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1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Monday, January 1, 2024

by Xpressbet

January 1, 2024

EXTRA INCENTIVES
$10 Money-Back Special |stakes races at Gulfstream (R8, R10), Santa Anita (R8) | up to $10 back if win bet finishes 2nd, 3rd
Bet $100, Get $20 | Santa Anita | All-Turf Pick 3
January $20K Sweepstakes | win up to a $1,000 betting voucher

TOURNAMENT TIME
$80 Gulfstream Feeder | details 
$40 Santa Anita Feeder | details

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Super Hi 5 | $8,253 | Golden Gate Fields | Race 8 | 7:30 pm ET

1/ST BET AI MOST LIKELY GULFSTREAM STAKES WINNER
Gulfstream Park | Race 8 | 3:36 pm ET | #3 Chi Chi (22%)

KEY RACES
Gulfstream Park | Race 8 | 3:36 pm ET | Cash Run Stakes
Gulfstream Park | Race 10 | 4:36 pm ET | Mucho Macho Man Stakes
Oaklawn | Race 9 | 5:14 pm ET | Smarty Jones Stakes
Santa Anita | Race 8 | 6:43 pm ET | Las Flores Stakes

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Parx | Race 6 | 2:20 pm ET
Fair Grounds | Race 3 | 2:45 pm ET
Oaklawn Park | Race 10 | 5:40 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Phil D’Amato | Santa Anita | 6 of 7 entrants 5-1 or less morning line

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Gulfstream Park | jockey Paco Lopez | 4 wins, 1 third from 7 mounts
Yesterday | Oaklawn Park | trainer Steve Asmussen | 4 wins, 1 third from 8 starters

PUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAM
Jeff Siegel: What You Need to Know – Santa Anita | Monday, January 1, 2023
Jeremy Plonk: Mucho Macho Man & Smarty Jones Stakes Analysis
Frank Carulli & Brian W. Spencer Monday best bets available in Xpressbet.com member’s section