Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes Handicapping Picks
Horse racing gamblers are you looking for 2022 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping Odds…plus some predictions? Need some advice on who to take? The 2022 Jockey Club Gold Cup is set for September 3 at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, NY. Here’s a preview of our top contenders.
Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes Preview
- Race: Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes
- Purse: $1.25 million
- Track: Saratoga Race Course
- Date: September 3
- Post Time: 5:45 PM (ET)
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2022 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes Handicapping
The final Saturday of the 2022 Saratoga meet has three graded stakes races n the card, including the (G1) Jockey Club Gold Cup.
Open to horses age three and older, the JC Gold Cup is run at 1 1/4 miles on the Saratoga dirt course. The race is also a ‘Win and You’re In’ event for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, to be held November 5 at Keeneland Race course.
The 2022 Jockey Club Gold Cup has drawn a well-balanced field of eight and presents a tough handicapping puzzle.
Odds listed here are provided by the Saratoga track handicapper.
2022 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping: Olympiad Race Odds: 2-1
Going back to January of this year, Olympiad ran off a string of five consecutive victories – the last four of those at the graded-stakes level – before running fourth last out in the (G1) Whitney Stakes. He faced a very good field in that race and has some excuse as he had a wide trip through much of the race.
That was the first time in four races he had finished out of the money at Saratoga. One thing to note is that he’ll try stretching out to 1 1/4 miles for the first time his 11 race career.
He’s trained by Bill Mott, who won back-to-back JC Gold Cups in 2012-13. Junior Alvarado will ride.
2022 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping: Americanrevolution Race Odds: 3-1
The well-travelled Americanrevolution has raced nine times at seven different tracks and sports an overall record of five wins, one second and one third for his efforts. He has yet to win in two starts for 2022.
Last out he was second, beaten 2 1/4 lengths behind Olympiad in the (G2) Stephen Foster Stakes at Churchill Downs, while scoring a lifetime best 120 Equibase speed figure.He’s been off since that race in early July, but has put in some solid recent works at Saratoga.
He’s one of four in the race for trainer Todd Pletcher, who won in 2020. Jockey Joel Rosario has two previous race wins.
2022 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping: Dynamic One Race Odds: 7-2
A starter the 2021 Kentucky Derby, Dynamic One appears to have taken a step forward in his four-year-old season and has hit the board in all four races this year, with two wins. That matches his win total in six starts last year.
Last out he was able to come from off the pace despite slow early fractions by the front runners and get up for a nose victory in the (G2) Suburban Stakes at Belmont. That race was run at this same 1 1/4 miles, and he’s the only horse in the field with a win at the distance.
He’s another Todd Pletcher trainee. Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. teamed with Pletcher to win in 2020 and also has a win from 2017.
2022 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping: First Captain Race Odds: 4-1
Since winning the 2021 Dwyer Stakes in his first graded-stakes try, First Captain has been in a win-lose-win-lose pattern, which may bode well for him here as the was just beaten by Dynamic One last out in the Suburban.
Prior to that he won the 1 3/16 miles Pimlico Special on the Preakness Stakes Day undercard. Although he was primarily a sprinter in the early part of his career, the connection have tried stretching him out over longer distance in his last two and it seems to be working for him.
Between 1985 and 1993, trainer Shug McGaughey won the race three times and then went through a long dry spell before winning again in 2019. Luis Saez gets the call to ride.
Here’s My 2022 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes Free Pick.
Olympiad looms large here and just based on his win record he’s the deserving favourite. There’s not a lot of early speed and he should be able to sit a good stalking trip and be ready to pounce as they turn for home.
That being said, what intrigues me about this race is the fact that collectively the field has tried the 1 1/4 miles distance 11 times and only have one win to show for it. As mentioned earlier that win comes from Dynamic One, and I’m willing to play that angle and make him the pick to win again.
Full Field: Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes Odds
By post position
- #1 – Tax 10-1
- #2 – Olympiad 2-1
- #3 – Untreated 12-1
- #4 – Chess Chief 30-1
- #5 – Americanrevolution 3-1
- #6 – First Captain 4-1
- #7 – Keepmeinmind 12-1
- #8 – Dynamic One 7-2
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