1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Saturday, June 6, 2026

‍BELMONT STAKES COVERAGE
1/ST Belmont Stakes Wager Guide | Free Access | Daily Updates

EXTRA INCENTIVES
$20,000 Exacta-Thon | Saratoga | today’s races

SCHEDULE NOTES
Epsom Downs | Epsom Derby Day | first post 8:30 am ET
Saratoga | Belmont Stakes Racing Festival | first post 11:00 am ET

SPECIAL WAGERS
Coast-to-Coast Pick 5 | Gulfstream Races 10-11; Santa Anita Races 4-6-8
Sunset 6 | Gulfstream Races 9-10-11; Santa Anita Races 8-9-10

TOURNAMENT TIME
$1500 Belmont Stakes Challenge | details
$40 Santa Anita feeder | details
$40 Canterbury Park feeder | details

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Jackpot Pick 5 | $351,756 | Parx | begins Race 1 | 12:10 pm ET
Super Hi 5 | $7,729 | Churchill Downs | Race 2 | 1:15 pm ET
Jackpot Pick 6 | $114,631 | Thistledown | begins Race 3 | 1:35 pm ET
Pick 6 | $23,617 | Santa Anita | begins Race 5 | 6:04 pm ET
Pick 6 | $59,292 | Los Alamitos (AQHA) | begins Race 3 | 10:21 pm ET

KEY RACES
Epsom Downs | Race 3 | 9:40 am ET | Coronation Stakes
Epsom Downs | Race 5 | 11:00 am ET | Epsom Derby Stakes
Saratoga | Race 7 | 2:47 pm ET | Just a Game Stakes
Saratoga | Race 8 | 3:25 pm ET | True North Stakes
Monmouth | Race 7 | 4:02 pm ET | Spruce Fir Stakes
Saratoga | Race 9 | 4:13 pm ET | Jaipur Stakes
Gulfstream | Race 8 | 4:39 pm ET | Martha Washington Stakes
Saratoga | Race 10 | 4:52 pm ET | Woody Stephens Stakes
Woodbine | Race 9 | 5:15 pm ET | Fury Stakes
Churchill Downs | Race 10 | 5:28 pm ET | Mighty Beau Stakes
Saratoga | Race 11 | 5:32 pm ET | Metropolitan Handicap
Gulfstream | Race 10 | 5:39 pm ET | Big Drama Stakes
Gulfstream | Race 11 | 6:08 pm ET | Not Surprising Stakes
Saratoga | Race 12 | 6:11 pm ET | Manhattan Stakes
Saratoga | Race 13 | 7:04 pm ET | Belmont Stakes
Santa Anita | Race 8 | 7:51 pm ET | Honeymoon Stakes
Canterbury Park | Race 4 | 8:05 pm ET | Lady Slipper Stakes
Evangeline Downs | Race 5 | 8:18 pm ET | first of 6 LA Legends Stakes
Canterbury Park | Race 6 | 9:05 pm ET | 10,000 Lakes Stakes

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Saratoga | Race 5 | 1:31 pm ET
Churchill Downs | Race 6 | 3:19 pm ET
Woodbine | Race 11 | 6:23 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Jamie Ness | Parx, Laurel, Delaware | all 11 entrants 5-1 or less odds

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Saratoga | jockey Flavien Prat & trainer Chad Brown | teamed for 3 stakes wins

PUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAM
Timeform Epsom Derby Day Wager Guide
Scott Shapiro: Saturday's Belmont Stakes Day Saratoga Full-Card Analysis
Jeremy Plonk: Race of the Week – Saratoga’s Met Mile for Saturday
Frank Carulli & Brian W. Spencer best bets today in Xpressbet.com member’s section

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