SCHEDULE NOTESSanta Anita | announced that Monday racing will be added due to Thursday’s power outage cancellationSPECIAL WAGERSCoast-to-Coast Pick 5 | Gulfstream Races 8-9; Santa Anita Races 3-5-7Sunset 6 | Gulfstream Races 7-8-9; Santa Anita Races 7-8-9TOURNAMENT TIME$100 NYRA feeder | details$40 Santa Anita feeder | detailsNOTABLE CARRYOVERSSuper Hi 5 | $5,371 | Churchill Downs | Race 2 | 1:14 pm ET--Santa Anita will have mandatory payouts on SundayKEY RACESSanta Anita | Race 7 | 7:02 pm ET | Possibly Perfect StakesPrairie Meadows | Race 5 | 7:42 pm ET | Jack Bishop StakesPrairie Meadows | Race 7 | 8:34 pm ET | Panthers StakesPrairie Meadows | Race 9 | 9:26 pm ET | Prairie Rose StakesLONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIXLaurel | Race 6 | 2:23 pm ETWoodbine | Race 5 | 3:00 pm ETEvangeline Downs | Race 5 | 8:18 pm ETTRAINERS TO WATCHGeorge Weaver | Aqueduct, Prairie Meadows | 4 of 5 entrants 3-1 or less oddsDID YOU SEE?Yesterday | Aqueduct | jockey Manny Franco | 4 wins, 2 seconds from 8 mountsPUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAMScott Shapiro: Santa Anita Spot Plays for FridayFrank Carulli: Gulfstream Park Rainbow 6 Analysis for FridayFrank Carulli & Brian W. Spencer best bets today in Xpressbet.com member’s section

After an early start to the final week of the winter-spring season at Santa Anita Park yesterday, they are back at it in Arcadia with a 9-race card that kicks off at 4PM eastern/1PM local time. The card is headlined by the $100,000 Possibly Perfect Stakes at 1 1/4-miles over the Hillside Turf Course and makes up the second leg of Friday’s All-Turf Pick 3. Here are a few horses I plan to build my day around.Race 1:The top two choices on the morning line are likely to be tough in this 5-furlong turf event for state-bred MSW foes. 6-5-favorite #4 Zip Me Up bested #6 Sacred Sound last month in a race where the speeds did not hang around late. I like Sacred Sound though to turn the tables in the rematch. The Altamira Racing Stable filly was returning off a 9-month break for Peter Miller last out and ran like it. She broke just okay and then struggled to relax leaving her with little left when the real running started, but I expect better in the opener. Her early speed, the cutback to 5-panels, and the move to Juan Hernandez all spell trouble for this field of non-winners assuming she can get out of the gate in good order.Play: #6 Sacred Sound (2-1 ML)Picks: 6-4-5Race 5:This state-bred MSW at 6.5-furlongs over the Santa Anita grass appears more wide-open than the morning line suggests. That is because I am not in love with taking anything close to the 9-5-ML offering on career maiden #10 Booked Clubhouse. The Sean McCarthy trainee has hit the board in 4 of his 8 starts, but lacks speed and has burnt a decent amount of coin along the way. He will eventually find his friends, but it will not be with my backing. I will try to beat him with #6 Owl. The son of Sir Prancealot makes his second career start after a solid run at odds of 40-1 to finish fourth on debut. Veteran conditioner Neil Drysdale adds the blinkers, which hopefully leads to enough improvement to handle this large field of non-winners. I will take my chances it does at his morning line price or higher.Play: #6 Owl (5-1 ML)Picks: 6-1-10Race 7: Possibly PerfectMy final play of the afternoon in Arcadia comes in the aforementioned feature at 10-furlongs over the lawn where I like #3 Innovative. This group of nine set to go to post at 4:02 local time lacks early speed and I am hopeful it is jockey Ricky Gonzalez that takes advantage. The daughter of Complexity broke fine from her inside draw last out going one-mile in the Royal Heroine (G3), but was not ridden for early speed in a race that was always going to set far quicker fractions than this one. With the knowledge that this is a quarter mile longer and her best chance to get the distance is to get to the front and carry her speed all the way much like she did in her maiden breaker at 1 1/8-miles a little over a year ago over this same turf, the mission should be obvious. With an inside draw and the probable race shape, I am hopeful it is Gonzalez that gets to the front early and dictates terms throughout. If so, Innovative stands a very good chance of springing the minor upset.Play: #3 Innovative (5-1 ML)Picks: 3-2-8

