Today marks the return of He Hate Me in the feature Tale of the Cat Stakes today at Saratoga! 5/1 on the morning line, will have his work cut out for him going against the likes of Skyler's Scramjet (who finished a half length behind superstar World of Trouble in the G1 Carter), Pat On the Back (who has finished first or within a neck of first in his last six statebred stakes) and Killybegs Captain (who has tactical speed, ran a big effort in the G2 Nerud after stumbling at the break and has been first or 2nd in his last three 100k stakes).
Key horse in the late pick 5 is the single of Victorine in the 8th, coming off a 10 month break in the Clement barn and having past success in graded stakes in France.
6th race is a maiden special with all 10 as first timers. Top workouts belong to #4 and #7 for Chad and #6 for Todd, along with #10. Inclined to stick with the first three, but watch the board to see who's getting bet,
7th is a 7F claimer where most are running in new barns. The move ups figure to be #2 with a big class drop, #7 who is currently in good form, #9 dropping in class for a hot Diodoro barn, and #10 for the always solid Linda Rice. Longshot with a chance is #3 Scarf It Down, which would likely be a hunch play for both Scarf and Fondy.
10th is a good quality turf mile race instead of the more typical maiden claimer affair that closes these cards Chad has a pair in here #1 and #8 that figure to be competitive. #10 will chase the pace set by #11 and is lightly raced on still on the improve, having just been beaten last out on soft ground, the firmer turf today should be a plus. Also of note is #9 for the Casse barn that ships in from Woodbine and should be 2 for 2 but was DQ'd last time out. Johnny V jumps on.
4,6,7 / 2,7,9,10 / 10 / 3,5 / 1,8,9,10