Horsing Around - Aug. 7

Horsing Around - Aug. 7

Jose Ortiz shook off his rib injury and is now back just behind his brother in the jockey standings.

Top Ten Jockeys as of 8/6/23 in Saratoga:

Jockey Starts Win Place Show

Irad Ortiz Jr. 149 31 40 23

Jose L. Ortiz 98 20 17 17

Luis Saez 118 20 13 15

Tyler Gaffalione 93 15 6 14

Flavien Pratt 86 14 10 16

Jose Lezcano 62 13 11 4

Joel Rosario 73 12 11 11

Manuel Franco 109 10 18 13

Javier Castellano 94 10 9 13

Dylan Davis 86 9 7 6

On the trainer’s side of things, Chad Brown is now atop the leaderboard with Linda Rice a close second. Here are the full standings as of 08/06/23

Tyler Gaffalione made a push up the standings this week, now ranking fourth while Manny Franco is now up to the eighth spot.

Top Ten Trainers as of 8/6/23 in Saratoga: Trainer

Trainer

Starts

Win

Place

Show

Win %

Chad Brown

76

18

11

18

24

Linda Rice

64

18

12

9

28

Todd A. Pletcher

64

13

13

9

20

William Mott

56

9

9

9

16

Rudy Rodriguez

32

7

2

2

22

Christophe Clement

40

6

3

6

15

Brad Cox

21

5

5

5

24

George Weaver

19

5

3

1

26

Brenden Walsh

13

4

2

2

31

Michael Maker

50

4

7

5

8

Brown is the new leader while Walsh and Rice pace the field in winning percentage.

This Week’s Saratoga Best Bets August 9th-11th:

Wednesday Race 2: #9 Susie's Savor

Wednesday Race 6: Superfecta Box of 1/2/6/7/11

Wednesday Race 9: #5 Betsy Blue

Thursday Race 1: #5 Seven Natty Patty to win; pair with #5 Permed

Thursday Race 6: #5 Always Dialed is a strong play in the opening race of the day, pair with #1 and #10 in an Exacta Box.

Friday Race 1: Take #5 Brees to win

Friday Race 6: #1 Dots Dollar to win and you can pair with #3 and #8 in an Exacta Box.

Friday Race 11: Superfecta Box of 1/3/6/7/9

*Reminder that all races are subject to change so check the late scratches right up until race time.

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