Pick Pony AI Picks and Predictions Tip Sheet – Churchill Downs, May 29, 2026


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Algo Picks – Algo 1
 
Race 1
Win:1 – True Passion (2/1)
Place:4 – Tetiaroa (4/1)
Show:6 – Tiz In Sight (6/1)
Other contenders:7 – Briland (5/2), 5 – Going Steady (10/1)
Rest of field:3 – Outrageously (9/2), 2 – Mazoku (20/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 4-7-1-5-6-2
🎯 Longshots: 1-7-6-4-5-3-2
 
Race 2
Win:1 – Tap To Open (6/5)
Place:3 – Ati Girl (4/1)
Show:4 – Magic Woman (6/1)
Other contenders:7 – Lady Law (6/1), 2 – Perrylu (20/1), 5 – Twinklee (15/1)
Rest of field:9 – Episist (12/1), 8 – Charted Destiny (20/1), 6 – Alesiamae (8/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 2-1-9-4-7-8
🎯 Longshots: 1-3-9-5-4-7-8-6-2
 
Race 3
Win:3 – Abbi Fede (5/2)
Place:1 – Mount Horeb (7/2)
Show:2 – Rocky Joy (8/1)
Other contenders:4 – Alston (6/1), 8 – Sicilian Defense (8/1), 7 – Rapoport (10/1)
Rest of field:5 – Gordon's Legacy (12/1), 9 – Sketch (4/1), 6 – Survivin'onaprayer (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 8-2-1-3-4-7
🎯 Longshots: 3-7-5-1-8-9-4-2-6
 
Race 4
Win:8 – Gewurztraminer (2/1)
Place:3 – Bearings (3/1)
Show:1 – Glen Airy (4/1)
Other contenders:2 – Aristotle (5/1), 7 – King Russell (8/1), 4 – Vamos Carlitos (10/1)
Rest of field:5 – Dance Some Mo (15/1), 6 – B Sudd (20/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 8-1-3-2-7-5
🎯 Longshots: 8-1-3-2-4-7-5-6
 
Race 5
Win:1 – Ace Jack Deuce (3/1)
Place:10 – Royal Sapphire (6/1)
Show:5 – Torre Eiffel (6/1)
Other contenders:11 – Mandy's Man Can (5/1), 12 – Wingfoot (7/2), 7 – Hellacious (12/1), 8 – Nyttime Story (20/1)
Rest of field:9 – Dark Rye (20/1), 4 – Major Mack (15/1), 6 – Roktar (15/1), 13 – Jem's Hershey Kiss (12/1), 3 – Activity (30/1), 2 – Power Aura (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 6-11-1-12-7-4
🎯 Longshots: 1-5-10-11-12-7-13-4-8-9-6-2-3
 
Race 6
Win:13 – Culprit (3/1)
Place:8 – Cant Stop Munnings (7/2)
Show:5 – Footprint (4/1)
Other contenders:4 – Tingus Pingus (8/1), 1 – Landing Craft (9/2), 6 – Petoskey Stones (6/1), 3 – Na Pali Joe (12/1)
Rest of field:2 – Epic Summer (10/1), 10 – Another Monarch (8/1), 11 – Comes A Time (15/1), 9 – So Special (20/1), 7 – Gray Is Okay (30/1), 12 – Leonardo (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-5-4-3-10-9
🎯 Longshots: 8-5-1-2-10-4-11-13-3-6-9-7-12
 
Race 7
Win:6 – Junta (20/1)
Place:4 – Cloe (7/2)
Show:7 – Itzel (3/1)
Other contenders:5 – Satin Blue (5/1), 8 – Justinqueso (6/1), 1 – Fancy Caber Neigh (4/1)
Rest of field:9 – She'z The Law (10/1), 2 – High Fashion Kate (15/1), 10 – Tempting Eve (20/1), 3 – Stormy Paradise (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-3-6-2-10-7
🎯 Longshots: 7-4-8-1-9-10-5-6-2-3
 
Race 8
Win:2 – Munnings Challenge (2/1)
Place:8 – Doublecents (9/2)
Show:1 – Small Town (7/2)
Other contenders:4 – Gun Range (5/1), 9 – American Man (6/1), 5 – Hammond (12/1)
Rest of field:3 – Rockies Balboa (10/1), 6 – Sav'n Money (30/1), 7 – Vaporizer (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 2-8-1-4-9-5
🎯 Longshots: 8-2-4-9-5-1-3-7-6
 
