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1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Saturday, August 9, 2025

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August 9, 2025

EXTRA INCENTIVES
2 Million 1/ST Rewards Points Hit & Split | Colonial Downs | late pick 4 today
$10 Money-Back Special | Canterbury Races 4 & 6 | up to $10 back if win bet finishes 2nd, 3rd
Woodbine Mile VIP Trip Sweepstakes | 1 entry for $20 bet at Woodbine

TOURNAMENT TIME
$125 Fun in the Sun (Sar/Dmr) | details
$400 Santa Anita feeder (Del Mar) | details
$40 Woodbine feeder | details
$40 Charles Town feeder | details

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Jackpot Pick 6 | $108,6940 | Ellis Park | begins Race 4 | 2:16 pm ET
Jackpot Pick 5 | $257,741 | Prairie Meadows | begins Race 6 | 9:08 pm ET
Jackpot Super Hi 5 | $65,014 | Prairie Meadows | Race 10 | 10:52 pm ET
---Prairie Meadows Pick 5 mandatory payout scheduled for Sunday

1/ST BET AI MOST LIKELY CANTERBURY DERBY WINNER
Canterbury Park | Race 6 | 8:40 pm ET | #7 Sushi Man (22%)

KEY RACES
Colonial Downs | Race 5 | 2:03 pm ET | Petramalo Mile Stakes
Colonial Downs | Race 6 | 2:36 pm ET | Gilpin Stakes
Colonial Downs | Race 7 | 3:09 pm ET | Guest Stakes
Colonial Downs | Race 8 | 3:45 pm ET | Van Clief Stakes
Gulfstream | Race 8 | 4:38 pm ET | Sharp Susan Stakes
Colonial Downs | Race 9 | 4:41 pm ET | Secretariat Stakes
Woodbine | Race 8 | 5:02 pm ET | Bison City Stakes
Saratoga| Race 9 | 5:07 pm ET | Saratoga Oaks Invitational
Colonial Downs | Race 10 | 5:17 pm ET | Beverly D. Stakes
Saratoga | Race 10 | 5:44 pm ET | Sword Dancer Stakes
Gulfstream | Race 10 | 5:50 pm ET | Proud Man Stakes
Colonial Downs | Race 11 | 5:54 pm ET | Arlington Million
Del Mar | Race 4 | 6:33 pm ET | Best Pal Stakes
Canterbury Park | Race 4 | 7:40 pm ET | Canterbury Oaks
Canterbury Park | Race 6 | 8:40 pm ET | Canterbury Derby
Del Mar | Race 9 | 9:03 pm ET | Yellow Ribbon Stakes
Prairie Meadows | Race 9 | 10:26 pm ET | Cyclones Stakes

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Saratoga | Race 4 | 2:13 pm ET
Gulfstream Park | Race 11 | 6:23 pm ET
Charles Town | Race 6 | 9:32 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Saffie Joseph Jr. | Gulfstream, Ellis, Colonial, Saratoga| 9 of 10 entrants 4-1 or less odds

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Ellis Park | jockey Tyler Gafflalione | 4 wins, 2 thirds from 10 mounts

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