Some of the country's best 3-year-old fillies square off on Saturday in the 2021 Test Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Kentucky Oaks runner-up Search Results is the 5-2 morning-line favorite in the 2021 Test Stakes odds. Post time is 4:34 p.m. ET. (Check out SportsLine's extensive horse racing coverage.)
Handicapping champion Jonathon Kinchen has studied the race and constructed his wagers in his analysis below. An analyst for Fox Sports' Saratoga Live and co-host of the In the Money Players' Podcast, Kinchen won the National Horseplayers Championship Tour in 2015, a demanding, yearlong series of handicapping events across the country. In November, he finished second out of 418 contestants in the prestigious Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge, which earned him $215,000 in prize money. After factoring in his profit during the 14 Breeders' Cup races, he took home more than $366,000 on the day.
The Test Stakes will feature the long-awaited New York return of embattled trainer Bob Baffert. The California-based trainer has had success over the years shipping his horses to the Empire State. But the New York Racing Association -- which runs Saratoga, Belmont and Aqueduct race tracks -- suspended Baffert in May after his Medina Spirit failed a postrace exam after winning the Kentucky Derby.
A recent ruling has overturned that suspension, so Baffert has shipped Illumination to run in the Test. A daughter of Medaglia d'Oro, Illumination is coming off her first career victory on June 4 at Santa Anita. She has been installed at 12-1 on the morning line, the co-biggest long shot in the field with Make Mischief.
Kinchen has handicapped the 2021 Test Stakes field, made his picks and constructed his bets.
We can tell you Kinchen's top pick is not Search Results, even though she is the 5-2 morning-line favorite. "She's going to be overbet," he tells SportsLine.
Instead, Kinchen's top pick is a horse who "will be able to sit off the pace or take the lead if she needs to." He also is high on a long shot who "is really improving" and could pull off an upset. You NEED to see Kinchen's analysis before making any Test Stakes picks of your own.
Kinchen is one of the nation's most successful and recognizable horseplayers. An analyst for Fox Sports' Saratoga Live and co-host of the In the Money Players' Podcast, Kinchen won the National Horseplayers Championship Tour in 2015, a demanding, yearlong series of handicapping events across the country. That same year, he became the only player in history to have both of his entries qualify for the final table of the National Horseplayers Championship.
In addition, Kinchen has scored huge on some of racing's biggest days. In November, he finished second out of 418 contestants in the prestigious Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge, which earned him $215,000 in prize money. After factoring in his profit during the 14 Breeders' Cup races, he took home more than $366,000 on the day!
It's no fluke, either. At the 2015 Kentucky Derby, he cashed for $150,000 after nailing the Pick 6 and a Pick 3 that paid $50,000.
So who wins the 2021 Test Stakes? What long shot is a must-back? And how has Kinchen constructed his wagers? ... Join SportsLine now to get 2021 Test Stakes picks and bets, all from an unmatched handicapping champion who won $366,000 in the 2020 Breeders' Cup and $150,000 on Derby Day in 2015!
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