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1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Saturday, March 23, 2024

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March 23, 2024

EXTRA INCENTIVES
$25,000 Exacta-Thon | Fair Grounds | Plonk Picks
10X Wager Rewards Points | Coast-to-Coast Pick 5 | Nicoletti & Siegel Picks
March $20K Sweepstakes | win up to a $1,000 betting voucher

SCHEDULE NOTES
Aqueduct | cancelled due to rain
Hawthorne | opening day | first post 3:40 pm ET | new 8% takeout place pick 8

TOURNAMENT TIME
$40 Gulfstream Park Feeder | details
$500 Santa Anita Challenge | details

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Jackpot Pick 6 | $466,435 | Gulfstream Park | begins Race 6 | 3:37 pm ET
Jackpot Pick 6 | $56,189 | Charles Town | begins Race 3 | 8:02 pm ET

1/ST BET AI MOST LIKELY LOUISIANA DERBY WINNER
Fair Grounds | Race 12 | 6:42 pm ET | #5 Catching Freedom (20%)

KEY RACES
Fair Grounds | Race 2 | 1:30 pm ET | Costa Rising Stakes
Fair Grounds | Race 3 | 2:00 pm ET | Crescent City Oaks
Gulfstream | Race 6 | 3:37 pm ET | Texas Glitter Stakes
Turfway | Race 7 | 3:43 pm ET | Animal Kingdom Stakes
Laurel | Race 8 | 3:51 pm ET | Beyond the Wire Stakes
Fair Grounds | Race 7 | 4:00 pm ET | Crescent City Derby
Turfway | Race 8 | 4:13 pm ET | Rushaway Stakes
Laurel | Race 9 | 4:22 pm ET | Private Terms Stakes
Fair Grounds | Race 8 | 4:32 pm ET | Benson Memorial Stakes
Turfway | Race 9 | 4:43 pm ET | Latonia Stakes
Fair Grounds | Race 9 | 5:04 pm ET | New Orleans Classic
Turfway | Race 10 | 5:13 pm ET | Kentucky Cup Classic Stakes | Race of Week analysis
Oaklawn | Race 8 | 5:22 pm ET | Hot Springs Stakes
Fair Grounds | Race 10 | 5:36 pm ET | Muniz Memorial Stakes
Turfway | Race 11 | 5:43 pm ET | Bourbonette Oaks
Oaklawn | Race 9 | 5:55 pm ET | Essex Stakes
Fair Grounds | Race 11 | 6:08 pm ET | Fair Grounds Oaks
Turfway | Race 12 | 6:25 pm ET | Jeff Ruby Stakes
Fair Grounds | Race 12 | 6:42 pm ET | Louisiana Derby
Santa Anita | Race 7 | 7:04 pm ET | San Luis Rey Stakes

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Fair Grounds | Race 6 | 3:30 pm ET
Hawthorne | Race 1 | 3:40 pm ET
Turfway Park | Race 8 | 4:13 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Michael McCarthy | Turfway | 4 of 5 entrants 4-1 or less morning line

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Laurel | favorites won 6 of 10 races

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