Angles

I’ve seen it happen so many times over the years.  A horse is taken out of his normal, established running style in an attempt to make him more competitive in a given race, and the change in tactics doesn’t work and the horse runs off the board.  Does that mean Bill Mott’s clear attempt to…

Let’s go back in time to August 11th at Saratoga.  Race 1.  I had decided the night before that Bootlegger was going to be the play that started off the day for me.  But in listening to Gabby Gaudet’s pre-race analysis, I happened to catch her comment that Bootlegger didn’t run particularly well over a…

For me, deciding how to bet the Woodward Stakes at Saratoga on Saturday was easy.  Yeah, I watched some replays and did the usual handicapping thing.  But in the end, it came down to what you might call a series of historical angles.  I’ll elaborate as we go on. I think the most likely winner…

Two horses that ran big at Saratoga on Sunday represent some unconventional and possibly totally baseless angles that have won me money in the past.  I was competing in a contest covering both of the races in question.  I used one of the horses, but did not use the other.  Let’s explore. Race 7 was…