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Spending at day at Saratoga Race Course to bet on the thoroughbreds or simply to watch all the characters walking around is a lot of fun. If you plan a trip this racing season here are some tips. Friday’s forecast for Saratoga Springs, New York, calls for scattered showers, temps in the low 80s, and winds around nine mph. I cover the three richest races here, but remember: You can always find Saratoga’s complete race card, including entries, jockeys, and betting options, at our best horse racing betting sites.

Saratoga Racecourse kicks off the weekend racing with a dozen thoroughbred races that include five graded stakes races as well as the regular mix of claiming, allowance, and maiden matches.

The Grade III races are the Troy Stakes and the Waya Stakes, and the Grade I races include the Ballerina Stakes, the Longines Test Stakes, and Runhappy Travers Stakes.

Virtually the entire Runhappy line-up consists of Road to the Kentucky Derby hopefuls, including Belmont Stakes winner Tiz the Law, Shivaree, Country Grammer, Uncle Chuck, Max Player, Caracaro, and South Bend. But there are no “Road” points awarded in this race, so why all the high-level interest?

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A purse worth a million bucks, of course.

The forecast for Saturday in Saratoga Springs, New York, calls for partly cloudy skies and a 20% chance of rain, highs in the low 80s, and winds at six mph.

I cover all five of the stakes races here, but you can find the full card of the day’s races, including entries, jockeys, and wagering options, at our top-rated horse racing betting sites.

Post time for the first race Saturday at Saratoga Racecourse is 12 PM (EDT). Now, let’s take a look at my predictions, picks, and tips.

• Post Time: 3:42 PM
• Purse: $300,000
• Type: STAKES
• Distance: 7 furlongs
• Conditions: A Handicap For Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward

• 1 Serengeti Empress, L Saez, 5/2
• 2 Cookie Dough, J R Velazquez, 12/1
• 3 Victim of Love, J Lezcano, 15/1
• 4 Bellafina, J L Ortiz, 9/5
• 5 Letruska, R Santana, Jr., 5/1
• 6 Pink Sands, I Ortiz, Jr., 10/1
• 7 Come Dancing, J Castellano, 3/1

I like the moneyline’s choices in this stakes race, but I like the 5/1 Letruska even better. Jockeyed by Ricardo Santana, Jr., this four-year-old filly finished in the money ten of her 11 career starts—and won nine of them. And those weren’t just your standard allowance and claiming races—many of those nine were graded stakes races, including the Added Elegance Stakes at Gulfstream in June and the Clasico Diamante in Mexico last year. This is a professional horse.

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At 15/1, I think Victim of Love, with Jose Lezcano in the irons, is a good show bet. This four-year-old filly moneyed nine of her 15 career starts, winning five of them.

• Letruska

RACE 8 – Troy Stakes (Grade III)

• Post Time: 4:22 PM
• Purse: $200,000
• Type: STAKES
• Distance: 5-1/2 furlongs (turf, rail at 27 feet)
• Conditions: For Four Year Olds And Upward. If the Stewards consider it inadvisable to run this race on the turf course, this race will be run at Five and One Half Furlongs on the Main Track

• 1 Imprimis, J L Ortiz, 8/5
• 2 American Sailor, T Gaffalione, 12/1
• 3 Lonhtwist, J R Velazquez, 20/1
• 4 Shekky Shebaz, I Ortiz, Jr., 5/2
• 5 Pure Sensation, K Carmouche, 3/1
• 6 Pulsate, M Franco, 15/1
• 7 Chewing Gum, J Rosario, 9/2

I’m more inclined to go with the moneyline in this race, so I’m betting on the 8/5 favorite, Imprimis, with Jose L. Ortiz aboard. This six-year-old gelding finished in the money eight of his 13 career starts, with seven of those wins.

The longest I would go in this stakes race is 12/1, so that means a show bet on American Sailor, with Tyler Gaffalione in the irons. This eight-year-old gelding is the most experienced in this field, with 26 money finishes out of 44 career starts (he won 14 of those).

