1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Saturday, June 8, 2024

‍EXTRA INCENTIVES
$10 Money-Back Special | Saratoga | Belmont Stakes (Race 12) | up to $10 back if win bet finishes 2nd, 3rd
2.5 Million 1/ST Wager Rewards Points Hit & Split | Saratoga | Pick 5 (Races 8-12)

BELMONT STAKES WEEK
FREE ACCESS: 1/ST Belmont Wager Guide

TOURNAMENT TIME
$1,500 Belmont Stakes Challenge (Saratoga)| details
$40 Santa Anita Feeder | details
$40 Canterbury Feeder | details

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Pick 5 | $38,373 | Horseshoe Indianapolis | begins Race 5 | 1:37 pm ET
Jackpot Pick 6 | $155,075 | Churchill Downs | begins Race 6 | 3:18 pm ET
Jackpot Pick 6 | $386,748 | Gulfstream Park | begins Race 6 | 3:28 pm ET
Jackpot Super Hi 5 | $204,165 | Woodbine | Race 9 | 5:20 pm ET
Pick 6 | $68,174 | Los Alamitos | begins Race 4 | 10:44 pm ET

1/ST BET AI MOST LIKELY ACORN BELMONT STAKES WINNER
Saratoga | Race 12 | 6:41 pm ET | #9 Sierra Leone (31%)

KEY RACES
Saratoga | Race 4 | 12:31 pm ET | True North Stakes
Saratoga | Race 5 | 1:11 pm ET | Poker Stakes
Saratoga | Race 6 | 1:51 pm ET | Suburban Stakes
Gulfstream Park | Race 4 | 2:28 pm ET | Not Surprising Stakes
Saratoga | Race 7 | 2:36 pm ET | Ogden Phipps Stakes
Monmouth | Race 5 | 2:44 pm ET | Lady’s Secret Stakes
Saratoga | Race 8 | 3:22 pm ET | Woody Stephens Stakes
Saratoga | Race 9 | 4:08 pm ET | Jaipur Stakes
Parx | Race 9 | 4:46 pm ET | PTHA President’s Cup Stakes
Woodbine | Race 8 | 4:49 pm ET | Fury Stakes
Saratoga | Race 10 | 4:52 pm ET | Metropolitan Handicap
Churchill Downs | Race 10 | 5:27 pm ET | Mighty Beau Stakes
Saratoga | Race 11 | 5:36 pm ET | Manhattan Stakes
Gulfstream Park | Race 11 | 6:01 pm ET | Martha Washington Stakes
Saratoga | Race 12 | 6:41 pm ET | Belmont Stakes
Santa Anita | Race 7 | 7:15 pm ET | Summertime Oaks
Canterbury Park | Race 4 | 8:10 pm ET | Lady Slipper Stakes
Canterbury Park | Race 5 | 8:40 pm ET | 10,000 Lakes Stakes
Prairie Meadows | Race 7 | 10:12 pm ET | Prairie Mile Stakes

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Laurel | Race 6 | 3:10 pm ET
Gulfstream | Race 7 | 4:02 pm ET
Saratoga | Race 13 | 7:27 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Chad Brown | Saratoga | 9 entrants 5-1 or less morning line

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Saratoga | jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. | 4 wins, 2 seconds from 11 mounts

PUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAM
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