The Meadowlands has a 14-race card featuring Graduate Series and New Jersey Sires Stakes action. Comments and selection below are based on a fast track.Race 6 (8:40 PM EDT)1-Emmas Mystery CCL (6-1)-This will be the 4th start off the bench and has raced well in 2 of 3, the exception was on a sloppy track. Put in a big try last time leaving from the 8 hole to finish 3rd. Will look for a kinder trip with the improved post draw and should offer a square price.5-Respect N Honor (6-1)-Has been a bridesmaid in the last 2. Dexter Dunn drives for his 2nd straight and can be in the hunt at the wire.8-Naked And Famous (3-1)-Won from the rail last time. This post draw hurts chances for another picture, but could still hit the ticket with a sharp steer.Exacta 1,5,8 BoxPicks: 1,5,8Race 8 (9:30 PM EDT)6-Super Chapter (5/2)-Banked over $1.2 million last year, put in a qualifier at M1 on 5-22 and won easily in 153.1. Another tune-up afterwards would have been nice but doesn't need to be dialed on high to beat this crew. Draws a choice starting slot and hopefully the program price holds up.5-Monserrate (7/2)-Comes off 2 sharp wins, the last at Mohawk. Jason Bartlett will have in play and can be in the mix at the wire.8-Mr Mouton (9/2)-Yannick Gingras will have the pedal down. Does have the gate speed to get a good early seat. Should be rolling hard late and will use underneath at a square price.Exacta 6/5,8Picks: 6,5,8Race 10 (10:20 PM EDT)3-Apex (9/5)-Was bet down to 4/5 last time and left from post 11. Dexter Dunn can make the most of this post draw. Looks like a winner with a smooth trip.4-Diabolic Hill (3-1)-This the 2nd start off the bench after a Judges scratch on 5-23 and appeared short last time. Could improve and hit the bottom of the exacta.6-American Power (9/2)-Winner of 3 straight will be tested. Could see the streak ending but still being in the hunt.Exacta 3/4,6Picks: 3,4,6Check me out on X!

We have reached the final Saturday of the winter-spring season at Santa Anita Park where the Great Race Place has a solid 12-race card set to go to post at 4 pm ET / 1 pm local time. The card is headlined by a pair of graded stakes that make up 40% of the late Pick 5 sequence that gets started in Race 8. Here are a few horses I like most.Race 8: Daytona (G3)My first play comes in this event down the Hillside Turf Course where the pace should be honest given the presence of #5 Irish Royalty and #6 Modus Bestia. Of the two, Irish Royalty enters this $100k stakes race for 3YOs and up in the better form having won 2 in a row and 3 of 4 for Doug O’Neill. Last time out, she beat #8 Anmer Hall to the wire in a second-level allowance event over this same course. The difference though was the configuration. That race was conducted at 6-furlongs where this one will be over the unique 6.5-furlong course that Anmer Hall has had a lot of success over. In fact, the 7YO gelding has won 3 times down the hill and also has a victory over the unique Kentucky Downs turf at the same distance. The Peter Eurton trainee ran out of room last time after being forced to wait momentarily before finding clear sailing and now gets back to his preferred trip. It also is a positive he puts back-to-back races together for the first time since last fall. I like his chances quite a bit under regular rider Antonio Fresu.Play: #8 Anmer Hall (8-1 ML)Picks: 8-11-12Race 10:This first-level allowance at 1 1/8-miles over the Santa Anita sod has absolutely no early speed signed on. Therefore, finding runners that will not be attempting to come from well out of it makes the most sense. I landed on #4 Midnight Strike after combining form, talent, and likely trip. The son of American Pharoah makes