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1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Saturday, April 1, 2023

by Xpressbet

April 1, 2023

TOURNAMENT TIME
$1500 Florida Derby Day Challenge | details

SCHEDULE NOTE
Turfway Park | closing night | Kentucky racing shifts to Keeneland Friday

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Pick 6 | $25,001 | Aqueduct | begins Race 4 | 2:52 pm ET
Jackpot Pick 6 | $775,288 | Gulfstream Park | begins Race 9 | 3:31 pm ET
* Note: Gulfstream will have a mandatory payout Sunday
Pick 6 | $28,560 | Turfway Park | begins Race 4 | 7:25 pm ET | mandatory payout
Pick 5 | $66,517 | Turfway Park | begins Race 5 | 7:55 pm ET | mandatory payout

KENTUCKY DERBY FUTURE WAGER
Pool #6 | closes today at 6 pm ET

KEY RACES
Gulfstream Park | Race 5 | 1:26 pm ET | Pan American Stakes
Gulfstream Park | Race 7 | 2:26 pm ET | Ghostzapper Stakes
Gulfstream Park | Race 12 | 5:15 pm ET | Gulfstream Park Oaks
Oaklawn Park | Race 10 | 6:12 pm ET | Fantasy Stakes
Gulfstream Park | Race 13 | 6:15 pm ET | Appleton Stakes
Gulfstream Park | Race 14 | 6:40 pm ET | Florida Derby | featuring Forte
Santa Anita | Race 7 | 7:07 pm ET | Royal Heroine Stakes
Oaklawn Park | Race 12 | 7:24 pm ET | Arkansas Derby
Turfway Park | Race 7 | 8:55 pm ET | Serena’s Song Stakes

COAST-TO-COST PICK 5
Begins 5:15 pm ET | Races – GP 12, GP 13, SA 6, GP 14, SA 7
--- Video preview with handicappers Siegel, Nadeau & Plonk
--- $1 minimum, 15% takeout

1/ST BET MOST LIKELY GULFSTREAM PARK STAKES WINNER
Gulfstream Park | Race 9 | 3:31 pm ET | #3 Octane | 31% Win Projection

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Gulfstream Park | Race 6 | 1:56 pm ET
Tampa Bay Downs | Race 9 | 4:14 pm ET
Turfway | Race 8 | 9:25 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Todd Pletcher | Gulfstream Park | all 11 entrants 6-1 or less morning line

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Turfway Park | Race 4 | nation’s highest-paying exacta ($796), trifecta ($8,485) and superfecta ($42,610 for a dime; swept pool) for second straight day

PUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAM
Wall-to-Wall Handicapping Coverage of Florida Derby Day, Arkansas Derby Day, Santa Anita & More
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