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1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Saturday, May 4, 2024

by Xpressbet

May 4, 2024

EXTRA INCENTIVES
$25,000 Exacta-Thon | Churchill Downs today
$10 Money-Back Special | Churchill Downs Races 8-12 | up to $10 back if win bet finishes 2nd, 3rd
May $20K Sweepstakes | win up to a $1,000 betting voucher

TOURNAMENT TIME
$3,000 Kentucky Derby Challenge | details
$40 Santa Anita Feeder | details

1/ST KENTUCKY DERBY WAGER GUIDE
Free Access (includes full-card 1/ST BET AI Picks) 

COAST-TO-COAST PICK 5
Gulfstream Races 9,11 | Santa Anita Races 4,5,7

SCHEDULE NOTES
Churchill Downs | Early first post 10:30 am ET for Kentucky Derby Day
Turf Paradise | closing day of racing season
Preakness Future Wager Pool 2 | closes 6 pm ET | Meet the Contenders 

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Jackpot Pick 6 | $75,438 | Churchill Downs | begins Race 7 | 1:56 pm ET
Pick 6 | $35,817 | Aqueduct | begins Race 6 | 3:29 pm ET
Mandatory Payout Pick 5 | $10,171 | Fonner Park | begins Race 5 | 4:26 pm ET
Mandatory Payout Pick 6 | $11,424 | Turf Paradise | begins Race 6 | 5:00 pm ET


1/ST BET AI MOST LIKELY CHURCHILL STAKES WINNER
Churchill Downs | Race 7 | 1:56 pm ET | #2 Walkathon (25%)

KEY RACES
Churchill Downs | Race 4 | 12:04 pm ET | Knicks Go Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 5 | 12:36 pm ET | Turf Sprint Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 6 | 1:14 pm ET | Derby City Distaff
Churchill Downs | Race 7 | 1:56 pm ET | Distaff Turf Mile
Churchill Downs | Race 8 | 2:46 pm ET | Pat Day Mile
Gulfstream Park | Race 5 | 3:04 pm ET | Honey Ryder Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 9 | 3:40 pm ET | American Turf Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 10 | 4:31 pm ET | Churchill Downs Stakes
Aqueduct | Race 8 | 4:39 pm ET | Fort Marcy Stakes
Woodbine | Race 8 | 4:50 pm ET | Whimsical Stakes
Aqueduct | Race 9 | 5:09 pm ET | Elusive Quality Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 11 | 5:27 pm ET | Turf Classic Stakes
Aqueduct | Race 10 | 5:39 pm ET | Ruffian Stakes
Oaklawn | Race 10 | 5:55 pm ET | Lake Hamilton Stakes
Gulfstream Park | Race 11 | 6:05 pm ET | English Channel Stakes
Oaklawn | Race 11 | 6:35 pm ET | Arkansas Breeders’ Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 12 | 6:57 pm ET | Kentucky Derby
Santa Anita | Race 7 | 7:37 pm ET | Charlie Whittingham Stakes

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Churchill Downs | Race 5 | 12:36 pm ET
Oaklawn | Race 4 | 2:41 pm ET
Churchill Downs | Race 12 | 6:57 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Jose D’Angelo | Gulfstream, Tampa Bay Downs | 9 of 10 entrants 6-1 or less morning line

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Churchill Downs | jockey Florent Geroux | 3 wins, 3 seconds, 1 third from 9 mounts

PUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAM
Churchill Downs Full-Card Analysis & Picks (Jeff Siegel)
Kentucky Derby Contender Preview Videos (Eddie Olczyk)
Betting the Kentucky Derby Superfecta (Scott Shapiro)
Kentucky Derby Analysis & Picks (Jon White)
Kentucky Derby Day Vulnerable Favorites (Scott Shapiro)
Race of the Week Picks & Analysis: Turf Classic at Churchill (Jeremy Plonk)
What You Need to Know – Santa Anita | Saturday, May 4, 2024 (Jeff Siegel)
Preakness Future Wager: Meet the Contenders (1/ST BET)
Preakness Future Wager: Selections (Scott Shapiro)
Frank Carulli & Brian W. Spencer Saturday best bets available in Xpressbet.com member’s section