Race 9
Win:8 – Raconteuse (3/1)
Place:1 – Daring Madison (4/1)
Show:2 – Tramuntana (8/1)
Other contenders:15 – English Harbour (10/1), 7 – Debby's Gal (6/1), 13 – Lady Faye (15/1), 10 – Market Strategy (20/1), 11 – Haywinii (8/1)
Rest of field:5 – Ribadeo (8/1), 9 – Sudden Squall (8/1), 14 – Mother Lode (20/1), 4 – Howyoudosomething (12/1), 3 – Speightsy Rival (20/1), 6 – Lucky To Dance (20/1), 16 – Modern Escape (12/1), 12 – Rotisserie (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 13-4-8-14-1-2
🎯 Longshots: 8-2-1-9-15-7-11-5-13-16-4-6-10-14-3-12
 
AI Weight Settings
Speed: 20, FPS: 15, FPS Midpoint: 10, FPS Late: 10, Pace Last 3: 10, Pace Last Race: 15, Early Pace: 10, Mid Pace: 10, Late Pace: 20, Post Position: 10, PPPP Rating: 15, Average Finish: 10, Days Since Last Race: 10, Jockey: 14, Trainer: 14, Track Bias: 15, Morning Line: 14, Pedigree: 51, Works: 5, Weight: 15, Medications: 20, Weather: 10, Race Trouble: 50, Last Race: 10, Last Three Races: 15, All Races: 10, Best Race: 5, Proprietary AI: 5,
Algo Picks – Algo 2
 
Race 1
Win:1 – True Passion (2/1)
Place:4 – Tetiaroa (4/1)
Show:3 – Outrageously (9/2)
Other contenders:6 – Tiz In Sight (6/1), 7 – Briland (5/2)
Rest of field:5 – Going Steady (10/1), 2 – Mazoku (20/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 4-1-7-6-3-5
🎯 Longshots: 1-7-6-4-5-3-2
 
Race 2
Win:1 – Tap To Open (6/5)
Place:3 – Ati Girl (4/1)
Show:4 – Magic Woman (6/1)
Other contenders:7 – Lady Law (6/1), 2 – Perrylu (20/1), 5 – Twinklee (15/1)
Rest of field:6 – Alesiamae (8/1), 9 – Episist (12/1), 8 – Charted Destiny (20/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-2-9-4-3-7
🎯 Longshots: 1-3-9-5-4-7-8-6-2
 
Race 3
Win:3 – Abbi Fede (5/2)
Place:1 – Mount Horeb (7/2)
Show:4 – Alston (6/1)
Other contenders:9 – Sketch (4/1), 2 – Rocky Joy (8/1), 7 – Rapoport (10/1)
Rest of field:8 – Sicilian Defense (8/1), 5 – Gordon's Legacy (12/1), 6 – Survivin'onaprayer (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 8-2-1-3-4-9
🎯 Longshots: 3-7-5-1-8-9-4-2-6
 
Race 4
Win:8 – Gewurztraminer (2/1)
Place:3 – Bearings (3/1)
Show:1 – Glen Airy (4/1)
Other contenders:2 – Aristotle (5/1), 7 – King Russell (8/1), 4 – Vamos Carlitos (10/1)
Rest of field:5 – Dance Some Mo (15/1), 6 – B Sudd (20/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 8-3-1-2-7-5
🎯 Longshots: 8-1-3-2-4-7-5-6
 
Race 5
Win:1 – Ace Jack Deuce (3/1)
Place:5 – Torre Eiffel (6/1)
Show:12 – Wingfoot (7/2)
Other contenders:10 – Royal Sapphire (6/1), 11 – Mandy's Man Can (5/1), 7 – Hellacious (12/1), 9 – Dark Rye (20/1)
Rest of field:6 – Roktar (15/1), 4 – Major Mack (15/1), 13 – Jem's Hershey Kiss (12/1), 8 – Nyttime Story (20/1), 3 – Activity (30/1), 2 – Power Aura (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 6-11-1-12-7-5
🎯 Longshots: 1-5-10-11-12-7-13-4-8-9-6-2-3
 
