Closers Saratoga Picks (July 26th)

We start the second week of the meet with the Grade 2 Honorable Miss. Local trainer Chad Brown sends out (#3) Paulassilverlining coming off three consecutive wins and dropping down after two grade 1 wins by a neck. Won't be easy as Michelle Nevin sends out her 5 year old mare (#2) By the Moon and Bill Calhoun's (#5) Finley'sLuckyCharm looks to jump up off consecutive grade 3 wins. After a couple solid works, I believe Paulssilverlining will sit a perfect stalking trip here and score in the grade 2 Honorable Miss Handicap which goes as race 9 on the Wednesday card.

Every day throughout the meet, our horse racing insider Brian "The Closer" Mariano will give you his picks to help you win at the windows. The picks will be in order of preference and will include an early Pick 5 ticket, late pick 4 ticket and a best bet on the card! Follow him on twitter @Mariano_closer for his up to the minute selections and updates from Saratoga!

1: No selection
2: 2,1,9,10
3: 6,3,9,10
4: 2,5,3
5: 7,8,10,11
6: 6,1,5,9
7: 3,7,8,1
8: 8,9,5,3
9: 3,2,5
10: 6,9,10,12

Best Bet: Race 3 (#6) Combat Controller

Early Pick 5 ($48)
2: 1,2,9,10
3: 3,6,9
4: 2
5: 7,8,10,11
6: 1,6

Late Pick 4 ($16)
7: 3,7,8
8: 8,9
9: 3
10: 1,6,9,11,12