1/ST POST: Why Play Today? Saturday, March 8, 2025

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EXTRA INCENTIVES
$10 Money-Back Special | Tampa Bay Derby | up to $10 back if win bet finishes 2nd, 3rd

TOURNAMENT TIME
Beat the Host Championship Round | 496 qualified players
$40 Gulfstream Feeder | details
$40 Santa Anita Feeder | details

NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Jackpot Pick 6 | $73,693 | Gulfstream Park | begins Race 6 | 3:20 pm ET
Jackpot Pick 6 | $115,902 | Turfway Park | begins Race 5 | 7:55 pm ET
Pick 5 | $42,155 | Charles Town | begins Race 4 | 8:32 pm ET

COAST-TO-COAST PICK 5
Gulfstream Races 8,10,11 | Santa Anita Races 5,8

1/ST BET AI MOST LIKELY TAMPA BAY DERBY WINNER
Tampa Bay Downs | Race 11 | 5:34 pm ET | #3 Hill Road (23%)

KEY RACES
Aqueduct | Race 4 | 2:13 pm ET | Maddie May Stakes
Tampa Bay | Race 5 | 2:21 pm ET | Challenger Stakes
Gulfstream | Race 5 | 2:49 pm ET | Silks Run Stakes
Laurel | Race 7 | 3:21 pm ET | Conniver Stakes
Tampa Bay | Race 7 | 3:28 pm ET | Columbia Stakes
Laurel | Race 8 | 3:51 pm ET | Not for Love Stakes
Tampa Bay | Race 9 | 4:31 pm ET | Hillsborough Stakes
Aqueduct | Race 9 | 4:49 pm ET | Gander Stakes
Tampa Bay | Race 10 | 5:03 pm ET | Florida Oaks
Gulfstream | Race 10 | 5:23 pm ET | Hurricane Bertie Stakes
Tampa Bay | Race 11 | 5:34 pm ET | Tampa Bay Derby
Fair Grounds | Race 8 | 5:45 pm ET | LaCombe Memorial Stakes
Oaklawn | Race 10 | 6:25 pm ET | Azeri Stakes
Santa Anita | Race 8 | 6:43 pm ET | Beholder Mile Stakes
Santa Anita | Race 9 | 7:15 pm ET | San Simeon Stakes
Turfway | Race 7 | 8:55 pm ET | Big Daddy Stakes

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Oaklawn Park | Race 5 | 3:39 pm ET
Gulfstream Park | Race 11 | 5:52 pm ET
Santa Anita | Race 11 | 8:19 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Brendan Walsh | Fair Grounds | all 3 entrants 7-2 or less morning line odds

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Oaklawn | jockey Cristian Torres | 3 wins, 1 second from 8 mounts

PUT US ON YOUR HANDICAPPING TEAM
Scott Shapiro: Tampa Bay Downs Spot Plays
Jeremy Plonk: Race of the Week – Santa Anita’s Beholder Mile
Scott Shapiro: Gulfstream Park Middle Pick 5 Analysis | Saturday, March 8, 2025
Frank Carulli & Brian W. Spencer Saturday best bets available in Xpressbet.com member’s section

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