The Jury: Expert Picks, Bets, and Fades for Sept. 4 [VIDEO]
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September 4th, 2025
The TwinSpires Jury of Ashley Anderson, James Scully, and Darin Zoccali argue their best bets at Kentucky Downs and Colonial.
The seven-day Kentucky Downs meet will come to a close on Wednesday, and Saturday's card will bring the biggest punch, with more than $13 million in prize money across six stakes. The 1 5/16-mile Ladies Marathon (G3) will kick off the stakes lineup, followed by the one-mile Mint Millions (G3), one mile Gun Runner S., 6 1/2-furlong Music City (G2), 6 1/2-furlong Franklin-Simpson (G1), and finally the 1 1/2-mile Turf Cup (G2), a Breeder's Cup Win and You're In challenge series event for the Breeders' Cup Turf (G1).
In total, Saturday's card will feature 12 races. Sunday's 11-race program will include a pair of stakes for two-year-olds: the Juvenile Mile and the Untapable.
Colonial Downs will also host Old Dominion Derby Day on Saturday. The 10-race card will offer a 50-cent all-stakes Old Dominion Pick-6 beginning in Race 5 with the Kitten's Joy S. The Colonial Cup, Exacta Systems Rosie's S., Da Hoss S., Old Dominion Oaks, and Old Dominion Derby (G3) round out the card.
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The featured event will be headlined by World Beater, recent winner of the Saratoga Derby (G1), for trainer Riley Mott. The Oscar Performance three-year-old is the 9-5 morning-line favorite in the nine-horse Old Dominion Derby field.
World record-holder Doncho is one of the bigger names in the Da Hoss. Coming off a 59.75-second win in a 5 1/2-furlong allowance optional claimer at Ellis on Aug. 8, the four-year-old gelding will look to score his second stakes win and faces recent Van Clief S. victor Witty, plus multiple graded stakes-placed Alogon.
TwinSpires has you covered for both Kentucky Downs and Colonial over the weekend with a Kentucky Downs Selected Races $10 Money Back promotion, along with a pair of tournaments at both tracks. At Colonial, you can play the $75 Colonial Downs Challenge as well as the $100 Colonial Downs feeder tourney to the 9/13 Woodbine Mile/Churchill Downs KDBC Qualifier.
TwinSpires has you covered for both Kentucky Downs and Colonial over the weekend with a Kentucky Downs Selected Races $10 Money Back promotion, along with a pair of tournaments at both tracks. At Colonial, you can play the $75 Colonial Downs Challenge as well as the $100 Colonial Downs feeder tourney to the 9/13 Woodbine Mile/Churchill Downs KDBC Qualifier.
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