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1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Friday, August 1, 2025

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August 1, 2025

EXTRA INCENTIVES
$10 Money-Back Special | Goodwood | Race 4 | up to $10 back if win bet finishes 2nd, 3rd
Woodbine Mile VIP Trip Sweepstakes | every $20 bet at WO earns an entry

TOURNAMENT TIME
$40 Woodbine feeder | details
$40 Del Mar feeder | details

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Pick 5 | $42,974 | Ellis Park | begins Race 6 | 3:12 pm ET
Jackpot Pick 6 | $84,473 | Gulfstream Park | begins Race 4 | 2:25 pm ET
Pick 6 | $38,384 | Del Mar | begins Race 3 | 8:02 pm ET
Jackpot Pick 5 | $217,241 | Prairie Meadows | begins Race 6 | 9:08 pm ET
Super Hi 5 | $10,522 | Del Mar | Race 8 | 10:40 pm ET
Jackpot Super Hi 5 | $61,159 | Prairie Meadows | Race 10 | 10:52 pm ET
-- Gulfstream mandatory payout will be Sunday

1/ST BET AI MOST LIKELY SARATOGA WINNER
Saratoga | Race 5 | 3:27 pm ET | #4 Fortuna Mia (30%)

KEY RACES
Saratoga | Race 7 | 4:36 pm ET | Hall of Fame Stakes
Evangeline Downs | Race 6 | 8:46 pm ET | Louisiana Stallion Stakes
Del Mar | Race 6 | 9:35 pm ET | Real Good Deal Stakes
Evangeline Downs | Race 8 | 9:40 pm ET | Shine Young Futurity

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Delaware Park | Race 5 | 2:38 pm ET
Woodbine | Race 6 | 3:51 pm ET
Del Mar | Race 7 | 10:07 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Joe Sharp | Saratoga, Ellis Park | all 7 entrants 9-2 or less odds

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Saratoga | favorites went 0-10 on the card

PUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAM
Frank Carulli: Saratoga Hall of Fame Stakes Pick 3 Play for Friday
Brian W. Spencer: Del Mar Spot Plays for Friday
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