Saturday, July 12, 2025
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RACE 1: Post: 12:35 ET Grade: A-
Main Ticket: 4-Tagermeen.
Backups/savers: 1-Throckmorton; 3-Tapit’s Legacy.

Forecast: Tagermeen was highly impressive at the OBS April Sale when breezing a furlong in 9 4/5 seconds, fastest time for the session. He’s an exquisite mover by Into Mischief colt and is a full brother to the sprint stakes winner Taraz, so he’s supposed to be good. The. S. Asmussen-trained colt has been given a solid foundation of drills in the interim, though nothing flashy (no need to) and appears fit and ready for a major effort first crack out of the box.


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RACE 5: Post: 1:33 ET Grade: B+
Main Ticket: 8-Activist Investing (GB)
Backups/savers: none.

Forecast: Activist Investment (GB) has been sparingly raced throughout his career and is launching another comeback, having been off since early February after missing 2024 entirely. However, on his best day he’s quite fast on numbers and more than capable of winning this condition. The C. Brown-trained horse is reunited with “win rider” F. Prat and has won over the Saratoga turf course in the past, so there should be no excuses. The son of Kingman projects to settle in the second flight and then blast home, and with some help up front and a ground saving trip he should be along in time. His morning line of 4-1 seems about right.


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RACE 7: Post: 3:54 PT Grade: B+
Main Ticket: 2-Malarchuk
Backups/savers: 6-Film Star; 9-Bramito.

Forecast: Malarchuk earned a triple digit Beyer speed figure when second over this track and distance at this level in early June when finishing 11 lengths clear of the third horse. Anything close to that performance today lands him in the winner’s circle. The son of Nyquist retains F. Prat and projects to settle into a cozy stalking position, though if the opportunity presents itself the C. Brown-trained colt could inherit the role as the controlling speed and be quite comfortable in doing so. The price on the tote may not be much but he’s solid as a logical rolling exotic key.


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RACE 8: Post: 4:29 PT Grade: B+
Main Ticket: 5-Webslinger.
Backups/Savers: 7-Far Bridge.

Forecast: Webslinger has a reasonable chance to pull off a mild upset in this year’s edition of the Bowling Green S.-G2. While Far Bridge is the logical favorite and the one to beat, this tough-as-nails gelding has races that make him quite dangerous in his second start off a layoff following an excellent runner0up effort at Woodbine in the Eclipse S.-G2 a couple of months back. Effective from off the pace but with enough tactical speed to be within range should the early fractions be soft, the M. Casse-trained 5-year-old picks up J. Ortiz and has run well over the local lawn in the past. At 7/2 on the morning line, he’s worth a bit of a gamble.


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