his third start of the form cycle after finishing second in a one-mile race where they went way faster early than they will in this race. Midnight Strike brought well that day, but wisely was taken back well off the quick pace by Joel Rosario. Rosario has been a great rider over his career, but his lack of aggressiveness is probably not ideal for this spot, so I like the move back to jockey Armando Ayuso with Rosario opting to ride morning line favorite #6 Atomic Age. With the added ground and a field that has far less early zip, it is likely that Midnight Strike’s natural speed will put him in a good spot early. The upside is still there for the Thor-bred Stables gelding. He should be set for his best.Play: #4 Midnight Strike (9-2 ML)Picks: 4-2-1Race 11: Summertime Oaks (G3)The second graded stakes on the Saturday agenda is this two-turn event for 3YO fillies over the main track where second-time starter #1 Mizumi was made the heavy 4-5-favorite off of her win going 6.5-furlongs over this surface on May 2. The daughter of Justify has every right to move forward with the added ground, but will be an underlay on the step up in class and stretch out in distance regardless of result. I will take a shot against her with a filly I have been high on since her debut win at Churchill Downs over the off going last November. #7 Marjoram also has to prove the two-turn question, but should offer better value. Emisael Jaramillo takes over on the Michael McCarthy trainee with Juan Hernandez opting to ride Mizumi. Hernandez gave Marjoram a brilliant ride last out, but Jaramillo has been awesome over his first six months in Southern California. Hopefully, Hernandez choosing to ride the favorite helps our price.Play: #7 Marjoram (3-1 ML)Picks: 7-1-6

It’s a 6-stakes Saturday at Delaware Park as the local Derby and Oaks highlight the big card in the First State. The nation’s top riders will be here, including Irad Ortiz Jr., Jose Ortiz, John Velazquez and Luis Saez. First post is 12:20 pm ET with a dozen races offered, including a late pick 5 in which horseplayers at Xpressbet and 1/ST BET can take advantage of a $2,500 Hit & Split promotion.Let’s get to work.Race 8: $150,000 Obeah StakesKey local Delaware Handicap prep lured 8 entries with Brad Cox (#6 Chasten) and Bob Baffert (#7 Cash Call) always formidable. Cash Call makes her second start off the layoff with a perfect allowance sprint prep. She won sprint-to-route in the Summertime Oaks around this time last year at Santa Anita. Chasen was even against tougher in the La Troienne on the Kentucky Oaks undercard at Churchill when snapping a 2-race winning streak. She fits here and will be moving late. Rail speed from #1 Amalfi Drive, another impeccable Godolphin home-bred could play well exiting a pair of 1-turn races while in sharp form.Race 9: $200,000 Cape Henlopen StakesI was head over heels for #1 Desvio when he returned to Keeneland for the Elkhorn in April, only to run a big second that paled to the monster performance of Burnham Square that day. Trainer Madison Meyers could have stayed home in Maryland for the Henry S. Clark and prep toward the Dinner Party at Laurel on Preakness Day, but took the confident bite of the apple instead. That leaves Desvio in excellent timing now for the Cape Henlopen and a summer campaign. Also note John Velazquez passes up the mount on Todd Pletcher’s Grande at Monmouth in the Salvator Mile to take on these Delaware assignments. Desvio will be my single in a race in which #8 Soleil Volant, #5 Just a Touch (who may struggle with 12 furlongs) and #4 Il Siciliano would be the backup options in case of a scratch.Race 10: $300,000 Delaware Derby#3 Out of the Woods has been a vastly improved horse in his 2 starts since leaving California for Phil D’Amago and should be able to get to the rail with early speed here and reduce a lot of variables in his first stakes start. John Velazquez rode to a Kentucky Derby Day allowance score at Churchill and has a great knack for piloting rail speed and