1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Saturday, August 16, 2025

‍EXTRA INCENTIVES
$3,000 Exacta-Thon | Woodbine | today’s races
1 Million 1/ST Rewards Points Hit & Split | Red Shores-Charlottetown | Late Pick 4
1 Million 1/ST Rewards Points Hit & Split | Emerald Downs | Late Pick 4
Woodbine Mile VIP Trip Sweepstakes | every $20 bet at WO earns an entry

TOURNAMENT TIME
$1,000 Woodbine King’s Plate Challenge | details
$125 Saratoga/Del Mar Fun in the Sun Week 5 | details
$40 Saratoga feeder | details
$40 Del Mar feeder | details
$40 Canterbury feeder | details
$40 Charles Town feeder | details

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Jackpot Pick 6 | $132,815 | Ellis Park | begins Race 5 | 2:44 pm ET
Jackpot Pick 6 | $49,073 | Gulfstream Park | begins Race 6 | 3:36 pm ET
Pick 6 | $79,373 | Del Mar | begins Race 5 | 7:03 pm ET
Jackpot Super Hi 5 | $77,397 | Prairie Meadows | Race 10 | 10:52 pm ET

1/ST BET AI MOST LIKELY KING’S PLATE WINNER
Woodbine | Race 9 | 5:34 pm ET | #4 Scorching (21%)

KEY RACES
Colonial Downs | Race 5 | 2:32 pm ET | Find Stakes
Monmouth | Race 5 | 2:51 pm ET | Iselin Stakes
Woodbine | Race 5 | 2:55 pm ET | Catch a Glimpse Stakes
Woodbine | Race 7 | 4:14 pm ET | E.P. Taylor Stakes
Colonial Downs | Race 9 | 4:33 pm ET | All Brandy Stakes
Woodbine | Race 8 | 4:49 pm ET | Bold Venture Stakes
Saratoga | Race 9 | 5:11 pm ET | Skidmore Stakes
Woodbine | Race 9 | 5:34 pm ET | King’s Plate
Saratoga | Race 10 | 5:44 pm ET | Alabama Stakes
Gulfstream | Race 10 | 5:51 pm ET | Sheer Drama Stakes
Woodbine | Race 10 | 6:11 pm ET | King Edward Stakes
Woodbine | Race 11 | 6:44 pm ET | Soaring Free Stakes
Del Mar | Race 8 | 8:33 pm ET | Del Mar Oaks
Prairie Meadows | Race 9 | 10:26 pm ET | Freshman Stakes

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Colonial Downs | Race 8 | 4:05 pm ET
Saratoga | Race 12 | 6:49 pm ET
Remington Park | Race 5 | 8:52 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Brad Cox | Ellis, Saratoga, Monmouth, Indy | 7 of 8 entrants 5-1 or less odds

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Evangeline Downs | Race 5 | nation’s highest-paying trifecta ($3,136) and superfecta ($27,979)

PUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAM
Scott Shapiro: Saratoga Late Pick 4 Analysis for Saturday
Scott Shapiro: Woodbine Exacta-Thon Plays for King’s Plate Day Saturday
Brian W. Spencer: Del Mar Spot Plays for Saturday
Frank Carulli & Brian W. Spencer Saturday best bets available in Xpressbet.com member’s section

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