Saratoga Tips

The Saratoga meet is from 7/22/2016-9/5/2016.

Three riders have dominated the meet over the past three years. The trio of Irad Ortiz, Jr, Javier Castellano, and John Velazquez have 106, 105, and 88 wins, respectively, over the last two years. This grand total of 299 victories from the 764 races run since 2014 accounts for 39.1-percent of all races run!

Who is the worst big name jock for riding longshots? Avoid trainer Todd Pletcher's man, John Velasquez. He wins less than 4% (4 for 102) on horses 8-1 or higher over the past
two meets.

Since this is such a special meet, it is also no surprise that the blue bloods, like Brown, Pletcher, and Mott are dominant at Saratoga. In fact, Chad Brown and Todd Pletcher have won a combined 112 races over the past two years. Bill Mott is a distant third in the standings with 28 wins.

When it comes to trainers starting a horse first race off the claim none compares to Jeremiah Englehart. He has won with 4 of his 7 runners over the past two years, scoring with a huge ROI in the process.