Saratoga Picks Aug. 17th

It's Alabama week and we start it off with a card full of short priced favorites. Brian stretched his lead to 7 over Mike James after Monday but with this type of card, anything can happen. Good luck!

Brian Mariano's picks
1: no play
2: 5-1-2-4
3: 5-2-3-4
4: 2-6-1
5: 4-3-9-5
6: 8-1-5-6
7: 4-6-3-2
8: 4-1-3-7
9: 1-8-7-2
10: 8-9-3-12

.50 Late pick 4 ($30)
7: 4-6
8: 1-4
9: 1-7-8
10: 3-4-8-9-12

Best bet: race 2 (5) Lutheran Miss
Meet stats: 40-136 (29%) vs. Mike James 15-65 (23%)

Mike James picks
1: no play
2: 5-6-2-1
3: 5-4-6-1
4: 5-2-1-3
5: 9-5-3-1
6: 6-8-3-1
7: 3-6-2-4
8: 4-1-6-7
9: 1-7-5-9
10: 12-8-4-6

50 cent pick 5 ($32)
2: 1-2-5-6
3: 5
4: 1-2-3-5
5: 9
6: 1-3-6-8

Best bet: race 5 (9) Sugar Trip
Meet stats: 8-56 (14%)

Remember you can follow me on Twitter @1045Mariano for all my updated picks and selections, good luck!