floating rivals on the clubhouse turn, taking an edge. #5 Sovereign Law was a half-length back of the top pick in Louisville and Brad Cox turns the reins over to Irad Ortiz Jr., a move clearly capable of erasing the deficit all things equal. #4 Litmus Test hasn’t been anywhere near the colt at 3 that many expected to see after a solid juvenile campaign. Bob Baffert turns to Jose Ortiz fresh off a Belmont Stakes victory last Saturday.Race 11: $300,000 Delaware OaksSeveral good options exist in this 1-1/16 miles Grade 3 test that includes alumnae of the Kentucky Oaks, Black-Eyed Susan, Eight Belles and Beaumont. Delaware can be a deeper surface that not all shippers take to, so Black-Eyed Susan runner-up #1 Jumping the Gun’s 3-for-4 local record last year could be a valuable bullet in the holster. Though both exiting sprints, #7 Luv Your Neighbor and #9 Sneaky Good ran very well against better competition in the Fair Grounds Oaks and Honeybee around 2 turns earlier in the spring. Both can be big factors on the return to the route game. #2 Pashmina is well-drawn and twice finished just behind Love Your Neighbor, though the move to red-hot Jose Ortiz could spell a reversal.Race 12: maidenA field of 10 turf route maidens line up (plus a main-track only entrant) in the nightcap. #3 Sound Bite gets an excellent post after a couple of even Florida efforts. Trainer Miguel Clement’s barn is going very well of late and it could be graduation day. #9 Scanner was his own worst enemy in his Laurel debut. Trainer Graham Motion got him off the training center at Fair Hill and worked locally in the 4 weeks since and perhaps gets his mind right with Irad Ortiz Jr. taking the return call. I’ll hold with that pair while considering #11 Don’t Tell Tim and #4 Practical Joker has viable alternatives in case of scratches.The Ticket:6,7,1 with 1 with 3,4,5 with 1,7,9,2 with 3,9 = $36 for 50 cents

Gulfstream Park’s synthetic track will get a workout this Friday. Those who figure out what horses will run well over it could get a lucrative bonus. Five of the races that comprise the Rainbow Pick 6 wager will be run on the Tapeta surface, setting the stage for a 20-cent wager that begins with $32,594 in the carryover pool.Gulfstream Park 4th Race (2:26 p.m. EST)NOAH’S DREAM carried his speed to win and a near miss from post 10 for his new barn and is a must-use on the ticket at 10-1 off a :34-4/5 workout. ROCKINGHAM JOE, intent to vacate the rail early, sustained a 4-wide rally until deep stretch but settled for his fourth consecutive in-the-money finish this year. He’s 1-for-25 but the same move with an alert start puts him in the winning mix. VELOCIRAPTOR, dismissed at 5-2 odds or less in eight starts since 2025, broke through with a photo-finish victory in a ‘key’ race at this distance after nine months away. He’s at the right level and should sit an ideal stalking trip off a runner-up finish at the $25,000 level.Gulfstream Park 5th Race (2:58 p.m. EST)NO OTHER LIKE YOU ran second from on and off the pace in her last two starts on turf. But she has a good route race to summon when she last tested the Tapeta surface, breaking sharply, settling into an ideal ground-saving position but lacking room in the final quarter of a mile when finishing third. LOGISTICS, shuffled to mid-pack in a slow-paced long sprint on the grass, made a menacing move between runners to lead between calls in late stretch, only to be out-kicked to the wire. Like her off-the-pace tactics better on a surface on which she won four times. ILLANA will likely get more play than her 8-1 morning line, having sandwiched a pair of photo-finish setbacks on turf around an easy maiden win at this distance on Tapeta. But she’s not included on our Rainbow Pick 6 ticket, considering the rivals she defeated are a combined 59/0-5-9 to date.Gulfstream Park 6th Race (3:31 p.m. EST)MODERN BEAUTY showed sharp speed, braced for the challenge of an even-money, first-time starter from the Saffie Joseph Jr. barn and finished a clear second