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1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Saturday, July 5, 2025

by Xpressbet

July 5, 2025

EXTRA INCENTIVES
5X 1/ST Rewards Points | Saratoga | all bets today
$2,500 Late Pick 4 Hit & Split | Horseshoe Indianapolis
Bet $100, Get $10 | Prairie Meadows | today’s races

TOURNAMENT TIME
$1,000 Saratoga BCBC Super Low Ratio Qualifier | details
$40 Monmouth feeder | details

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Pick 5 | $78,259 | Gulfstream Park | begins Race 7 | 4:06 pm ET | Nicoletti picks

Jackpot Super Hi 5 | $108,088 (CAN) | Woodbine | Race 10 | 5:53 pm ET
Jackpot Pick 5 | $119,683 (CAN) | Hastings | begins Race 2 | 6:00 pm ET

1/ST BET AI MOST LIKELY SMILE SPRINT WINNER
Gulfstream Park | Race 6 | 3:33 pm ET | #1 Implementation (26%)

KEY RACES
Saratoga | Race 3 | 1:40 pm ET | Sanford Stakes
Horseshoe Indianapolis | Race 5 | 2:23 pm ET | IN General Assembly Distaff Handicap
Delaware Park | Race 5 | 2:38 pm ET | Dick Memorial Stakes
Horseshoe Indianapolis | Race 6 | 2:56 pm ET | George Memorial Handicap
Monmouth | Race 6 | 3:24 pm ET | Jersey Girl Stakes
Horseshoe Indianapolis | Race 7 | 3:30 pm ET | Snack Handicap
Gulfstream | Race 6 | 3:33 pm ET | Smile Sprint Stakes
Horseshoe Indianapolis | Race 8 | 4:05 pm ET | Schuster Memorial Stakes
Horseshoe Indianapolis | Race 9 | 4:40 pm ET | Schaefer Memorial Stakes
Horseshoe Indianapolis | Race 10 | 5:16 pm ET | Ellen’s Lucky Star Handicap
Woodbine | Race 9 | 5:20 pm ET | Hendrie Stakes
Hastings | Race 1 | 5:30 pm ET | Chris Loseth Stakes
Saratoga | Race 10 | 5:38 pm ET | Kelso Stakes
Gulfstream | Race 10 | 5:47 pm ET | Soldier’s Dancer Handicap
Horseshoe Indianapolis | Race 11 | 5:55 pm ET | Indiana Oaks
Saratoga | Race 11 | 6:13 pm ET | Belmont Oaks Invitational
Horseshoe Indianapolis | Race 12 | 6:33 pm ET | Indiana Derby | Meet the Contenders
Prairie Meadows | Race 6 | 7:10 pm ET | Prairie Gold Juvenile Stakes
Prairie Meadows | Race 7 | 7:38 pm ET | Iowa Derby | Meet the Contenders
Los Alamitos | Race 8 | 7:54 pm ET | Great Lady M Stakes
Hastings | Race 6 | 8:00 pm ET | Supernaturel Stakes
Prairie Meadows | Race 8 | 8:06 pm ET | Cornhusker Handicap
Prairie Meadows | Race 9 | 8:34 pm ET | Iowa Oaks
Evangeline Downs | Race 7 | 8:42 pm ET | Opelousas Stakes
Evangeline Downs | Race 9 | 9:36 pm ET | John Henry Stakes

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Delaware Park | Race 3 | 1:34 pm ET
Horseshoe Indianapolis | Race 7 | 3:30 pm ET
Ellis Park | Race 7 | 3:42 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Jonathan Wong | Louisiana Downs | all 6 entrants 9-5 or less odds

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Saratoga | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 3 wins ($7, $8, $19) from 7 mounts

PUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAM
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