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Saturday, Sept. 2

Saratoga Race Course, Race 8, 5:02 p.m. ET

#5 Browse: This is a pretty competitive turf race that precedes four consecutive stakes races. We’ll go with Browse, a filly who showed significant improvement last out in her first attempt over a route of ground on the turf. The inner turf course plays favorably to speed horses and she figures to get to the lead here, as she did last time out — when she lost by a neck at the wire. A couple of others to look out for in the exotics are #2 Wild About Harry — she’s won over the turf here and comes out of a five furlong sprint for Linda Rice, who is 30 percent going sprint to route — and French shipper #6 Thais for trainer Chad Brown.

$10 Budget  

$2 win, place and show on #5 Browse ($6)

$1 exacta 2,5 over 2,5,6 ($4)

$25 Budget

$4 win, place and show on #5 Browse ($12)

$1 exacta box 2,5,6,8 ($12)

$50 Budget

$8 win, place and show on #5 Browse ($24)

$1 exacta box 2,5,6,8 ($12)

$1 trifecta key 5 over 2,6,7,8 ($12)

Saratoga Race Course, Race 9, $300,000 Saranac Stakes, 5:36 p.m. ET 

#7 Mo Maverick: Few trainers have been hotter at the Spa than George Weaver. Everything he’s sent out in the past few weeks has either won or fired a big race in defeat. Mo Maverick comes in off of an easy stakes score at Monmouth Park and gets the services of Weaver’s first-call rider, Manny Franco, who is also extremely hot at the moment. Furthermore, I like Mo Maverick as much for his own upside as I do for thinking that a few of the likely favorites in this race might be vulnerable; #9 Rocketry ran a huge number in an allowance win last out but he takes a while to get cranked up and I’m not sure 1 1/8 is his optimal distance; #4 Bricks and Mortar is another one trending in the right direction but did catch a dream trip last out — he’s yet to do much wrong but I’m prepared to take a small stand against him (while using in the exotics with Mo Maverick).

$10 Budget  

$2 win, place and show on #7 Mo Maverick ($6)

$2 exacta box 4,7 ($4)

$25 Budget

$4 win, place and show on #7 Mo Maverick ($12)

$3 exacta box 4,7 ($6)

$1 trifecta box 2,4,7 ($6)

$50 Budget 

$8 win, place and show on #7 Mo Maverick ($24)

$6 exacta box 4,7 ($12)

$2 trifecta box 2,4,7 ($12)

2017 ROI: - $306.85