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1/ST KENTUCKY DERBY WAGER GUIDE
Put the 1/ST team on your side for Derby 149 | FREE to access + regular updates

PREAKNESS FUTURE WAGER
Open now through May 6 at 6 pm ET

EXTRA INCENTIVES
$5,000 Late Pick 4 Hit & Split | Golden Gate Fields
$5,000 Late Pick 4 Hit & Split | Santa Anita
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NOTABLE CARRYOVERS
Pick 5 | $29,210 | Tampa Bay Downs | begins Race 4 | 2:18 pm ET
Jackpot Pick 6 | $267,129 | Gulfstream Park | begins Race 5 | 2:38 pm ET
Jackpot Pick 6 | $215,040 | Santa Anita | begins Race 5 | 6:04 pm ET

SCHEDULE NOTE
Aqueduct | closing day before NYRA moves to Belmont | mandatory payouts

KEY RACES
Aqueduct | Race 8 | 5:10 pm ET | Affirmed Success Stakes
Woodbine | Race 9 | 5:17 pm ET | Woodstock Stakes
Golden Gate Fields | Race 5 | 6:20 pm ET | Campanile Stakes
Santa Anita | Race 6 | 6:35 pm ET | Santa Barbara Stakes
Santa Anita | Race 8 | 7:37 pm ET | Wilshire Stakes
Golden Gate Fields | Race 9 | 8:24 pm ET | Silky Sullivan

1/ST BET MOST LIKELY GULFSTREAM WINNER
Gulfstream Park | Race 6 | 3:08 pm ET | #11 Soviet Excess (30%)

LONGSHOT RACE ALERT FROM BETMIX
Laurel | Race 5 | 2:30 pm ET
Aqueduct | Race 5 | 3:32 pm ET
Oaklawn | Race 9 | 5:50 pm ET

TRAINERS TO WATCH
Kathleen O’Connell | Tampa Bay Downs | 6 of 8 entrants 7-2 or less morning line

DID YOU SEE?
Yesterday | Tampa Bay Downs | Race 8 | nation’s highest-paying winner ($110), exacta ($517), trifecta ($5,397) and superfecta ($36,266)

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