Monday’s $16,367.50 Xpressbet Fun in the Sun handicapping contest Final Table matches 34 individual entrants with 6 players earning two seats in the Saratoga and Del Mar season finale. Players earned their seats in the Final Table by placing top-5 in one of the 8 qualifying weeks while also playing for weekly prize money.Contestants once again compete over the final 5 races at Saratoga and the first 5 races at Del Mar in a series of $10 win bets each race through the parimutel system on the Xpressbet platform.The Labor Day finale features 2025 Fun in the Sun champion Andy Muhlada in a bid to become the contest’s first repeat winner since converting to its current format in 2020. Muhlada punched his ticket early with a Week 2 fifth-place finish to secure a spot at the Final Table.Six players earned double entry into the finale, including Bryan Ingram, whose Week 6 bankroll of $374.10 was the highest-scoring week on the season. He qualified again the following week with a fifth-place Week 7 performance. Other dual qualifiers were George Scott, Terrence Severson, Dave Nichols, Greg Calliwag and Week 8 winner Joseph McKay.Ingram and McKay are the only daul-qualifiers to win 1 of the weekly competitions. Other weekly winners included John Velguth, Thomas Carroll, Ellis Starr, Franco Pacione, Cheryl Knepper and Richard Miller.The Final Table format began in 2020 and past champions include Robert Rosen (2020), Wayne Tam (2021), Kevin Saunders (2022), Joe Tambasco (2023), Gordon Maruya (2024) and Andy Muhlada (2025).Final Table Prizes$6,367.50 (30% of Entry Fees) carried over to the Final Table$10,000-added prize pool courtesy of Xpressbet1st Place Finisher: 55% of Final Table Prize Pool2nd Place Finisher: 25% of Final Table Prize Pool3rd Place Finisher: 10% of Final Table Prize Pool4th Place Finisher: 5% of Final Table Prize Pool5th Place Finisher: 5% of Final Table Prize PoolFun in the Sun Final Table Qualifiers** Ingram Bryan ($374.10) | Week 6 | 1 + ($271.40) | Week 7 | 5Knepper, Cheryl ($358.50) | Week 5 | 1** Scott, George ($356.10) | Week 6 | 2 + ($239.00) | Week 4 | 3Bassett, Joseph ($347.80) | Week 5 | 2Starr, Ellis ($345.0) | Week 3 | 1Campanella. Frank ($336.80) | Week 6 | 3Miller, Richard ($335.30) | Week 7 | 1Velguth, John ($333.50) | Week 1 | 1** Severson, Terrence ($330.50) | Week 1 | 2 + ($236.20) | Week 4 | 4Danner, Jeffrey ($329.60) | Week 7 | 2Gold, Aaron ($322.90) | Week 6 | 4Woodward, Nathan ($319.30) | Week 1 | 3Skotz, Christopher ($308.00) | Week 6 | 5Carroll, Thomas ($297.80) | Week 2 | 1Wolfson, Stephen ($287.40) | Week 7 | 3Levine, Stuart ($273.00) | Week 5 | 3** Caliwag, Greg ($272.80) | Week 7 | 4 + ($209.40) | Week 4 | 5Nagy, Nicholas ($271.20) | Week 1 | 4Sampo, Dino ($268.00) | Week 5 | 4** McKay, Joseph ($265.90) | Week 8 | 1 + ($243.70) | Week 4 | 2Pacione, Franco ($264.20) | Week 4 | 1DeCaspers, Anthony ($261.00) | Week 5 | 5Grau, Peter ($245.50) | Week 8 | 2Rotell, Joe ($241.10) } Week 8 | 3** Nichols, Dave ($240.00) | Week 1 | 5 + ($234) | Week 3 | 2Scott, George ($239.00) | Week 4 | 3Hill, Barry ($237.30) | Week 2 | 2Dodds, Wardell ($236.90) | Week 2 | 3Kaufman, Craig ($231.60) | Week 8 | 4Essig David ($216.90) | Week 2 | 4Murdock, Dave ($184.00) | Week 3 | 3Muhlada, Andy ($176.90) | Week 2 | 5 (2025 FITS Defending Champion)Knepper, Greg ($175.60) | Week 3 | 4Salerno, Theresa ($169.50) | Week 3 | 5

