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.