in a promising debut on conventional dirt at Tampa Bay Downs. If she transitions to the synthetic surface, she should live up to favoritism and graduate today.Gulfstream Park 7th Race (4:04 p.m. EST) BLUE SLIDE PARK fits well on his best effort but hasn’t shown much in four starts since a voided claim. He starts fresh for new connections and gets in light-weighted with some betting value attached. O’CAPTAIN, third in the 2022 Fountain of Youth (G-2), has yet to finish 1-2 on a fast dirt track and is winless at one mile, but a duplicate of a half-length setback last out on a ‘good’ strip makes him the one to beat.Gulfstream Park 8th Race (4:34 p.m. EST)PRIVATE THOUGHTS ran 1-2-3 in consecutive six-figure route races on the Tapeta track to near $400k in earnings in 20 starts. He fired a blank as the favorite in a follow-up turf race but he gets back on Lasix and could get back on the winning track today. BAIL US OUT, second to Private Thoughts when last seen in December, could do just that in the rematch. He’s a steady, upper-80 Beyer and multiple Grade 3 placed going long. PAPA GOLF got first run and held off a trio of closers to win off a 10-month layoff. His dam, Saharan, was a stakes-placed sprinter and $179k earner as a 3-year-old. His trainer, Jose D’Angelo, won 194 races the last three years with turf-to-synthetic runners.Gulfstream Park 9th Race (5:05 p.m. EST)Hitting the ‘ALL’ button in the finale, hoping the Rainbow is in sight.Suggested Rainbow Pick 6GP 4th Race: 3, 4, 6GP 5th Race: 5, 9GP 6th Race: 6GP 7th Race: 3, 6GP 8th Race: 2, 5, 6GP 9th Race: ALLCost for a 20-Cent Ticket: $73.20

EXTRA INCENTIVESBet $100, Get $10 | Horseshoe Indianapolis | today’s racesSCHEDULE NOTESSanta Anita | special Thursday card to kick off closing weekTOURNAMENT TIME$100 NYRA feeder | details$40 Santa Anita feeder | details$40 Canterbury Park feeder | detailsNOTABLE CARRYOVERSPick 6 | $23,617 | Aqueduct | begins Race 3 | 2:12 pm ETJackpot Pick 6 | $153,994 | Thistledown | begins Race 3 | 1:50 pm ETKEY RACESSanta Anita | Race 2 | 4:33 pm ET | Desert Stormer StakesSanta Anita | Race 8 | 7:36 pm ET | Affirmed StakesLONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIXSanta Anita | Race 6 | 6:36 pm ETWoodbine | Race 8 | 6:39 pm ETChurchill Downs | Race 8 | 8:23 pm ETTRAINERS TO WATCHTony Rengstorf | Canterbury Park | all 5 entrants 9-2 or less oddsDID YOU SEE?Yesterday | Horseshoe Indy | favorites won 5 of 8 Thoroughbred racesPUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAMScott Shapiro: Santa Anita Spot Plays for ThursdayJeremy Plonk: Horseshoe Indy Bet $100, Get $10 Spot Plays for ThursdayFrank Carulli & Brian W. Spencer best bets today in Xpressbet.com member’s section

Throughout June, Tuesdays and Thursdays heat up at 1/ST BET and Xpressbet with our Summertime Scores promotion. Bet $100, Get $10 on select tracks this month. Next up Thursday will be Horseshoe Indianapolis. Here’s how I’ll approach Indy with an assist from the Betmix Angler database.Horseshoe Indy Race 3 | 3:12 pm ET#2 Stormy Paradise (5-1 morning line odds) drops in class after being overmatched in Kentucky. Trainer Ed Moger Jr. has been on point with his runners spotted in Indy in recent weeks and note this one’s good third here last May over the course and distance. Prefer her on turf to Moger stablemate #4 Fancy Fascinator, who does get the barn’s local A-rider. Win bet #2. Exacta box 2-4. Picks 2-4-3Horseshoe Indy Race 7 | 5:16 pm ET#3 Illini (10-1 morning line odds) is a 5-time winner who could not fit the eligibility conditions of this race any tighter. Second start for Brittany Vanden Berg off the claim and should appreciate the class drop from Churchill. A winner here in April wire-to-wire and expected to show speed. Win-place bet #3. Picks 3-6-8Eligible tracks and days:• Thursday, June 11 // Horseshoe Indianapolis• Tuesday, June 16 // Mountaineer• Thursday, June 18 // Canterbury• Tuesday, June 23 // Thistledown• Thursday, June 25 // Colonial Downs• Tuesday, June 30 // Fort Erie