Saturday might have been the most lucrative day of the meet for horsemen at the 1/ST BET Kentucky Downs meeting in terms of purses, but Sunday could very well be such a bonanza for horseplayers. That’s because a $136,904 pick 6 carryover waits in the wings. What’s more? The 1/ST BET and Xpressbet daily $3,000 Exacta-Thon continues. Be sure to register for your chance at the bonus cash with winning exactas ($2 minimum) in at least 3 of races.Favorites are just 7-41 (17%) at the current meet with an average winner 7-1 odds, so we’ll have our work cut out for us navigating the pick 6. Don’t overlook the intra-race value in pursuit of the difficult, multi-race plays. Nonetheless, a carryover is worth a look … even with a modest investment at the $1 base bet.Let’s get to work.Kentucky Downs: Race 7 | 4:56 pm ET | maidenMaiden races this meet have seen 5 winners 10-1 plus with only 3 at 3-1 or less, so don’t be afraid to shop. The morning line favorite is 0-7 and out since last December at Turfway; it’s about Maker-Prat connections. Don’t be afraid if $500K filly #3 Sangarette doesn’t awaken from her Oaklawn disappointments. Owner Tom Durant sent some very good horses recently to Joe Sharp and this one lures Jose Ortiz. #7 Lucky to Dance also is double-digit odds in the morning line, and while the distance may be too sharp, she’s going to be the most interesting late runner. #12 Coco G could get Brendan Walsh’s cold barn a much-needed win off a decent debut fourth in which the winner came back to win a first-level allowance at Ellis.Key horses: 3,7,12 (spread as deep as you can afford)Kentucky Downs: Race 8 | 5:29 pm ET | $500,000 One Dreamer StakesJust a field of 6 in a race restricted to horses who have not won a stakes in 2026. #4 Miwa stands out in this spot to me with only 2 starts this year and 1 in a stakes. She was superb here last year in 2 starts and third on this card in the $1.5 million Ladies Marathon, a race in which she might contest if not being eligible for this much easier spot for a healthy $500K chunk. You get Jose Ortiz for Joe Sharp and this is where I’ll take the single given the field size and fact that morning line favorite Hang the Moon has lost her last 8 stakes bids. Don’t sleep on #6 Cheetah Lady, who had no chance last out behind a dawdling pace over a speed-players turf course at Monmouth. She’s run very well in back-to-back years at KD. Certainly an exacta consideration at least.Key Horses: 4 (back-up 6)Kentucky Downs: Race 9 | 6:15 pm ET | allowance#1 Infinite Sky is a local course winner and takes a class drop to where she belongs for Prat-Cox. Expect her running late, but does often give herself a lot to make up. #3 Struck at Midnight ran well here last year and comes in freshened since spring for Joe Sharp while hidden away at Turfway training. There’s little pace here, so the other Sharp trainee #6 Our Shenanigan intrigues at 30-1 morning line. Think she could play for a while near the front along with #12 Perrylu.Key Horses: 1,3,6,12Kentucky Downs: Race 10 | 6:52 pm ET | $1.5 million KD Ladies Marathon#8 Stellify and #2 Way to Be Marie ran 1-2 in this stakes last year and rematch after both finishing off the board in the Beverly D at Colonial Downs. Stellify is even-money on the morning line behind a 2-for-2 local record, and viable excuses at Colonial behind a slow pace and making her first start since November. Given the 9-horse field size and heavy favoritism, #8 Stellify will be a common single among players. While you typically try to beat these kind, a Kentucky Downs sequence’s difficulty makes accepting something more obvious acceptable as you expect chaos around any surrounding corner. #1 Dona Clota will appreciate the distance and Jose Ortiz just can’t be dismissed locally right now. That’s the alternative.Key Horses: 8 (back-up 1)Kentucky Downs: Race 11 | 7:23 pm ET | allowance optional claiming#3 Elnaj has sprint speed and route class from Saratoga for Cox-Prat and looks highly logical along with #7 Anmer Hall, who raided from SoCal to win a similar race last year and remains in very good form. Trust this pair of favorites.Key Horses: 3,7 (back-up 11)Kentucky Downs: Race 12 | 7:54 pm ET | maidenCapacity