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SARATOGA Race #8

August 9, 2009
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Premium Pick

Top pick: #2 (ALMIGHTY SILVER) - Consistent runner may have been claimed two back at Churchill Downs with this race in mind. State-bred fits this group and level perfectly and his trainer (Jim Baker) is a sharp one. Gelding draws the rail, retains Borel, and draws the inside post. The horse to beat.

2nd pick: #8 (Pretty Boy Freud) - Sophomore runner looked sharp in an allowance win at Belmont on July 22. Lightly raced and talented, he has a big local drill showing and he looks like the main danger.

3rd pick: #1a (Groomed For Victory) - Has the most speed and his two best races ever have come going a mile. He got caught in a suicidial pace duel in his latest and this spot looks better. Contender from start to finish from on, or just off the lead.

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