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1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Saturday, May 3, 2025

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May 3, 2025

KENTUCKY DERBY WAGER GUIDE
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PREAKNESS FUTURE WAGER
Closes today 6 pm ET

EXTRA INCENTIVES
$10,000 Exacta-Thon | Churchill Downs | today’s races

TOURNAMENT TIME
$40 Santa Anita feeder | details

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Pick 6 | $13,528 | Belmont at the Big A | begins Race 6 | 2:31 pm ET
Jackpot Pick 6 | $96,684 | Churchill Downs | begins Race 7 | 2:38 pm ET
Jackpot Pick 6 | $222,176 | Gulfstream Park | begins Race 6 | 3:36 pm ET
Mandatory Payout Pick 6 | $27,052 | Turf Paradise | begins Race 5 | 4:20 pm ET
Pick 6 | $20,522 | Santa Anita | begins Race 5 | 6:08 pm ET
Super Hi 5 | $13,280 | Santa Anita | Race 10 | 9:15 pm ET
-- Gulfstream mandatory payout scheduled for Sunday

1/ST BET AI MOST LIKELY CHURCHILL DOWNS WINNER
Churchill Downs | Race 6 | 1:53 pm ET | #4 Smoken Wicked (25%)

KEY RACES
Churchill Downs | Race 4 | 12:38 pm ET | Knicks Go Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 5 | 1:12 pm ET | CD Distaff Turf Mile Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 6 | 1:53 pm ET | Pat Day Mile Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 7 | 2:38 pm ET | Turf Sprint Stakes
Belmont at the Big A | Race 7 | 3:08 pm ET | Elusive Quality Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 8 | 3:23 pm ET | Churchill Downs Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 9 | 4:06 pm ET | American Turf Stakes
Gulfstream | Race 7 | 4:11 pm ET | Honey Ryder Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 10 | 4:50 pm ET | Derby City Distaff Stakes
Woodbine | Race 8 | 5:15 pm ET | Whimsical Stakes
Belmont at the Big A | Race 10 | 5:24 pm ET | Fort Marcy Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 11 | 5:39 pm ET | Turf Classic Stakes
Oaklawn | Race 9 | 5:58 pm ET | Arkansas Breeders’ Championship Stakes
Gulfstream | Race 11 | 6:15 pm ET | English Channel Stakes
Santa Anita | Race 6 | 6:38 pm ET | Charlie Whittingham Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 12 | 6:57 pm ET | Kentucky Derby 151
Oaklawn | Race 11 | 7:15 pm ET | Lake Ouachita Stakes | featuring Mystik Dan

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Horseshoe Indianapolis | Race 3 | 11:50 am ET
Laurel Park | Race 3 | 1:17 pm ET
Churchill Downs | Race 12 | 6:57 pm ET

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

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Churchill Downs | jockey Jose Ortiz | 3 wins, 2 seconds, 1 third from 12 mounts

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