field of juvenile sprinters wraps the sequence. The Saratoga experience of #7 Without Hesitation should play well against a mostly Ellis Park cast, which is led by #6 A La Vie, who must be respected with Jose Ortiz up for Joe Sharp, and #9 Hollywood Starlet, a decent debut finisher behind Mid American, who returned to win the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Sprint earlier this meet. Longshot look to #12 Majorbrowniepoints who could vastly improve with the move to the KD lawn. Sire Twirling Candy’s offspring are fantastic here with a positive ROI the last 5 years and trainer Mark Casse has had a very strong current meet. As mentioned to start the pick 6, maiden races this meet have seen 5 winners 10-1 plus with only 3 at 3-1 or less, so don’t be afraid to shop.Key Horses: 7,6,9,12

EXTRA INCENTIVES$3,000 Exacta-Thon | Kentucky Downs | today’s races$10 Money-Back Special | Woodbine Race 9 Wonder Where Stakes | up to $10 back if win bet finishes 2nd, 3rd.SCHEDULE NOTESDel Mar | early first post 4:30 pm ET / 1:30 pm PTSPECIAL WAGERSSummer Sweep Pick 5 | Gulfstream Races 7-9, Kentucky Downs Races 8-9-10--$1 minimum, 15% takeout, no CAWTOURNAMENT TIME$400 Del Mar Closing Day Challenge Qualifier | details$40 Canterbury Feeder | detailsNOTABLE CARRYOVERSPick 5 | $11,950 | Colonial Downs | begins Race 6 | 2:59 pm ETJackpot Pick 6 | $66,088 (CAN) | Woodbine | begins Race 5 | 3:12 pm ETPick 6 | $136,904 | Kentucky Downs | begins Race 7 | 4:56 pm ETJackpot Super Hi 5 | $94,801 (CAN) | Woodbine | Race 10 | 6:08 pm ETKEY RACESMonmouth | Race 5 | 2:48 pm ET | Red Bank StakesSaratoga | Race 10 | 5:19 pm ET | Hopeful StakesKentucky Downs | Race 8 | 5:29 pm ET | One Dreamer StakesWoodbine | Race 9 | 5:33 pm ET | Wonder Where StakesSaratoga | Race 11 | 5:55 pm ET | Disco Partner StakesKentucky Downs | Race 10 | 6:52 pm ET | KD Ladies Marathon StakesDel Mar | Race 4 | 6:11 pm ET | Del Mar FuturityEmerald Downs | Race 7 | 7:57 pm ET | Muckleshoot Juvenile Filly StakesDel Mar | Race 8 | 8:14 pm ET | Shared Belief StakesEmerald Downs | Race 8 | 8:27 pm ET | Muckleshoot Distaff StakesDel Mar | Race 9 | 8:44 pm ET | Del Mar Juvenile Fillies TurfEmerald Downs | Race 9 | 8:56 pm ET | Muckleshoot Classic StakesEmerald Downs | Race 10 | 9:25 pm ET | Gottstein FuturityLONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIXKentucky Downs | Race 3 | 2:36 pm ETDel Mar | Race 1 | 4:30 pm ETEmerald Downs | Race 10 | 9:25 pm ETTRAINERS TO WATCHSteve Asmussen | Saratoga | 3 of 4 entrants 3-1 or less oddsDID YOU SEE?Yesterday | Kentucky Downs | jockey Jose Ortiz | 4 wins ($5, $9, $11, $25)PUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAMScott Shapiro: Saratoga Sunday Spot PlaysJeremy Plonk: Del Mar Sunday Full-Card PicksJeremy Plonk: Kentucky Downs Sunday P6 Carryover Keys Brian W. Spencer best bets today in Xpressbet.com member’s section

The spotlight card for closing week at Del Mar comes with Sunday’s Del Mar Futurity Day program. After this, we’ll get one more shot where the turf meets the surf on Monday’s Labor Day finale. The entry box is stuffed with 6 of 11 races having double-digit contenders before scratches. First post is a half-hour earlier at 4:30 pm ET / 1:30 pm PT.Del Mar Race 1 | starter optional claimingIn a turf sprint field that’s 0-14 combined on the local lawn, can’t take too short of a price. #10 Miles Finch has a class edge on the field and is dropped in for the $50,000 claiming price in order to be eligible here. Post is no gift, so demand 5-1 or more despite top connections of Sadler-Rosario. Like the big gap #1 Broheim put on the field in his maiden win (10+ lengths to third) and has run well on grass in past. Picks: 10-1-4-2Del Mar Race 2 | maidenMorning-line chalk #7 Quattro Passi debuted second behind Baffert