• Imprimis

RACE 9 – Waya Stakes (Grade III)

• Post Time: 5:02 PM
• Purse: $150,000
• Type: STAKES
• Distance: 1-1/2 miles (turf)
• Conditions: For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. The New York Racing Association reserves the right to transfer this race to the Main Track. In the event that this race is taken off the turf, it may be subject to downgrading upon review by the Graded Stakes Committee

• 1 Mrs. Sippy, J Rosario, 6/5
• 2 Beau Belle, M Franco, 10/1
• 3 Quiet Dignity, T Gaffalione, 20/1
• 4 My Sister Nat, J L Ortiz, 2/1
• 5 Olympic Games, I Ortiz, Jr., 4/1
• 7 Fools Gold, J Castellano, 5/1

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I like the third-favored (4/1) entry in this race—Olympic Games, piloted by Irad Ortiz, Jr. The math says this four-year-old filly has the best record in this field, with six money finishes out of eight career starts, three of them wins.

I can’t resist a 20/1 longshot in a stakes race like this, so I’m planting a big two-dollar show bet on Quiet Dignity, with Tyler Gaffalione aboard. This four-year-old filly moneyed in six of her 11 career starts, winning one of them.

• Olympic Games

RACE 10 – Longines Test Stakes (Grade I)

• Post Time: 5:39 PM
• Purse: $300,000
• Type: STAKES
• Distance: 7 furlongs
• Conditions: For Fillies Three Years Old

• 1 Up in Smoke, L Saez, 12/1
• 2 Perfect Alibi, T Gaffalione, 20/1
• 3 Mrs. Danvers, J L Ortiz, 8/1
• 4 Wicked Whisper, R Santana, Jr., 20/1
• 5 Gamine, J R Velazquez, 3/5
• 6 Venetian Harbor, J Rosario, 8/5

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I’m going with the 3/5 moneyline favorite here, Gamine, with John R. Velazquez in the irons. This three-year-old filly would have a three-for-three record of wins/starts had not she tested positive in May for high levels of lidocaine—a common local anesthetic used by veterinarians—and was stripped of her win at Oaklawn back in May. Still, she’s tanned, rested, and ready for this new battle.

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I’m buying a show ticket on Perfect Alibi, with Tyler Gaffalione aboard, and only because the moneyline is daring me with the longshot 20/1 odds. This filly finished in the money five of her seven career starts, winning three of them.

• Gamine

RACE 11 – Runhappy Travers Stakes (Grade I)

• Post Time: 6:15 PM
• Purse: $1,000,000
• Type: STAKES
• Distance: 1-1/4 miles
• Conditions: For Three Year Olds

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• 1 First Line, D Cohen, 30/1
• 2 Country Grammer, I Ortiz, Jr., 6/1
• 3 Uncle Chuck, L Saez, 5/2
• 4 Max Player, J Rosario, 6/1
• 5 Shivaree, J Alvarado, 30/1
• 6 Tiz the Law, M Franco, 1/1
• 7 Caracaro, J Castellano, 10/1
• 8 South Bend, J L Ortiz, 15/1

The moneyline agrees with me and the rest of the Western World in believing that Tiz The Law—winner of the Belmont Stakes this year and scoreboard leader on the Road to the Kentucky Derby—is most likely going to win this race. Some might look at the slightly more impressive wins/WPS stats of the other jockeys and then wonder why Manuel Franco is aboard Tiz the Law for this run. Well, so far, Franco has ridden Tiz the Law to victory in the Belmont Stakes as well as victory in four other graded stakes races. Sometimes statistics don’t tell the whole story.

At 30/1, I have to buy a show ticket on Shivaree, with Junior Alvarado at the helm. Another Road to the Kentucky Derby probable, Shivaree finished in the money eight of his 12 career starts, winning three of them—most importantly the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland and the Curlin Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park. At such longshot odds, Shivaree might even be worth an across-the-board wager.

• Tiz the Law