An early Pick 5, a late Pick 4, and a fifth race that appears to have misplaced its adult supervision. Early Pick 5, Races 1 through 5 | 50¢ base | $240 R1: 2,3,5,6,7 R2: 5,8,9 R3: 1,2,4,8 - Oh man! Beat by a 36-1 shot! Our 2 finished 2nd - If your gonna lose . . . . R4: 1,4,7,8 R5: 1,9 Late Pick 4, Races 6 through 9 | 50¢ base | $96 R6: 2,7,8,10 R7: 4,5,8,9 R8: 2,3,6 R9: 7,9,11,13 Total ticket investment: $336 Possible R5 hedges: If we’re alive into the final leg of the Pick

Exactas all day. Three horses per race, preferably arriving together and in a financially useful order. R1: 8,7,4 $48.60 Exacta - Boom! R2: 1,5,4 $18.70 Exacta - Boom! R3: 1,4,7 $9.90 Exacta - eh, better than a poke in the eye R4: 7,1,4 The 1 scracted so we didnt play this one R5: 9,8,6 Whiff R6: 3,4,5 $3.30 - Like kissing your sister R7: 1,3,4 No Cigar R8: 4,8,6 $16.20 Exacta - Meh, but ok. R9: 8,2,1 1st and 3rd R1,2,3 Pick 3 $196.20 - we didnt play it, but you co

Two Pick 4s, a few opinions, and absolutely no promise of responsible behavior from the racing gods. Early Pick 5, Races 1-5 | $.50 base | $270 R1: 6,8,9 R2: 2,3,4,5 R3: 1,2,3,5,6 R4: 1,2,6 R5: 2,9,10 Pick 5 $260.15 - Our saver pick came in - the other two would have paid better Late Pick 4, Races 6–9 | $1 base | $72 R6: 2,3,5 R7: 1,2,4,5,7,8 R8: 1,4,5,7 - 1 scratched R9: 2 Total investment: $342 These are the tickets we’re playing. We’ve included a few additional horses belo

Four tracks. Five shots at making the favorites somebody else’s problem. Our targets: 💣 Keeneland Race 5 #3 TONKA WARRIOR Morning line: 15-1 | Want: 12-1 or better - SCRATCHED His last start was a fourth in Saratoga’s West Point Stakes, beaten just 1¼ lengths behind Spirit of St Louis. That earned a 113 Equibase speed figure the highest last-out figure in this field. Before that, he won twice and missed another victory by a nose at Canterbury. There’s enough pace signed on

Four tracks. Eight suspects. Nobody here for the participation trophy. Odds listed are morning lines; the minimum prices are what we’d want before making a win bet. A horse can be interesting at 15-1 and considerably less charming at 4-1. KEENELAND 💣 Race 10 #2 CACTUS CAIRO Morning line: 30-1 | Want: 15-1 or better - SCRATCHED Here’s our biggest swing. In her turf debut at Churchill, she came from well back to finish sixth, beaten only 3¾ lengths, earning a 92. Shirley Ann

Keeneland Race 2 — Pick 4, Leg 1 Using: 3, 5, 11, 13 We’re going four deep because trusting maiden claimers is how you develop trust issues. #3 Swift Speed debuts for Mike Maker with Johnny Velazquez aboard—enough credentials to get past our notoriously indifferent security department. #5 Made Up Stories brings a bullet workout and early speed for Larry Rivelli; we’d prefer she save the fiction for her autobiography and show us something real. #11 Hormesis gets class relief a