Today's Best Bets

Saratoga Race Course Tuesday, August 14, 2006 Meet Total ... 39-172

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Mid-season Handicappers Scorecard

The list below includes virtually all of the public handicapper available in newspapers in the Saratoga region as well as the NYC tabloids which are available upstate.

It's a horse race! Four handicappers are bunched at the top with 52 winners after eighteen days. Two more have also reached the half-century mark. And another handful are in close pursuit with 45 or better.

This season is similar to 2006 at the halfway point -- the top scorer at this time last year had 48 winners on top [with nine less races because of the card canceled due to extreme heat]. It's interesting though to go back and look at 2004 and 2005 and see that the mid-point leaders in those seasons had 64 and 67 winners respectively.

You can view the entire 2006, 2005 and 2004 mid-season scorecards for a more complete comparison.

As for our own numbers -- Best Bets is clearly in come-from-behind mode.. Looking back to the 2004 season however, we selected 65 winners during the final eighteen racing days. We'll need another late run of that magnitude to get us into Top Ten territory.

Note: Discrepancies in total number of races played is due to some handicappers losing races due to scratches.

Tom Cunningham
Albany Times Union 52-172

Bill Heller
Daily [Schenectady] Gazette 52-172

Dave Litfin
Daily Racing Form 52-170

Bill Taylor
Saratogian 52-172

Matt Graves
Albany Times Union 51-172

Russ Harris
NY Daily News 50-172

Tom Cavanagh
NY Daily News 49-172

Mark Cusano
Daily [Schenectady] Gazette 46-172

Bev Swimm
Albany Times Union 46-172

Mike Jarboe
Albany Times Union 45-171

Sherry Ross
NY Daily News 44-172

Kyle Brownell
Post-Star [Glens Fall, NY] 43-172

Debbie L
NY Post 43-170

Nick Kling
Troy Record/Saratogian 42-172

Dave Little
NY Daily News 42-172

Jerry Bossert
NY Daily News 41-172

Tom Law
Saratogian 41-171

Tim Wilkin
Albany Times Union 41-172

Seth Merrow
Best Bets - equidaily.com 39-172

John DaSilva
NY Post 39-170

Laim Durbin
Saratogian 39-172

Mark Hoffman
The [Amsterdam, NY] Recorder 38-172

Mike Lipack
NY Daily News 37-170

Vic C
NY Post 36-171

Ed Fountaine
NY Post 34-170

Affrunti
NY Post 34-171

	Tom Cunningham Albany Times Union		52-172

	Bill Heller Daily [Schenectady] Gazette		52-172

	Dave Litfin Daily Racing Form		52-170

	Bill Taylor Saratogian		52-172

	Matt Graves Albany Times Union		51-172

	Russ Harris NY Daily News		50-172

	Tom Cavanagh NY Daily News		49-172

	Mark Cusano Daily [Schenectady] Gazette		46-172

	Bev Swimm Albany Times Union		46-172

	Mike Jarboe Albany Times Union		45-171

	Sherry Ross NY Daily News		44-172

	Kyle Brownell Post-Star [Glens Fall, NY]		43-172

	Debbie L NY Post		43-170

	Nick Kling Troy Record/Saratogian		42-172

	Dave Little NY Daily News		42-172

	Jerry Bossert NY Daily News		41-172

	Tom Law Saratogian		41-171

	Tim Wilkin Albany Times Union		41-172

	Seth Merrow Best Bets - equidaily.com		39-172

	John DaSilva NY Post		39-170

	Laim Durbin Saratogian		39-172

	Mark Hoffman The [Amsterdam, NY] Recorder		38-172

	Mike Lipack NY Daily News		37-170

	Vic C NY Post		36-171

	Ed Fountaine NY Post		34-170

	Affrunti NY Post		34-171

Yesterday

1-10. Only one winner on top but a couple of reverse exactas -- one of them at a nice price [3rd, $19.20/$2; 7th, $58.40] == and our top three combingin for the boxed tri in the nightcap [$151.00] added some punch to the selections.

17,607 attended what might have been the nicest day of the meet so far. The weather was picture perfect all around and the crowd left some elbow that made it a truly enoyable day at the races.

Later on Monday evening it was the annual Jockeys vs State Troopers softball game with the jockeys prevailing buy one run.

Today

No racing. Dark day.

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