🏇Happy Sunday & National Mac and Cheese Day 🧀
We had another nice day yesterday and hope to finish strong for this last day on the opening weekend of the 2024 summer meet at the Spa. There are ten races on today's card, with the feature race coming in Race 9, the Quick Call Stakes, a Grade 3, 5 1/2 furlongs race on the Mellon Turf Course for 3-year-olds. Today's weather will be sunny but very hot and humid (56% - ouch 😓).
By the way, while "The Spa" might be the most common nickname for our nation's fourth-oldest racetrack, another is "Graveyard of Champions." It makes sense when you consider this list:.
Man o' War suffered his only defeat in twenty-one starts while racing at Saratoga Race Course, losing to Upset in the 1919 Sanford Stakes;
Gallant Fox, the 1930 Triple Crown winner, was beaten by the 100-1 longshot Jim Dandy in the 1930 Travers Stakes;
Secretariat, the 1973 Triple Crown winner, was defeated by Onion in the 1973 Whitney Handicap;
Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Horse of the Year, was beaten in the 2010 Personal Ensign Stakes by Persistently, who closed a length and a half in the final 1/16 mile;
American Pharoah, the 2015 Triple Crown winner and a 1-5 favorite, was upset in the 2015 Travers Stakes by Keen Ice for his second career loss.
Need help pickin' winners? We've got you covered! Our #LundinLine - (Always Free) top pix and best bets are below in this post. We use them to help narrow the field while putting our tickets together. The first post will be here soon, so don't be late - It's time to get #InTheMoney! 💰🏇🏻💰🏇🏻💰🤑
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🏇🏻 Saratoga Race Course // Sun., July 14th, 2024 🏇🏾
🏇🏾 1st Post @ 1:10 EDT (10:10 PDT)
R1: 8-1-6-4
R2: 1-4-1A-7
R3: 11-2-8-1A
R4: 6-2-1
R5: 7⭑-1-3-5
R6: 1A-2-11-8
R7: 4-8-3-2
R8: 5-3-2-11
R9Ⓢ: 6⭑-3-2-8
R10: 5-11-3-7
⭑ Best Bets
R5: Protective (#7)
R9: Star of Mystery (GB) (#6)
Ⓢtakes Races
R9: 175K Quick Call S. (G3)
Hit us up @_TurtleSports, and let us know what you think!
-TSL
/ As always, please forgive any typos and grammatical errors
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