1/ST BET AI Picks: National Stakes Races | Saturday, July 9, 2022

Saturday’s national stakes menu is loaded coast to coast. To assist your handicapping, top selections provided by the 1/ST BET app measure each contender against the 10 leading factors for each race. The 1/ST BET app looks at 52 handicapping factors and more than 200,000 past races to determine its AI selections.

You can use the automated handicapping factors, or create your own factor filters to incorporate angles you prefer. Full-card selections can be found in the 1/ST BET app. We’ve included the official track

Delaware Park // Race 7 // 3:30 pm ET // $500,000 Delaware Handicap

#4 Battle Bling (3-1) // 32%W
#7 Miss Leslie (2-1) // 18%W
#5 Microcap (4-1) // 15%W
#1 Let’s Cruise (8-1) // 12%W

Belmont Park // Race 7 // 4:06 pm ET // $700,000 Belmont Oaks Invitational

#1 McKuluck (6-1) // 25%W
#3 Haughty (5-1) // 15%W
#5 Consumer Spending (5-1) // 12%W
#6 New Year’s Eve (6-1) // 12%W

Belmont Park // Race 9 // 5:12 pm ET // $1 million Belmont Derby Invitational

#3 Napoleonic War (10-1) // 21%W
#4 Classic Causeway (12-1) // 12%W
#10 Nations Pride (5-1) // 10%W
#11 Emmanuel (6-1) // 10%W

Gulfstream Park // Race 10 // 5:27 pm ET // $75,000 Carry Back Stakes

#1 Octane (5-2) // 30%W
#6 Strike Hard (6-1) // 19%W
#2 Steal Sunshine (8-1) // 14%W
#5 Cattin (4-1) // 12%W

Horseshoe Indianapolis // Race 12 // 6:40 pm ET // $300,000 Indiana Derby

#6 Rattle N Roll (5-2) // 25%W
#7 Best Actor (4-1) // 22%W
#9 Un Ojo (6-1) // 17%W
#4 King Ottoman (5-1) // 9%W

Los Alamitos // Race 9 // 9:07 pm ET // $125,000 Los Alamitos Derby

#3 Slow Down Andy (8-5) // 31%W
#1 Win the Day (10-1) // 25%W
#5 High Connection (2-1) // 18%W
#2 Got Thunder (8-1) // 15%W

Prairie Meadows // Race 8 // 10:09 pm ET // $250,000 Iowa Derby

#5 Conagher (4-1) // 28%W
#3 Major General (2-1) // 15%W
#8 Ain’t Life Grand (10-1) // 11%W
#9 Rattle N Roll (3-1) // 11%W ** reported to scratch **

Prairie Meadows // Race 9 // 10:38 pm ET // $300,000 Cornhusker Handicap

#5 Warrant (8-5) // 32%W
#1 Flash of Mischief (6-1) // 21%W
#3 Silver Prospector (5-2) // 20%W
#2 Officiating (4-1) // 14%W

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