Horse Racing picks for Saratoga race track on Sunday, August 7: Jouster is up for a battle

Jockey Samy Camacho atop Mattys Express

There is plenty of great horse racing across America on Sunday, including at Saratoga race track. We have been on fire with our picks for a long time and yesterday we gave 3 winners from 5 picks at Saratoga, taking us to a profit of +305.89 units with our race selections to our recommended stakes dating back to August 5, 2021. Let’s keep it rolling!

Here are our best bets for today’s action at Saratoga.

2:49 pm ET Saratoga (Race 4) – Naughty Gal 8/5 (2-star play)

Naughty Gal showed promise when 4th over 5 furlongs at Churchill Downs in her debut in June, but she took her form to the next level when delivering a wide margin 9 1/4 length victory in a 6-furlong maiden special weight contest at the same venue last month.

The daughter of Into Mischief has delivered some solid efforts in the mornings since and is taken to register a victory upped to Grade 3 company for Hall Of Fame trainer D Wayne Lukas.

4:29 pm ET Saratoga (Race 7) – McKulick 8/5 (2-star play)

This daughter of Frankel built on 3 on-the-board finishes in graded stakes races when recording a 1 3/4 length victory in the 10-furlong Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes on turf at Belmont Park just under a month ago.

She raced from mid-division prior to leading in the stretch on that occasion and, having proved she is effective over shorter, Irad Ortiz’s mount is taken to confirm form with European raider With The Moonlight, who finished 2nd in the Belmont Oaks. 

5:39 pm ET Saratoga (Race 9) – Jouster 5/2 (2-star play)

Jouster ended a losing run that dated back to April last year when delivering a 3/4-length victory in the Listed Perfect Sting Stakes over a mile at Belmont Park at the start of last month.

She had previously placed 3rd in a Grade 3 contest over 6 furlongs at the same venue and while she proved a disappointment when fading in the stretch on her only previous start at this venue she looks capable of completing a double for trainer Todd Pletcher.

Exotic

Early Pick 3

Race 1: 3, 8
Race 2: 1, 3
Race 3: 2, 7

Stake: $2
Total stake: $16

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