barnmate Holmby, who would go on to win the Sorrento Stakes in her next start. She doesn’t look to be an elite type for this barn and the works have been spread a bit since the debut at the meet’s beginning. Willing to try and beat her. Juan Hernandez is on the Baffert rookie #1 Prospect of Love, who had trained at Los Al away from the barn’s best stock most of the summer and needed 2 local gate works for the debut. I’m not willing to buy there at a short price, either, from the rail. #5 Royal Pearl spent a good deal of her Aug. 9 debut in makeup mode after a bad start and paid the price against one of the more talented 2F of the meeting in Miss Monica. I’ll give her the nod with a perked-up work since. 5-1-7-8Del Mar Race 3 | claiming#10 Ah Jeez looks like a reliable 5-2 morning line favorite in search of a third straight turf claiming win for leading trainer Doug O’Neill. Capacity field size gives some intra-race exotics options to explore without trying to reinvent the wheel. #3 Living Life and #7 City Exile are the logicals underneath but won’t provide big value in the tris and supers. A good chance to wheel the second spot and feather that pair in third and/or fourth perhaps, but value may be found in singling in multi-race bets where the public is more apt to include a few contenders given the field size. Picks 10-3-7Del Mar Race 4 | $300K Del Mar FuturityNothing fancy whatsoever here as Baffert’s odds-on chalk Hughes should add to his Best Pal win. If there’s any chink in the armor, it did take him 22 days to return to the workout tab since that score, while barnmate Domus has been busy and blossoming in the morning. But Juan Hernandez doesn’t get on the wrong one of these for Baffert and he’s with Hughes. Picks 4-5-1.Del Mar Race 5 | maidenWe get back to some potential price action here with #8 Got the Ring, an appealing 8-1 morning line offering. This one ran a strong second here last summer while in the same form cycle – second start and moving sprint to route. The Peter Miller barn has been going well to close the stand and he gets Juan Hernandez, a big riding plus. Look for inside speed from #4 Brazoria (5-1 ML) and this pair to control what could be a modest tempo. Picks 8-4-3-6Del Mar Race 6 | claimingA strong early space could set up nicely for the finishers even though mile races often are taken up top on dirt locally. #2 Shady Tiger was entered for an $81,000 purse Friday but couldn’t draw into the field on the also-eligible list, now dropping in class here for $34,000 and getting a great set-up. Could be a better closing sprinter, but that sprint background might keep him in touch with the leaders and that’s never a terrible thing at a Del Mar dirt mile. Favorite #1 Pioneer Prince’s best races have come with the lead and it could be contentious, so I’ll shop for options. Picks 2-3-9-1Del Mar Race 7 | allowance optional claimingThe pace looks more honest with #4 Delightful Laura and #1 Lady Rider than what #10 Lady in Paris has seen in her 2 domestic starts. She’s come with her run regardless and any additional pace help increases her chances under Antoni Fresu. #8 Upcharge is good exotics value at 12-1 morning line if that race shape unfolds as I see it. Much respect here for Quick Kate off of her last 2 turf mile stakes tries vs. Cal-breds. Picks 10-11-8-4Del Mar Race 8 | $125K Shared BeliefThat 9-5 favorite #3 Desert Gate has been shopped around in easier spots since March isn’t a rousing endorsement when lucrative races like the PA Derby are around the corner. He’s been beaten at 4-5 and 9-5 in his last 2 for Baffert and I’ll try to beat him here. #4 Essos is improving and has put together 99 and 95 BRIS late pace figures in his last 2, making him this field’s best finisher with a win over the track to boot. Picks 