# Saturday at the Spa: Saratoga Race Course picks for Jim Dandy Day and two other graded stakes races

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/saturday-at-the-spa-saratoga-race-course-picks-for-jim-dandy-day-and-two-other-graded-stakes-races/
- Published: 2026-08-01T19:10:48+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-25T21:11:15+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/saturday-spa-saratoga-race-course-picks-jim-dandy-day-two-other-graded-stakes-races
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Tipster previews three Saratoga stakes races on Saturday 1 August
- Backs long-shot Uncle Kef in the Saratoga Special Stakes
- Favours Commandment to win the $500,000 Jim Dandy Stakes

## Summary

A racing tipster previews three graded stakes races at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday 1 August, offering betting picks for a day topped by the Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes. The card also features the Grade 2 Saratoga Special Stakes for lightly raced two-year-olds and the Grade 3 Lake George Stakes for three-year-old fillies, making it a significant fixture on the summer racing calendar at "the Spa."

In the Saratoga Special (6½ furlongs, $250,000 purse), the tipster backs long-shot Uncle Kef (12-1) with top jockey Irad Ortiz. For the Lake George Stakes (one-and-one-sixteenth miles on turf, $225,000 purse), favourite pick is Deeper Learning (7-2), paired with Honfleur, Candy Moonshine and Time to Dream in exacta combinations. The Jim Dandy Stakes (one-and-one-eighth miles, $500,000 purse) is called a virtual four-horse race, with Commandment (6-5) tipped as the standout, having previously featured in a winning trifecta at the 2026 Belmont Stakes.

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