1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Saturday, August 17, 2024

‍EXTRA INCENTIVES
2 Million 1/ST Rewards Points Hit & Split | Woodbine | pick 5 (Races 6-10)
$10 Money-Back Special | Saratoga Races 5 and 10 | up to $10 back if win bet finishes 2nd, 3rd
$10 Money-Back Special | Pocono Downs | Races 10,11,12,13 | up to $10 back if win bet finishes 2nd, 3rd
$10 Money-Back Special | Red Shores Charlottetown | Races 12 and 14 | up to $10 back if win bet finishes 2nd, 3rd

TOURNAMENT TIME
$125 Fun in the Sun (Saratoga/Del Mar) | details
$1,000 Woodbine King’s Plate Challenge | details
$300 California Crown Betting Challenge Feeder (Del Mar) | details

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Super Hi 5 | $9,093 | Ellis Park | Race 1 | 12:50 pm ET
Pick 6 | $12,240 | Colonial Downs | begins Race 4 | 2:58 pm ET
Mandatory Payout Pick 6 | $189,337 | Gulfstream Park | begins Race 6 | 3:36 pm ET
Super Hi 5 | $40,114 | Belterra Park | Race 8 | 4:05 pm ET
Mandatory Payout Pick 6 | $55,128 | Woodbine | begins Race 8 | 4:23 pm ET
Pick 5 | $24,301 | Horseshoe Indianapolis | begins Race 4 | 6:30 pm ET
Mandatory Payout Super Hi 5 | $12,278 | Woodbine | Race 13 | 7:30 pm ET
Super Hi 5 | $19,167 | Del Mar | Race 10 | 9:32 pm ET

1/ST BET AI MOST LIKELY ALABAMA WINNER
Saratoga | Race 10 | 5:43 pm ET | #7 Candied (31%)

KEY RACES
Woodbine | Race 6 | 3:03 pm ET | Soaring Free Stakes
Woodbine | Race 7 | 3:43 pm ET | Bold Venture Stakes
Monmouth | Race 8 | 4:16 pm ET | Iselin Stakes
Woodbine | Race 8 | 4:23 pm ET | King Edward Stakes
Monmouth | Race 9 | 4:46 pm ET | Select Stakes
Saratoga | Race 9 | 5:04 pm ET | Lake Placid Stakes
Woodbine | Race 10 | 5:29 pm ET | Catch a Glimpse Stakes
Saratoga | Race 10 | 5:43 pm ET | Alabama Stakes
Gulfstream Park | Race 10 | 5:52 pm ET | Sheer Drama Handicap
Woodbine | Race 11 | 6:10 pm ET | King’s Plate | Plonk Picks
Del Mar | Race 8 | 8:32 pm ET | Del Mar Oaks
Red Shores-Charlottetown (harness) | Race 14 | 9:20 pm ET | Gold Cup & Saucer Stakes

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Saratoga | Race 6 | 3:20 pm ET
Laurel Park | Race 7 | 3:30 pm ET
Colonial Downs | Race 6 | 4:04 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Isidro Tamayo | Santa Rosa | 9 of 10 entrants 5-1 or less morning line

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Saratoga | jockey Flavien Prat | 3 wins, 3 seconds, 2 thirds from 9 mounts

PUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAM
Eddie Olczyk: Gulfstream Mandatory Pick 6 Sequence Best Bets
Jeremy Plonk: Race of the Week – King’s Plate at Woodbine
Frank Carulli & Brian W. Spencer Saturday best bets available in Xpressbet.com member’s section

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