Closer's Picks

Closer's Saratoga Selections (August 23rd)
Closer's Saratoga Selections (August 23rd)
Closer's Saratoga Selections (August 23rd)
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!
Closer's Saratoga Selections (August 21st)
Closer's Saratoga Selections (August 21st)
Closer's Saratoga Selections (August 21st)
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!
Closer's Saratoga Selections (August 16th)
Closer's Saratoga Selections (August 16th)
Closer's Saratoga Selections (August 16th)
We start week 5 of the meet after hitting on our late pick 4 ticket on Monday for $220! With some extra cash in our pocket, let's try and hit today's sequence that includes the featured 9th race; the Bolton Landing for 2-year old fillies going 5 and a half furlongs on the turf.
Closer's Saratoga Selections (August 14th)
Closer's Saratoga Selections (August 14th)
Closer's Saratoga Selections (August 14th)
As we past the midway point of the meet, the trainer standings are living up to the hype as local trainer Chad Brown has a one win lead over Todd Pletcher. "I think he's the favorite" said Pletcher in the beginning of the meet. Which many agreed with but Pletcher knew his young crop would make this difference and they have begun to show in the winners circle this past week...
Closer's Saratoga Selections (August 11th)
Closer's Saratoga Selections (August 11th)
Closer's Saratoga Selections (August 11th)
After a day where we hit the early pick 5, we have a little more cash as our $24 ticket turned into $180! We start Fourstardave weekend with a Good Friday card highlighted by the Tale of the Cat, which is race 8 on this 10 race card. Good luck...
Closer's Saratoga Selections (August 10th)
Closer's Saratoga Selections (August 10th)
Closer's Saratoga Selections (August 10th)
A beautiful day here at the Spa on this Thursday. The featured 8th race on the card today is the NY Stallion Series at one mile on the inner turf. Favorites seem to be the way to go in this one as I will use (#4) Lady Joan in exactas with (#6) Lover's Key and (#8) Carry Your Heels...