Saturday's Best Bet: Channel Maker can repeat in Bowling Green Stakes
Saturday's tenth race from Saratoga is the Grade 2 Bowling Green Stakes for 4-year-olds and up traveling a mile and three-eighths on the inner turf course (Post Time 6:18 p.m. ET).
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#5 CHANNEL MAKER (7-2) is inconsistent, but he definitely can win this on his best day. Last year, he followed up an 8th place finish in the Manhattan (G1) with a win in this race. He won the Man o’ War (G1) at this distance May 11, and exits an even 4th in the Manhattan.
#10 Channel Cat (12-1) exits an okay 3rd in the United Nations (G1). He might be a cut below these but figures to attend below par fractions.
#1 Arklow (9-2) should save all of the ground from off the pace, and he can show positional speed when the pace is slow.
#3 Ya Primo (8-1) easily won all three starts in Chile earlier this year. Chad Brown has him now, and he sports a pair of local turf bullets for this.
Wagers:
#5 to win
Exacta 5/1-3-10
Exacta 1-3-10/5
July Best Bet Winners:
July 1 - MR GREY ($4.00), Exacta ($15.20)
July 3 - Lucullan/Noble Indy Exacta ($17.40)
July 11 - LISTING ($4.80), Exacta ($25.75)
July 14 - Break Even/Eyeinthesky/Bohemian Bourbon Trifecta ($16.25)
July 15 - MESS'N AROUND ($7.20)
July 16 - Cuddle Kitten/Mia Bella Rossa/Atina Salsa Trifecta ($18.65)
July 17 - Jasikan/Nolde Exacta ($14.50)
July 18 - CALLE KINGPIN ($10.00), Exacta ($11.70)
July 20 - JUST HOWARD ($5.40)
July 22 - Ceduna/Afterburner Exacta ($73.00)
July 26 - Highest Honors/Endorsed/Looking At Bikinis Trifecta ($49.75)