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1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Saturday, August 5, 2023

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August 5, 2023

EXTRA INCENTIVES
$30,000 Hit & Split | Saratoga | all pick 4 sequences today
Up to 10% Rebate | The Meadowlands | all wagers today
August $20K Sweepstakes | win up to a $1,000 betting voucher

TOURNAMENT TIME
$500 Saratoga Whitney Day Challenge | details
$125 Fun in the Sun Week 3 | details

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Pick 5 | $15,964 | Monmouth | begins Race 1 | 12:40 pm ET
Jackpot Pick 6 | $240,910 | Gulfstream Park | begins Race 5 | 2:50 pm ET
Jackpot Super High 5 | $241,795 | Woodbine | Race 11 | 6:27 pm ET
Pick 6 | $37,003 | Los Alamitos | begins Race 5 | 12:09 am ET

KEY RACES | First Call Podcast (Siegel & Plonk) stakes analysis
Saratoga | Race 6 | 3:17 pm ET | Troy Stakes | featuring BC Turf Sprint winner Caravel
Saratoga | Race 7 | 3:51 pm ET | Lure Stakes
Monmouth Park | Race 8 | 3:57 pm ET | Jersey Shore Stakes
Ellis Park | Race 7 | 4:00 pm ET | Ky Downs Preview Mint Ladies Turf Sprint Stakes
Saratoga | Race 8 | 4:26 pm ET | Test Stakes | featuring Ky Oaks winner Pretty Mischievous
Ellis Park | Race 8 | 4:34 pm ET | Ky Downs Preview Dueling Grounds Derby
The Meadowlands | Race 12 | 4:45 pm ET | Hambletonian Final (harness) | Cimaglia video analysis
Saratoga | Race 9 | 5:01 pm ET | Saratoga Derby Invitational
Ellis Park | Race 9 | 5:07 pm ET | Ky Downs Preview Mint Millions Turf Mile Stakes
Woodbine | Race 9 | 5:19 pm ET | Vice Regent Stakes
Saratoga | Race 10 | 5:42 pm ET | Whitney Stakes | featuring BC Dirt Mile winner Cody’s Wish
Santa Rosa | Race 7 | 7:56 pm ET | Luther Burbank Stakes
Del Mar | Race 9 | 9:11 pm ET | California Dreamin Stakes
Del Mar | Race 10 | 9:41 pm ET | Clement Hirsch Stakes

1/ST BET MOST LIKELY SARATOGA STAKES WINNER
Saratoga | Race 10 | 5:42 pm ET | #6 Cody’s Wish (32%)

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Ellis Park | Race 2 | 1:17 pm ET
Colonial Downs | Race 6 | 4:10 pm ET
Saratoga | Race 12 | 6:48 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Saffie Joseph Jr. | Gulfstream, Monmouth | 6 of 7 entrants 9-2 or less morning line

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Laurel, Charles Town | jockey Axel Concepcion | 4 wins, 2 seconds, 1 third from 10 mounts

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