The seventh week of the Thoroughbred Idea Foundation’s Summer Prop Contest features the props of handicapper, figure-maker and pundit Nick Tammaro. A handicapping contest regular, Tammaro has enjoyed much success in live money tournaments and finished second in this year’s Belmont Stakes Betting Challenge. Travers Day at Saratoga is the sole focus for the penultimate week of the TIF Summer Prop Contest.
ENTER Week 7 of the Contest HERE.
Below are the props for week seven:
1 – According to the official Equibase chart, what will be the closing odds for the favorite in the Travers at Saratoga?
A - $2.20-1 or less
B - $2.25-1 or more
2 – HEAD TO HEAD: Which Chad Brown runner will have the better finishing position?
A – #3 Highest Honors
B – #9 Looking At Bikinis
3 – Which number will be greater?
A – Total beaten lengths by the last place finisher in the Travers
B – Total runs, hits and errors in Saturday’s Los Angeles Angels / Houston Astros game?
4 – How old will the 2019 Travers winning trainer be at the time of the win?
A – In his 60s (#2 Code Of Honor, #6 Tacitus, #7 Mucho Gusto)
B – Any other age
5 – Will the winner of the Travers by owned by its breeder?
A – Yes (#2 Code Of Honor, #3 Highest Honors, #6 Tacitus, #11 Endorsed)
B – No (All other horses)
6 – According to the official Equibase chart, what will be the final time of the Travers?
A – 2:00.99 or faster
B – 2:01.00 or slower
7 – HEAD TO HEAD: Which horse will have the better finishing position in the Personal Ensign (Race 9)?
A - #1 Midnight Bisou
B - #4 Elate
8 – According to the official Equibase chart, which seven-furlong race will have the faster finishing time?
A – Race 5 – The Forego
B – Race 7 – The H Allen Jerkens
9 – Which $2 win payoff will be higher?
A – Race 6 – The Ballerina
B – Race 10 – The Sword Dancer
10 – How many Chad Brown trainees will finish in the trifecta of the Ballston Spa (Race 8)?
A – Over 1.5
B – Under 1.5
11 – How many wins will Jose Ortiz have on the Travers Day card at Saratoga?
A – Over 3.5
B – Under 3.5
12 – The $0.50 return on the Early Pick 5 at Saratoga (Races 1-5) on Saturday will be…
A - $1,499 or less
B - $1,500 or more
TIEBREAKER: What will be the $2 exacta return in the Travers?
TIF Summer Prop Contest
Updated Standings Through Week 6 (29 points and higher)
Rick Hammerle (38)
Terry Ostrowski
Jeffrey Amster (37)
Michelle Yu Hanson (36)
James Leal
Larry Kerr (35)
Tommy Massis
Patrick Ray
Matt Miller (34)
Charles Bedard (33)
Michael Domabyl
David Fiske
Keith Stafford
Matthew Taylor
Tyler Whisman
Robert Carniol (32)
Leonard Dodson
Dustin Fabian
Chris Garafola
John Gaspar
Bruce Kluft
Connor LeClair
Peter Rotondo
Donald Wells
Craig Brogden (31)
Mike Coutu
Scott Little
Thomas Lippai
James Mulvihill
Dave Nichols
Paul Weizer
Rory Arnold (30)
Chas Glazer
Kenny Gordon
Patrick Moroney
Dan Pastalaniec
Doug Slayton
Phil Spade
Jim Sweet
Michael Vito
Maxine Anderson (29)
Sean Beirne
Jeffrey Coakley
Van Cushny
Ken Kasowicz
Matt Kasowicz
Zach Levine
Jacob Shepard
Matthew A Shifman
Todd Van Drie
Henry Wessel