4 over 8-3-2-5Del Mar Race 9 | $100K Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf#2 Ogle is beautifully drawn after an impressive debut turf mile rally – no easy task to do without foundation. Her 93 BRIS late pace figure should have her rolling late under Juan Hernandez once again. Give me 6-1 in the morning line. #4 Vanta is the 2-1 morning line favorite as Jeff Mullins’ sprint-to-route turf performers have been on point all meet. Umberto Rispoli chooses this one over Ogle, but I was more impressed by the 2-turn debut winner and we’re looking at a better price. Two-deep in the multi-race bets. Picks 2-4-5-7Del Mar Race 10 | maidenKeep an eye on the also-eligibles at scratch time because #12 D’s Four Thumps Up and #14 Angel’s Ember would both be considerations here if in. #7 Golden Club ran into a bear of a Cal-bred last time in Golden Senry and likely doesn’t find anything close to that Sunday. Strong lean at 3-1 morning line second choice. Rookies #6 Halo Howie and #8 Nashville Champ worth tabbing the toteboard and pre-race looks. Picks 7-14-6-8-12Del Mar Race 11 | starter optional claimingNice 8-1 morning line price play with #5 Rostovsky to close what could be a very good day for Mark Glatt’s barn if we’re right on a few of his chances. The mile trip was too sharp for this one last time and will appreciate the tempo over 9F in a rebound chance making his second start since May against several common rivals. There’s a 4-1 morning line favorite here, so it’s a toss-up kind of race where you’ll want some coverage in the multi-race bets. Picks 5-6-11

Closing week in Saratoga Springs treks on later today with the penultimate card of the summer. The 12-race slate is headlined by a trio of stakes, including the seven-furlong Hopeful (G1) for some of the top 2YO dirt horses in the country. The feature goes as Race 10 making it a key race in all of the late horizontal pools. Here are my thoughts on two of the stakes served up by the New York Racing Association later today and a 2YO MSW event that concludes the early Pick 5.Race 5:A wide-open state-bred MSW for juveniles at 5.5-furlongs is made up of mostly first-time starters. The only runner with experience got very little out of his debut because he completely botched the break costing him several lengths at the start. I will hope Linda Rice makes the trainer title standings that much closer after this one when firster #6 Randee makes his first lifetime start. The $250k OBS April ’26 purchase for Lsu Stables is by Cyberknife out of the dam Take Charge Paula making him a younger half-brother to first-out winner Long Neck Paula. He comes in off a long series of local drills and has as good a chance as anyone to get to the wire first.Play: #6 Randee (4-1 ML)Picks: 6-3-5Race 10: Hopeful (G1)The featured event for juveniles at seven-eighths of a mile is relatively wide-open this year with perhaps the best 2YO on the grounds winning the opener on yesterday’s card. So while there is no U.S.S. Valor in the Hopeful, there are eight probables listed to break from the gate around 5:19 PM this afternoon led by 3-1-ML favorite #3 Booked. The Yaupon colt has done little wrong thus far winning 2 of 4 to start his career, including the Sanford (G3) two months ago for Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen. Asmussen had a big Saturday that included an easy win in the Spinaway (G1) by Summer Starlet. Booked comes in off a well-beaten second in the Saratoga Special (G2) is one I am willing to fade at the price later today since I am not sure how much room for improvement he has at this point in the summer. I will try to beat Booked with #1 The Good Life. The son of Life Is Good debuted in mid-July over this surface for trainer Brad Cox. In that first star, the WinStar homebred