Today's Saratoga Harness Horse Racing Picks

Minus Pool

A pari-mutuel pool – typically a show pool - where one horse is so heavily bet that after deductions there is not enough money left to cover the prescribed minimum on each bet.

Starter Race

An allowance race restricted to horses who have started for a certain claiming price recently.

Objection

Claim of foul lodged by a jockey for perceived dangerous or illegal riding by a rival.