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1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Thursday, May 4, 2023

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May 4, 2023

1/ST KENTUCKY DERBY WAGER GUIDE
Put the 1/ST team on your side for Derby 149 | FREE to access + regular updates

PREAKNESS FUTURE WAGER
Open now through May 6 at 6 pm ET

EXTRA INCENTIVES
Preakness Big Bet Sweepstakes | every wager enters you in $20K & Preakness VIP trip drawing

TOURNAMENT TIME
$40 Churchill Downs Feeder for May 5 Kentucky Derby Challenge Qualifier | details

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Jackpot Pick 6 | $302,806 | Gulfstream Park | begins Race 3 | 1:38 pm ET
Pick 5 | $21,287 | Charles Town | begins Race 4 | 8:25 pm ET

KEY RACES
Churchill Downs | Race 4 | 2:17 pm ET | Kentucky Juvenile Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 9 | 5:11 pm ET | St. Mathews Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 10 | 5:45 pm ET | Opening Verse Stakes

1/ST BET MOST LIKELY CHURCHILL DOWNS WINNER
Churchill Downs | Race 4 | 2:17 pm ET | #2 Youalmosthadme (33%)

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Oaklawn | Race 2 | 1:57 pm ET
Churchill Downs | Race 5 | 2:52 pm ET
Laurel | Race 8 | 3:53 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Jose Francisco D’Angelo | Gulfstream Park, Churchill Downs | 4 of 5 entrants 7-2 or less morning line

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Churchill Downs | trainer Brendan Walsh | 3 wins from 3 starters

PUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAM
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