Race 6
Win:8 – Cant Stop Munnings (7/2)
Place:5 – Footprint (4/1)
Show:13 – Culprit (3/1)
Other contenders:1 – Landing Craft (9/2), 6 – Petoskey Stones (6/1), 4 – Tingus Pingus (8/1), 3 – Na Pali Joe (12/1)
Rest of field:2 – Epic Summer (10/1), 10 – Another Monarch (8/1), 11 – Comes A Time (15/1), 9 – So Special (20/1), 7 – Gray Is Okay (30/1), 12 – Leonardo (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-5-4-3-8-10
🎯 Longshots: 8-5-1-2-10-4-11-13-3-6-9-7-12
 
Race 7
Win:6 – Junta (20/1)
Place:7 – Itzel (3/1)
Show:4 – Cloe (7/2)
Other contenders:1 – Fancy Caber Neigh (4/1), 5 – Satin Blue (5/1), 8 – Justinqueso (6/1)
Rest of field:9 – She'z The Law (10/1), 2 – High Fashion Kate (15/1), 10 – Tempting Eve (20/1), 3 – Stormy Paradise (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 6-1-3-7-2-4
🎯 Longshots: 7-4-8-1-9-10-5-6-2-3
 
Race 8
Win:2 – Munnings Challenge (2/1)
Place:1 – Small Town (7/2)
Show:8 – Doublecents (9/2)
Other contenders:4 – Gun Range (5/1), 9 – American Man (6/1), 3 – Rockies Balboa (10/1)
Rest of field:5 – Hammond (12/1), 6 – Sav'n Money (30/1), 7 – Vaporizer (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 2-1-8-4-9-3
🎯 Longshots: 8-2-4-9-5-1-3-7-6
 
Race 9
Win:8 – Raconteuse (3/1)
Place:1 – Daring Madison (4/1)
Show:2 – Tramuntana (8/1)
Other contenders:7 – Debby's Gal (6/1), 9 – Sudden Squall (8/1), 5 – Ribadeo (8/1), 11 – Haywinii (8/1), 15 – English Harbour (10/1)
Rest of field:4 – Howyoudosomething (12/1), 13 – Lady Faye (15/1), 10 – Market Strategy (20/1), 16 – Modern Escape (12/1), 3 – Speightsy Rival (20/1), 14 – Mother Lode (20/1), 6 – Lucky To Dance (20/1), 12 – Rotisserie (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 8-4-13-14-1-2
🎯 Longshots: 8-2-1-9-15-7-11-5-13-16-4-6-10-14-3-12
 
AI Weight Settings
Speed: 2, FPS: 21, FPS Midpoint: 3, FPS Late: 1, Pace Last 3: 1, Pace Last Race: 1, Early Pace: 65, Mid Pace: 59, Late Pace: 57, Post Position: 41, PPPP Rating: 21, Average Finish: 1, Days Since Last Race: 1, Jockey: 1, Trainer: 10, Track Bias: 31, Morning Line: 1, Pedigree: 1, Works: 1, Weight: 19, Medications: 26, Weather: 84, Race Trouble: 68, Last Race: 1, Last Three Races: 16, All Races: 92, Best Race: 1, Proprietary AI: 1,
Algo Picks – Algo 3
 
Race 1
Win:1 – True Passion (2/1)
Place:4 – Tetiaroa (4/1)
Show:6 – Tiz In Sight (6/1)
Other contenders:3 – Outrageously (9/2), 7 – Briland (5/2)
Rest of field:5 – Going Steady (10/1), 2 – Mazoku (20/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 4-1-7-6-5-3
🎯 Longshots: 1-7-6-4-5-3-2
 
Race 2
Win:1 – Tap To Open (6/5)
Place:3 – Ati Girl (4/1)
Show:7 – Lady Law (6/1)
Other contenders:4 – Magic Woman (6/1), 9 – Episist (12/1), 8 – Charted Destiny (20/1)
Rest of field:6 – Alesiamae (8/1), 5 – Twinklee (15/1), 2 – Perrylu (20/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-9-2-7-4-3
🎯 Longshots: 1-3-9-5-4-7-8-6-2
 
