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1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Saturday, April 8, 2023

by Xpressbet

April 8, 2023

TOURNAMENT TIME
$1,500 Santa Anita Challenge | details

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Pick 6 | $53,845| Keeneland | begins Race 4 | 2:15 pm ET
Super High 5 | $18,084 | Santa Anita | Race 1 | 3:00 pm ET
Pick 6 | $391,547 | Santa Anita | begins Race 7 | 6:20 pm ET | mandatory payout

KEY RACES
Keeneland | Race 7 | 4:00 pm ET | Madison Stakes | featuring Goodnight Olive
Santa Anita | Race 5 | 5:02 pm ET | Charlie Whittingham
Keeneland | Race 9 | 5:15 pm ET | Blue Grass Stakes
Santa Anita | Race 6 | 5:45 pm ET | Santa Anita Derby
Aqueduct | Race 11 | 6:16 pm ET | Wood Memorial
Santa Anita | Race 11 | 8:24 pm ET | Santa Anita Oaks

COAST-TO-COAST PICK 5
Begins 4:02 pm ET | Races – SA 3, GP 8, SA 5, GP10, SA 8
--- Video preview with handicappers Siegel, Nadeau & Plonk
--- $1 minimum, 15% takeout

1/ST BET MOST LIKELY TRIPLE CROWN PREP STAKES WINNERS
Keeneland | Race 9 | 5:15 pm ET | Blue Grass Stakes | #1 Tapit Trice (32% Win Projection)
Santa Anita | Race 6 | 5:45 pm ET | Santa Anita Derby | #5 Practical Move (32% Win Projection)
Aqueduct | Race 11 | 6:16 pm ET | Wood Memorial | #1 Dreamlike (22% Win Projection)

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Keeneland | Race 3 | 1:40 pm ET
Gulfstream Park | Race 5 | 2:39 pm ET
Santa Anita | Race 10 | Monrovia Stakes | 7:53 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Brad Cox | Keeneland, Aqueduct, Oaklawn | 7 of 9 entrants 7-2 or less morning line

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Keeneland | jockey Luis Saez| 2 wins, 2 seconds, 1 third from 9 mounts

PUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAM
Wall-to-Wall Saturday coverage from Eddie Olczyk, Jeff Siegel, Jeremy Plonk, Jon White, Brian Nadeau, Zoe Cadman, Al Cimaglia and more.
Frank Carulli & Brian W. Spencer Saturday bets available in Xpressbet.com member’s section