of my ass because I am tired and my head hurts.
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