In the 12th race at Monmouth—the $1 million Haskell Invitational—run at 1 1/8 mi. on the dirt for three-year-olds, the program had the winner with its first selection, #2 Authentic at 3-5. In a thrilling finish, Authentic held off a late surging #7 NY Traffic at 5-1 for the win, who was the third selection. The 2nd selection, #1 Dr. Post, came in 3rd.
There was a very good result in the $300K United Nations on turf, the 11th race at Monmouth today. The program had #9 Paret (10-1) as its 2nd selection followed by #5 Aquaphobia (10-1) third. Those horses came in 2nd and 1st. Arklow as the 1st selection at 6-5 finished 4th. The $2 exacta paid $198.20.
After a wild day yesterday at Saratoga, in which a number of long-shots won, the Handicap Wizard had a good score in the 9th race today by hitting the tri-fecta in the $85K Shine Again Stakes with its top three selections. The program had the order #5 Indian Pride (2-1), #9 Blamed (5-2) and #2 Risky Mandate (5-2). However, this handicapper cautions users about playing Saratoga, because of the randomness of results there in races below graded stakes. It’s not just this year, rather Saratoga was like this last year, too, making it one of the toughest tracks to beat.
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