Sunday's Best Bet: Ricetta an intriguing import in Saratoga Oaks

Sunday’s 9th race from Saratoga is the $500,000 Saratoga Oaks Invitational for 3-year-old fillies traveling a mile and three sixteenths on the turf course (Post Time - 5:46 p.m. ET).

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#6 RICETTA (9-2) won her first two starts at Newmarket and was last seen landing the show in a York group three at a mile and five sixteenths. Bill Mott has the Juddmonte filly now, and there are no superstars in this wide open heat.

#2 Enola Gay (2-1) is a lightly raced, well bred filly with a 2-for-3 turf record. She stretched out and surged late to take the Appalachian (G2) at Keeneland July 11, and that was her first start in more than eight months. She definitely has upside.

#1 Speaktomeofsummer (3-1) got there late from the inside post in the Lake Placid (G2) July 19, and she earned a quality late pace rating that day. She captured all three of her turf starts without blinkers, and Christophe Clement’s sharp filly might improve again in her third start after a layoff.

#4 Stunning Sky (7-2) missed by a head in the Lake Placid and showed improved positional speed that day. Irad Ortiz Jr. rides her well.

#3 Antoinette (6-1) is probably going to carve out the fractions. She went 2-for-3 in 2019, and has competed four times in the stakes ranks this year with four show finishes.

#7 Queens Embrace (10-1) rallied for the show in the Lake Placid, and she captured five of six starts before that. She is a consistent closer with improving late pace ratings.

#5 Key Biscayne (15-1) was an even 4th in the Lake Placid and is going to have to run a bit better to threaten this group. She acts like she will appreciate the added distance of this race. 

Wagers:

#6 to win

Exacta Box 2-6

Exacta 2-6/1-4

Superfecta 2-6/1-2-4-6/5-7/1-2-3-4-6

Superfecta 2-6/1-2-4-6/1-2-3-4-6/5-7

August 2020 Best Bet Winners

Aug 3 - Peaceful Feeling/Be Nimble Exacta ($43.40), Trifecta ($59.65)
Aug 6 - Thissmytime/Bimini/Time to Two Step Trifecta ($25.85)
Aug 7 - Jackie's Warrior/Therideofalifetime Exacta ($28.80)
Aug 8 - BODHICITTA ($11.20), Quinella ($34.80)
Aug 9 - SPINOFF ($8.40), Exacta ($16.60)
Aug 10 - Guildsman/So Street/Alfie Solomons Trifecta ($104.30)

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