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1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Saturday, October 4, 2025

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October 4, 2025

EXTRA INCENTIVES
Bet $25, Get $5 | Santa Anita Race 3 American Pharoah Stakes | BC Bankroll Builder
10X 1/ST Rewards Points | Santa Anita & Gulfstream’s Sunset Pick 6
$10 Money-Back Special | Woodbine Races 5,8,9 | up to $10 back if win bet finishes 2nd, 3rd

SPECIAL WAGERS
Sunset Pick 6 | Last 3 Races at Gulfstream & Last 3 Races at Santa Anita
Coast-to-Coast Pick 5 | Gulfstream Races 10,11; Santa Anita Races 4,7,8

TOURNAMENT TIME
$1,000 Santa Anita BCBC Qualifier | details
$100 Keeneland feeder | details
$100 Santa Anita feeder | details
$40 Charles Town feeder | details

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Sunset Pick 6 | $10,757 | Gulfstream/Santa Anita | begins GP Race 9 | 5:07 pm ET

1/ST BET AI MOST LIKELY SUNSET PICK 6 WINNER
Santa Anita | Race 9 | 8:08 pm ET | #4 Himika (30%)

KEY RACES
Belmont at the Big A | Race 2 | 12:41 pm ET | Discovery Stakes
Belmont at the Big A | Race 4 | 1:43 pm ET | Jockey Club Derby Invitational
Belmont at the Big A | Race 6 | 2:49 pm ET | Frizette Stakes
Belmont at the Big A | Race 7 | 3:20 pm ET | Champagne Stakes
Woodbine | Race 5 | 3:28 pm ET | Nearctic Stakes
Keeneland | Race 6 | 3:40 pm ET | Woodford Stakes
Belmont at the Big A | Race 8 | 3:51 pm ET | Miss Grillo Stakes
Keeneland | Race 7 | 4:12 pm ET | TCA Stakes
Santa Anita | Race 2 | 4:30 pm ET | Chillingworth Stakes
Keeneland | Race 8 | 4:44 pm ET | First Lady Stakes
Santa Anita | Race 3 | 5:03 pm ET | American Pharoah Stakes
Woodbine | Race 8 | 5:07 pm ET | Dance Smartly Stakes
Keeneland | Race 9 | 5:16 pm ET | Breeders’ Futurity
Woodbine | Race 9 | 5:41 pm ET | Canadian International
Keeneland | Race 10 | 5:48 pm ET | Turf Mile
Santa Anita | Race 8 | 7:38 pm ET | Rodeo Drive Stakes
Santa Anita | Race 9 | 8:08 pm ET | Oak Leaf Stakes
Santa Anita | Race 10 | 8:38 pm ET | Speakeasy Stakes

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Belmont at the Big A | Race 8 | 3:51 pm ET
Gulfstream Park | Race 7 | 4:04 pm ET
Keeneland | Race 8 | 4:44 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Bob Baffert | Santa Anita | 7 of 9 entrants 4-1 or less odds

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Gulfstream Park | 20-cent Rainbow 6 hit for $143,083.80

PUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAM
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Frank Carulli & Brian W. Spencer best bets today in Xpressbet.com member’s section