Race 3
Win:3 – Abbi Fede (5/2)
Place:1 – Mount Horeb (7/2)
Show:8 – Sicilian Defense (8/1)
Other contenders:9 – Sketch (4/1), 2 – Rocky Joy (8/1), 4 – Alston (6/1)
Rest of field:7 – Rapoport (10/1), 5 – Gordon's Legacy (12/1), 6 – Survivin'onaprayer (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 8-2-1-3-9-4
🎯 Longshots: 3-7-5-1-8-9-4-2-6
 
Race 4
Win:8 – Gewurztraminer (2/1)
Place:3 – Bearings (3/1)
Show:1 – Glen Airy (4/1)
Other contenders:7 – King Russell (8/1), 2 – Aristotle (5/1), 4 – Vamos Carlitos (10/1)
Rest of field:5 – Dance Some Mo (15/1), 6 – B Sudd (20/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 8-3-1-2-7-5
🎯 Longshots: 8-1-3-2-4-7-5-6
 
Race 5
Win:11 – Mandy's Man Can (5/1)
Place:10 – Royal Sapphire (6/1)
Show:5 – Torre Eiffel (6/1)
Other contenders:1 – Ace Jack Deuce (3/1), 12 – Wingfoot (7/2), 7 – Hellacious (12/1), 9 – Dark Rye (20/1)
Rest of field:4 – Major Mack (15/1), 13 – Jem's Hershey Kiss (12/1), 2 – Power Aura (30/1), 3 – Activity (30/1), 8 – Nyttime Story (20/1), 6 – Roktar (15/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 6-11-7-12-1-4
🎯 Longshots: 1-5-10-11-12-7-13-4-8-9-6-2-3
 
Race 6
Win:8 – Cant Stop Munnings (7/2)
Place:1 – Landing Craft (9/2)
Show:5 – Footprint (4/1)
Other contenders:6 – Petoskey Stones (6/1), 3 – Na Pali Joe (12/1), 4 – Tingus Pingus (8/1), 13 – Culprit (3/1)
Rest of field:10 – Another Monarch (8/1), 2 – Epic Summer (10/1), 11 – Comes A Time (15/1), 9 – So Special (20/1), 7 – Gray Is Okay (30/1), 12 – Leonardo (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-3-5-10-4-9
🎯 Longshots: 8-5-1-2-10-4-11-13-3-6-9-7-12
 
Race 7
Win:4 – Cloe (7/2)
Place:7 – Itzel (3/1)
Show:5 – Satin Blue (5/1)
Other contenders:1 – Fancy Caber Neigh (4/1), 8 – Justinqueso (6/1), 10 – Tempting Eve (20/1)
Rest of field:2 – High Fashion Kate (15/1), 9 – She'z The Law (10/1), 6 – Junta (20/1), 3 – Stormy Paradise (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-3-2-10-7-4
🎯 Longshots: 7-4-8-1-9-10-5-6-2-3
 
Race 8
Win:8 – Doublecents (9/2)
Place:2 – Munnings Challenge (2/1)
Show:1 – Small Town (7/2)
Other contenders:9 – American Man (6/1), 4 – Gun Range (5/1), 5 – Hammond (12/1)
Rest of field:3 – Rockies Balboa (10/1), 6 – Sav'n Money (30/1), 7 – Vaporizer (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 8-2-1-9-4-5
🎯 Longshots: 8-2-4-9-5-1-3-7-6
 
Race 9
Win:8 – Raconteuse (3/1)
Place:1 – Daring Madison (4/1)
Show:15 – English Harbour (10/1)
Other contenders:2 – Tramuntana (8/1), 13 – Lady Faye (15/1), 9 – Sudden Squall (8/1), 10 – Market Strategy (20/1), 7 – Debby's Gal (6/1)
Rest of field:16 – Modern Escape (12/1), 14 – Mother Lode (20/1), 5 – Ribadeo (8/1), 11 – Haywinii (8/1), 6 – Lucky To Dance (20/1), 4 – Howyoudosomething (12/1), 3 – Speightsy Rival (20/1), 12 – Rotisserie (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 8-13-4-14-16-1
🎯 Longshots: 8-2-1-9-15-7-11-5-13-16-4-6-10-14-3-12
 