showed big speed after the break making the lead and besting a field that included the debut of the highly regarded/well-meant son of Flightline, Powerline. Cox has given the colt time since to recover and prepare for his first start against winners. With a clean break from the rail, he could prove tough to catch once again under jockey Manny Franco.Play: #1 The Good Life (7-2 ML)Picks: 1-7-3Race 11: Disco PartnerThis 5.5-furlong dash named after the NY-bred Patricia Generazio homebred that won 11 of 33 career races is led by 5-2-ML favorite #7 Creditworthy. The Klaravich Stables gelding aims to make it two wins in a row off the layoff for Chad Brown after taking advantage of a favorable flow in his return allowance victory on August 2. He is 4 for 7 in his career and 3 for 3 over this course, but I am concerned that he will not get anywhere near the same setup this afternoon. Last time out, early speeds battling paved the way for off-the-pace runners to make up all three slots in the trifecta, but I will bank on a different race shape in this $150k stakes for horses which have not won a graded stakes event in 2025-2026. I will try to wire the field instead with Pennsylvania-bred #1 Jean Valjean. The Uncle Lino gelding enters after a confidence booster against state-bred foes at Penn National, but prior to that was a non-factor in the same race Creditworthy exits in early August. In that race, jockey Jomar Torres never had a shot to make the lead given the speed signed on and the way race played out, but that should be different in the Disco Partner. Torres is likely to be far more aggressive given the field he encounters and inside draw. Hopefully, the Elizabeth Merryman trainee is ready to run them off their feet in his second local try.Play: #1 Jean Valjean (9-2 ML)Picks: 1-4-7

Northfield Park begins the week with a 15-race card. The $1.00 Late Pick 4 starts in Race 11, and it has a $10,000 guaranteed pool. The Spot Plays are in Race 6, Race 10, and Race 11. Comments and selections below are based on a fast track.Race 6 (7:50 PM EDT)3-Coop A Loop (9/2)-Drew off against this kind on 8-3 and over the next 4 starts faced better without much success. Takes a good drop in class, gets the services of Chris Lems in the bike, and has taken 14 pictures in 49 races at Nfld. Dan Noble (6) and Aaron Merriman (1) drive the program chalks so will look for a square price. This is a spot to shine and could be sitting on a big try.3-6-1Race 10 (9:18 PM EDT)8-Ain't No Fire (4-1)-Left from post 8 last time and was never really in the race versus this company. Faces a different field except for the morning line chalk (2) who came 2nd last time. Will look for an aggressive steer as Merriman takes the lines and that could be enough to make a winning difference.8-1-2Race 11 (9:40 PM EDT)2-Control Sicily (7/2)-Steps up after a sharp win at ScD on 9-1 and has won 4 of 13 at Nfld. Broke stride in 2 straight races when last here in the beginning of August. But the last 2 starts have been sharp, without any miscues, and did beat this kind at Nfld on 7-21. Lands in a nice spot in its return to town and with this post draw could take a picture at a fair price.2-3-6Check me out on X!

EXTRA INCENTIVES$3,000 Exacta-Thon | Kentucky Downs | today’s racesBet $100, Get $10 | Red Shores-Charlottetown (harness) | today’s racesSPECIAL WAGERSSummer Sweep Pick 5 | Gulfstream Races 7-8-10, Kentucky Downs Races 8-9--$1 minimum, 15% takeout, no CAWTOURNAMENT TIME$2,500 Kentucky Downs King of the Turf | details$125 Fun in the Sun (Saratoga/Del Mar) | details$80 Del Mar Feeder | details$40 Canterbury Feeder | detailsNOTABLE CARRYOVERSPick 5 | $66,130 (CAN) | Woodbine | begins Race 2 | 1:30 pm ETJackpot Pick 6 | $54,135 (CAN) | Woodbine | begins Race 4 | 2:36 pm ETSummer