1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Saturday, August 23, 2025

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EXTRA INCENTIVES
10X 1/ST Rewards Points | York (UK) | all wagers today
$5,000 Exacta-Thon | Saratoga

TOURNAMENT TIME
$800 Saratoga Travers Day Challenge | details
$125 Fun in the Sun (Saratoga / Del Mar) | details
$40 Saratoga Feeder | details
$40 Del Mar Feeder | details

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Pick 5 | $13,105 | Monmouth | begins Race 1 | 12:50 pm ET
Jackpot Pick 6 | $163,853 | Ellis Park | begins Race 4 | 2:16 pm ET
Pick 5 | $14,179 | Colonial Downs | begins Race 5 | 2:45 pm ET
Jackpot Pick 6 | $86,720 | Gulfstream Park | begins Race 6 | 3:35 pm ET
Pick 6 | $57,980 | Del Mar | begins Race 5 | 7:03 pm ET
Jackpot Super Hi 5 | $86,310 | Prairie Meadows | Race 10 | 10:52 pm ET
Pick 6 | $29,291 | Los Alamitos | begins Race 4 | 11:09 pm ET
--Mandatory payouts coming Sunday at Ellis & Gulfstream

1/ST BET AI MOST LIKELY SARATOGA STAKES WINNER
Saratoga | Race 7 | 2:35 pm ET | #1 Play With Fire (32%)

KEY RACES
Colonial Downs | Race 3 | 1:35 pm ET | Dolley Madison Stakes
Colonial Downs | Race 4 | 2:10 pm ET | Jamestown Stakes
Saratoga | Race 7 | 2:35 pm ET | Lake Placid Stakes
Saratoga | Race 9 | 3:45 pm ET | Personal Ensign Stakes
Timonium | Race 9 | 4:02 pm ET | Shine Again Stakes
Saratoga | Race 10 | 4:22 pm ET | Jerkens Memorial Stakes
Saratoga | Race 11 | 4:59 pm ET | Ballerina Stakes
Saratoga | Race 12 | 5:36 pm ET | Forego Stakes
Woodbine | Race 9 | 5:51 pm ET | Seaway Stakes
Saratoga | Race 13 | 6:14 pm ET | Travers Stakes
Del Mar | Race 9 | 9:03 pm ET | Pat O’Brien Stakes

LONGSHOTRACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Ellis Park | Race 7 | 3:42 pm ET
Del Mar | Race 4 | 6:33 pm ET
Saratoga | Race 14 | 6:50 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Brad Cox | Ellis Park | all 4 entrants 5-1 or less odds

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Timonium | favorites won 7 of 9 races opening day

PUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAM
Scott Shapiro: Saratoga’s Travers Day Exacta-Thon Plays
Jeremy Plonk: Race of the Week – Forego at Saratoga
Scott Shapiro: Saratoga All-Stakes Pick 5 Analysis
Brian W. Spencer: Del Mar Spot Plays for Saturday
Frank Carulli and Brian W. Spencer | Saturday best bets in Xpressbet.com member’s section

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