AI Weight Settings
Speed: 1, FPS: 1, FPS Midpoint: 8, FPS Late: 1, Pace Last 3: 1, Pace Last Race: 26, Early Pace: 38, Mid Pace: 14, Late Pace: 67, Post Position: 1, PPPP Rating: 76, Average Finish: 1, Days Since Last Race: 1, Jockey: 1, Trainer: 1, Track Bias: 26, Morning Line: 1, Pedigree: 1, Works: 26, Weight: 91, Medications: 4, Weather: 13, Race Trouble: 66, Last Race: 51, Last Three Races: 1, All Races: 26, Best Race: 1, Proprietary AI: 1,
Kelly Edge Plays
Kelly Edge Plays   (longshots with positive calibrated edge — calibrator: multidim)
RaceHorseMLP(win)Edge¼ Kelly$ on $200
45 – Dance Some Mo15/114.9%+137.8%2.30%$4.59
25 – Twinklee15/114.2%+128.0%2.13%$4.27
35 – Gordon'S Legacy12/117.5%+127.2%2.65%$5.30
72 – High Fashion Kate15/113.9%+123.0%2.05%$4.10
85 – Hammond12/115.1%+95.8%2.00%$3.99
37 – Rapoport10/116.8%+84.6%2.12%$4.23
79 – She'Z The Law10/116.7%+83.8%2.09%$4.19
611 – Comes A Time15/110.8%+73.2%1.22%$2.44
63 – Na Pali Joe12/113.1%+70.6%1.47%$2.94
62 – Epic Summer10/114.3%+56.8%1.42%$2.84
44 – Vamos Carlitos10/113.8%+51.7%1.29%$2.58
83 – Rockies Balboa10/113.5%+49.0%1.23%$2.45
513 – Jem'S Hershey Kiss12/111.1%+44.1%0.92%$1.84
94 – Howyoudosomething12/110.8%+40.4%0.84%$1.68
29 – Episist12/110.5%+36.5%0.76%$1.52
915 – English Harbour10/112.0%+32.4%0.81%$1.62
57 – Hellacious12/110.1%+31.6%0.66%$1.32
54 – Major Mack15/17.6%+21.0%0.35%$0.70
916 – Modern Escape12/18.5%+11.1%0.23%$0.46
15 – Going Steady10/19.9%+8.9%0.22%$0.44
913 – Lady Faye15/16.8%+8.6%0.14%$0.29
Edge = P(win) × decimal odds − 1. ¼ Kelly stake is the recommended fraction of bankroll, capped at 5%. Dollar column scales to a $200 example bankroll — scale linearly for your own.
Index – Horses Running In This Card
ABBI FEDEACE JACK DEUCEACTIVITYALESIAMAEALSTON
ANOTHER MONARCHARISTOTLEATI GIRLB SUDDBEARINGS
CANT STOP MUNNINGSCHARTED DESTINYCLOECOMES A TIMECULPRIT
DARING MADISONDARK RYEDEBBY'S GALDOUBLECENTSENGLISH HARBOUR
EPISISTFANCY CABER NEIGHFOOTPRINTGEWURZTRAMINERGLEN AIRY
GORDON'S LEGACYGRAY IS OKAYGUN RANGEHAMMONDHAYWINII
HIGH FASHION KATEHOWYOUDOSOMETHINGITZELJEM'S HERSHEY KISSJUNTA
KING RUSSELLLADY FAYELADY LAWLANDING CRAFTLEONARDO
MAGIC WOMANMAJOR MACKMANDY'S MAN CANMARKET STRATEGYMAZOKU
MOTHER LODEMOUNT HOREBMUNNINGS CHALLENGENA PALI JOENYTTIME STORY
PERRYLUPETOSKEY STONESPOWER AURARACONTEUSERAPOPORT
ROCKIES BALBOAROCKY JOYROKTARROTISSERIEROYAL SAPPHIRE
SAV'N MONEYSHE'Z THE LAWSICILIAN DEFENSESKETCHSMALL TOWN
SPEIGHTSY RIVALSTORMY PARADISESUDDEN SQUALLSURVIVIN'ONAPRAYERTAP TO OPEN
TETIAROATINGUS PINGUSTIZ IN SIGHTTORRE EIFFELTRAMUNTANA
TWINKLEEVAMOS CARLITOSVAPORIZERWINGFOOT

 


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