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1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Saturday, August 26, 2023

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August 26, 2023

EXTRA INCENTIVES
$25,000 Pick 4 and Pick 5 Hit & Splits | Saratoga | details
Woodbine Mile Sweepstakes | Bet $20 on Woodbine today, earn an entry into the drawing for a free trip to the Sept. 16 Woodbine Mile
August $20K Sweepstakes | win up to a $1,000 betting voucher

SCHEDULE NOTE
Golden Gate Fields | opening day of meeting | first post 4:45 pm ET

TOURNAMENT TIME
$125 Fun in the Sun | Final Weekly Qualifier | details 
$800 Travers Day Challenge | Saratoga & Monmouth | details

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Pick 5 | $40,027 | Monmouth | begins Race 1 | 12:40 pm ET
Jackpot Pick 6 | $183,778 | Del Mar | begins Race 6 | 7:35 pm ET

KEY RACES | First Call Podcast Stakes Previews with Siegel & Plonk
Saratoga | Race 7 | 3:07 pm ET | Forego Stakes
Monmouth | Race 8 | 3:56 pm ET | Sapling Stakes
Timonium | Race 8 | 4:03 pm ET | Timonium Distaff Stakes
Saratoga | Race 9 | 4:19 pm ET | Jerkens Stakes
Saratoga | Race 10 | 4:55 pm ET | Ballerina Stakes
Saratoga | Race 11 | 5:31 pm ET | Sword Dancer Stakes
Saratoga | Race 12 | 6:11 pm ET | Travers Stakes
Del Mar | Race 10 | 9:31 pm ET | Pat O’Brien Stakes
Prairie Meadows | Race 8 | 10:00 pm ET | Prairie Meadows Freshman Stakes
FD Racing | Race 6 | 10:50 pm ET | St. Louis Derby

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Saratoga | Race 8 | 3:43 pm ET
Del Mar | Race 11 | 10:00 pm ET
Remington Park | Race 10 | 12:19 am ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Brad Cox | Ellis Park | all 5 starters 9-2 or less morning line

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Monmouth Park | favorites went 0-for-8

PUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAM
Jeff Siegel: What You Need to Know – Saratoga | Saturday, August 26, 2023
Eddie Olczyk: Hat Trick Best Bets for Travers Day at Saratoga
Jon White: Travers Picks
Jeremy Plonk: Race of the Week – Ballerina Stakes at Saratoga
Jeff Siegel: What You Need to Know – Del Mar | Saturday, August 26, 2023
Frank Carulli & Brian W. Spencer Saturday best bets available in Xpressbet.com member’s section