1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Monday, May 27, 2024

‍EXTRA INCENTIVES
$5,000 Late Pick 4 Hit & Split | Santa Anita
May $20K Sweepstakes | win up to a $1,000 betting voucher

TOURNAMENT TIME
$1,500 Gold Cup Challenge  (Santa Anita) | details
$80 Belmont at the Big A Feeder | details

SCHEDULE NOTES
Pimlico | closing day of Preakness Meet
Belmont at Aqueduct | final day before racing shifts to Saratoga’s Belmont Festival

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Mandatory Payout Pick 6 | $384,474 | Pimlico | begins Race 4 | 1:58 pm ET
Pick 6 | $44,201 | Belmont at the Big A | begins Race 4 | 2:35 pm ET

1/ST BET AI MOST LIKELY HOLLYWOOD GOLD CUP WINNER
Santa Anita | Race 10 | 8:30 pm ET | #5 Mr. Fisk (32%)

KEY RACES
Belmont at the Big A | Race 2 | 1:34 pm ET | Wonder Again Stakes
Finger Lakes | Race 7 | 4:09 pm ET | George W. Barker Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 8 | 4:22 pm ET | Winning Colors Stakes
Monmouth | Race 8 | 4:23 pm ET | Mr. Prospector Stakes
Santa Anita | Race 9 | 8:00 pm ET | Gamely Stakes
Santa Anita | Race 10 | 8:30 pm ET | Hollywood Gold Cup
Santa Anita | Race 11 | 9:00 pm ET | Shoemaker Mile

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Pimlico | Race 2 | 12:56 pm ET
Santa Anita | Race 1 | 4:00 pm ET
Belmont at Aqueduct | Race 7 | 4:11 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Jamie Ness | Pimlico, Monmouth, Parx | 8 of 9 entrants 4-1 or less morning line

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Belmont at Aqueduct | Race 9 | nation’s highest-paying exacta ($974), trifecta ($7,081) and superfecta ($92,663)

PUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAM
Jeff Siegel: What You Need to Know – Santa Anita | Monday, May 27, 2024
Jeremy Plonk: Pimlico $384K Carryover Pick 6 Analysis | Monday, May 27, 2024
Frank Carulli & Brian W. Spencer Sunday best bets available in Xpressbet.com member’s section

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