Ed Sehon

HORSING AROUND: When all was said and run, Mr. Ed couldn’t tell the difference between smoke from the Canadian wildfires or chalk dust from the low payoffs. Through all the smoke and chalk, stars for the day included jockey Irad Ortiz with four winners, already playing catch-up with his colleagues, brother Jose with a pair along with Flavien Prat, and trainers Linda Rice and Mark Casse with two scores apiece.

HORSING AROUND WITH MR. ED: There were three big deals on Thursday at Saratoga: (1) Popular NY jockey Manny Franco booted home a trio; (2) The Kantarmaci Bros Stable had three winners, and (3) the $2 million+ Pick 6 carryover payout was $10,270. Elsewhere around the windows, the average $2 Win ticket returned $11.33. STAKES FOR THE LADIES: Race 9 $150K DEL LA ROSA Stakes for the ladies headlines today’s 10-race card at Saratoga. Post time for the program is 1:15 p.m. ET/10:15 a.m. PT.

HORSING AROUND WITH MR. ED (legend: donut=winner, bagel=loser) No one enjoys a couple of Krispy Kreme glazed donuts with a cup of coffee on the way to the track more than Mr. Ed. And, no one agonizes more than Mr. Ed after serving up a bag of bagels with egg on his face for pitching a multi-race shutout at the windows. Thus is the life of a public handicapper. For followers who swallowed Mr. Ed’s bag of bagels last Sunday at Saratoga, you have his sincere condolences.