Unfortunately,
Markhan is an obvious heavy-favorite, and is a strong one. He seems certain to win failing unforeseen health issues, a missed-jump, or being held 20 lengths off a slow pace...
You never know, but
Markhan could prove one of the better Steeplechase runners at the meet...
OVERLAYS:
There are two interesting prices;
Repeat Repeat
and
Cite
Neither are in good form. Both should love the lesser number of fences at Saratoga, they may be 1-2 in the early pace scenario.
UNDERLAYS:
Whitman's Poetry is a little bit of a trap horse. Not a winner, but usually runs a good race, failed last year but has continued on (unfortunately, has always had good fundamentals, and is 8yo so not a TON of improvement expected). You still must respect the top trainer. He could win here by improvement, or by default. I wouldn't 'Lay' money against this horse.
Plan = PASS. Keep watching all the replays of the Steeplechase, and you will
find a better opportunity. These are great race-watcher's opportunities. You are going to have to learn some new things, and you may find that Steeplechase is simply outside of your circle-of-competence, but should you find true competence, these races occasionally have uninformed money.
What to watch if you need an action bet, or just interested = medium Exacta
over the
and small doubles
over R2... You want to try to use the overlayed
horses to beat the underlayed horse
...
Kassa's Korner SARATOGA STEEPLECHASE PREVIEW (no wagers)
