1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Saturday, August 13, 2022

EXTRA INCENTIVES
$2,500 Hit & Split | Churchill Downs Middle Pick 4 | begins Race 5 | 3:01 pm ET
$2,500 Hit & Split | Churchill Downs Late Pick 5 | begins Race 7 | 4:09 pm ET
$5,000 Hit & Split | Churchill Downs Late Pick 4 | begins Race 8 | 4:43 pm ET
$3,000 Hit & Split | Canterbury Park Early Pick 4 | begins Race 1 | 6:10 pm ET
$2,000 Hit & Split | Canterbury Park Pick 5 | begins Race 5 | 8:10 pm ET

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Mandatory Payout Pick 6 | Gulfstream | $311,589 | begins Race 6 | 3:07 pm ET
Super High 5 | Del Mar | $19,391 | Race 10 | 9:34 pm ET

KEY RACES
Saratoga | Race 4 | 2:31 pm ET | $200,000 Saratoga Special | 2-year-olds
Churchill Downs | Race 5 | 3:01 pm ET | $500,000 Beverly D Stakes | F&M turfers
Churchill Downs | Race 11 | 6:25 pm ET | $1,000,000 Arlington Million | turf routers
Saratoga | Race 10 | 6:13 pm ET | $500,000 Fourstardave Stakes | turf milers
Del Mar | Race 6 | 7:34 pm ET | $250,000 Yellow Ribbon Stakes | F&M turfers
Del Mar | Race 9 | 9:04 pm ET | $200,000 Sorrento Stakes | 2-year-old fillies
Canterbury Park | Race 7 | 9:10 pm ET | $300,000 Minnesota Derby | MN-bred 3-year-olds

SARATOGA – MOST LIKELY WINNER FROM 1/ST BET
Saratoga | Race 4 | 2:47 pm ET | #4 Gulfport | 31% Win Projection

GULFSTREAM – MOST LIKELY WINNER FROM 1/ST BET
Gulfstream | Race 10 | 5:31 pm ET | #6 Dean Delivers| 30% Win Projection

DEL MAR – MOST LIKELY WINNER FROM 1/ST BET
Del Mar | Race 9 | 9:04 pm ET | #6 Absolutely Zero | 32% Win Projection

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Churchill | Race 6 | 3:35 pm ET
Woodbine | Race 8 | 4:54 pm ET | $150,000 Bold Venture Stakes
Saratoga | Race 8 | 5:03 pm ET

TRAINER TO WATCH
Chad Brown |Saratoga (first post 1:05 pm ET), Churchill (first post 12:45 pm ET), Monmouth (first post 12:15 pm ET) | 9 of 12 entrants 3-1 or less ML

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Gulfstream Park | Races 1-3-4-6 | jockey Miguel Vaszquez 4 winners

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