Manny Franco was the lone rider to win a pair of races on Wednesday, while there were no multiple-race winning trainers. Tyler Gaffalione won the finale, closing the day within five scores of leading jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. The average $2 Win ticket returned $14.44, fueled by four double-digit payoffs.

Race 1 (1:10 p.m. ET/10:10 a.m. PT) — $95K MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT, NY-bred 2YOs going 6 ½ furlongs

#9 KEEPINITREAL (4-1 morning line) with the meet’s hottest rider, Tyler Gaffalione, for top trainer Chad Brown. A solid string of works points to preparedness.

Race 2 (1:49 p.m. ET/10:49 a.m. PT) — $65K CLAIMING, 4YOs & up going 5 ½ furlongs on turf

#7 CHESS MASTER (3-1 morning line). A veteran of 49 starts, the 8YO picks up top rider Flavien Prat for overdue trainer Jorge Abreu. Rested & ready to score. Checkmate.

Race 4 (2:55 p.m. ET/11:55 a.m. PT) — $50K CLAIMING, 4YOs & up going a mile

SARATOGA LONG SHOT BET OF DAY: #3 GEEBERT (8-1 morning line) shipping up from PARX for wiseguy trainer Juan Carlos Guerrero, who picks his spots as well as anyone. Jockey Kendrick Carmouche knows this guy, having ridden him on his home oval. Stretch out fits the closing style. Gee wiz.

Race 5 (3:29 p.m. ET/12:39 p.m. PT) — MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT for NY-bred 3YOs & up going six furlongs

#6 CONCORDE SPIRIT (5-2 morning line) for Bill Mott and his go-to rider Junior Alvarado. Debut was nothing to write about, but Mott’s second-timers score at a 25% rate, and this guy is the son of super-sire Uncle Mo. Come fly with me.