Sweep 5 | $5,053 | Gulfstream/Kentucky Downs | begins GP Race 7 | 3:48 pm ETJackpot Super Hi 5 | $81,629 (CAN) | Woodbine | Race 9 | 5:23 pm ETKEY RACESSaratoga | Race 2 | 12:38 pm ET | With Anticipation StakesGulfstream | Race 4 | 2:10 pm ET | Three Ring StakesMonmouth | Race 6 | 3:17 pm ET | Sapling StakesKentucky Downs | Race 6 | 4:21 pm ET | KD Turf Sprint StakesGulfstream | Race 8 | 4:23 pm ET | Express Tour StakesWoodbine | Race 8 | 4:48 pm ET | Singspiel StakesKentucky Downs | Race 7 | 4:56 pm ET | Kentucky Turf Cup | Race of Week AnalysisKentucky Downs | Race 8 | 5:36 pm ET | 1/ST BET Nashville Derby | Bernier AnalysisSaratoga | Race 11 | 5:45 pm ET | Spinaway StakesKentucky Downs | Race 9 | 6:11 pm ET | KD Ladies Turf StakesCanterbury | Race 2 | 6:40 pm ET | Northern Lights Debutante, first of 6 MN-bred stakesKentucky Downs | Race 10 | 6:49 pm ET | Music City StakesDel Mar | Race 7 | 7:33 pm ET | Del Mar Juvenile Turf StakesDel Mar | Race 8 | 8:03 pm ET | Tranquility Lake StakesDel Mar | Race 10 | 9:03 pm ET | Del Mar DebutanteLONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIXColonial Downs | Race 10 | 5:05 pm ETKentucky Downs | Race 10 | 6:49 pm ETDel Mar | Race 7 | 7:33 pm ETTRAINERS TO WATCHBrad Cox | Saratoga | 5 of 6 entrants 9-2 or less oddsDID YOU SEE?Yesterday | Woodbine | favorites won 1 of 7 racesPUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAMScott Shapiro: Saratoga Full-Card Saturday PicksJeremy Plonk: Del Mar Spot Plays for SaturdayJeremy Plonk: Kentucky Downs Saturday Exacta-Thon PlaysFrank Carulli & Brian W. Spencer best bets today in Xpressbet.com member’s section

It’s the biggest day of the 1/ST BET Kentucky Downs racing season with stakes galore and co-features in the $2 million Kentucky Turf Cup and $3 million 1/ST BET Nashville Derby.The 1/ST BET and Xpressbet daily $3,000 Exacta-Thon continues. Be sure to register for your chance at the bonus cash with winning exactas ($2 minimum) in at least 3 of races.Let’s get to work.Kentucky Downs: Race 6 | 4:21 pm ET#10 My Boy Prince (9-2 morning line odds) is super-consistent in turf sprints and should get a fast pace to close into. Horses prepped at Colonial typically offer overlay value at this meeting and it never hurts to retain John Velazquez through the transition.Exacta-Thon plays: 10 over 1,4,6Kentucky Downs: Race 7 | 4:56 pm ET#7 Burnham Square (2-1 morning line odds) will be tested for class against 4 international shippers, but he’s been America’s best turf horse this year and I expect old-school trainer Ian Wilkes to have him peaking in a money race like this. Defending champ #8 Ole Crazy Bone obviously proven over the trip and track for a Mike Maker barn that’s won this race 6 times. I’ll stand against the international runners, who’ve yet to win the Kentucky Turf Cup.Exacta-Thon plays: 7,8 with 7,8,3Kentucky Downs: Race 10 | 6:49 pm ET#3 Ground Support (10-1 morning line odds) debuted a 100-1 winner here last year and should love the cut-back in trip after a curious trip in the San Clemente at Del Mar. Bullet works since are encouraging. Offspring of Army Mule have won 31% over this turf course the last 5 years and I’ll hang my hat here. Love the Kantharos offspring on this course sprinting so beware #7 Somerset West cutting back in trip out of that same San Clemente. Great chance to get longshots involved here.Exacta-Thon plays: Key-box 3 with 1,7,12,10Kentucky Downs: Race 11 | 7:23 pm ET#1 Grade A (9-2 morning line odds) is another Army Mule filly that could pop Saturday at Kentucky Downs. She was an even fourth over the course last year and comes into her return in arguably better form in recent starts. The 7-furlong distance appears to be her best trip and will be finishing strong under Luan Machado.Exacta-Thon plays: 1 over 2,5,6,7