1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Friday, May 2, 2025

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PREAKNESS FUTURE WAGER
Available now through Kentucky Derby Day

EXTRA INCENTIVES
$10,000 Exacta-Thon | Churchill Downs | today’s races

TOURNAMENT TIME
$40 Santa Anita feeder | details

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Jackpot Pick 6 | $205,270 | Gulfstream Park | begins Race 4 | 2:16 pm ET
-- Gulfstream mandatory payout scheduled for Sunday

1/ST BET AI MOST LIKELY SANTA ANITA WINNER
Santa Anita | Race 1 | 4:00 pm ET | #6 Hudson Ridge (30%)

KEY RACES
Churchill Downs | Race 5 | 1:03 pm ET | Edgewood Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 6 | 1:42 pm ET | Alysheba Stakes
Aqueduct | Race 3 | 2:11 pm ET | Sheepshead Bay Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 7 | 2:23 pm ET | La Troienne Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 8 | 3:12 pm ET | Modesty Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 9 | 4:07 pm ET | Eight Belles Stakes
Oaklawn Park | Race 8 | 4:50 pm ET | Lake Hamilton Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 10 | 4:51 pm ET | Unbridled Sidney Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 11 | 5:51 pm ET | Kentucky Oaks | Meet the Contenders
Oaklawn Park | Race 11 | 6:40 pm ET | Bachelor Stakes
Evangeline Downs | Race 8 | 9:40 pm ET | Evangeline Distaff Stakes

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Churchill Downs | Race 9 | 4:07 pm ET
Aqueduct | Race 8 | 5:08 pm ET
Santa Anita | Race 8 | 7:40 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Graham Motion | Aqueduct, Laurel | 4 of 5 entrants 5-1 or less morning line

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Aqueduct, Churchill Downs | trainer Brad Cox | 3 wins, 1 second from 6 starters

PUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAM
Jeff Siegel: Churchill Downs Full-Card Analysis | Friday, May 2, 2025
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Scott Shapiro: Churchill Downs Exacta-Thon Plays | Friday-Saturday
Jeff Siegel: Santa Anita Full-Card Analysis | Friday, May 2, 2025
Frank Carulli & Brian W. Spencer Friday best bets available in Xpressbet.com member’s section

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