Pick Pony AI Picks and Predictions Tip Sheet – Fairmount Park, July 18, 2026


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Algo Picks – Algo 1
 
Race 1
Win:1 – Rory's Run (2/1)
Place:2 – Black Rattler (30/1)
Show:3 – Sho Dominic (8/1)
Other contenders:4 – Sculptor (12/1), 5 – Tamor (9/2), 6 – Slick Henry (30/1)
Rest of field:7 – Gail's Glory (4/1), 8 – Marco In The Sky (6/1), 9 – Mom's Missile (5/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-2-3-4-5-6
🎯 Longshots: 1-7-5-3-9-4-8-2-6
 
Race 2
Win:6 – Dundie (4/5)
Place:3 – Via Del Corso (2/1)
Show:2 – Verrazano First (9/2)
Other contenders:5 – Shadowless (15/1), 4 – Joyful Ghost (15/1)
Rest of field:7 – Cantstealmythunder (20/1), 1 – Mkar The Fast (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 6-7-2-5-4-3
🎯 Longshots: 6-3-5-4-7-2-1
 
Race 3
Win:3 – Hot Dance (6/5)
Place:5 – Jet Pack (3/1)
Show:4 – Too Much Tuesday (7/2)
Other contenders:6 – Ghaaleb's City (8/1), 2 – Lit Miss Hat Trick (5/1)
Rest of field:1 – Cantoo (15/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 3-5-4-6-2-1
🎯 Longshots: 3-5-6-4-1-2
 
Race 4
Win:1 – Red Speedo (5/2)
Place:3 – After My Brother (4/1)
Show:6 – Cravensworth (7/2)
Other contenders:8 – Recause (9/5), 5 – Truist (15/1), 2 – Bad Obsession (20/1)
Rest of field:4 – Heavens Hound (15/1), 7 – El Jefe Cobb (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-6-3-8-2-5
🎯 Longshots: 8-1-6-3-5-4-2-7
 
Race 5
Win:4 – Redfield (9/5)
Place:6 – Camp Daddy (4/1)
Show:2 – American Cause (3/1)
Other contenders:1 – Bureau (5/1), 8 – Category Ten (6/1), 3 – Brown Reserve (15/1)
Rest of field:7 – More Than Destiny (20/1), 5 – Boogie Bode (20/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 2-6-3-7-1-5
🎯 Longshots: 4-2-7-3-6-5-1-8
 
Race 6
Win:7 – Roussette (1/1)
Place:4 – Patch O'brien (2/1)
Show:1 – Smile Like Kyle (30/1)
Other contenders:8 – Reveille Valley (10/1), 3 – Severance (20/1), 2 – Nightwind (12/1)
Rest of field:5 – Aspiring Comedian (8/1), 6 – Gold Jerry (30/1), 9 – Wicked Sky (20/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 9-8-4-7-3-2
🎯 Longshots: 7-4-5-8-2-3-9-6-1
 
Race 7
Win:7 – Fight The Power (3/2)
Place:4 – Wildwood Bell (9/2)
Show:5 – Illini Red (6/1)
Other contenders:3 – Somethintobelieven (15/1), 8 – Earl's Outlaw (7/2), 10 – Baby I'm Hammered (12/1)
Rest of field:1 – Playground Warrior (15/1), 9 – Adam Five Oh (20/1), 6 – Senor Ruben (20/1), 2 – Last Return (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 6-5-8-3-7-10
🎯 Longshots: 7-8-4-10-3-1-5-6-9-2
 
Race 8
Win:7 – Elsie's Legacy (3/1)
Place:2 – Our Juju (4/1)
Show:9 – Tiny Tot Queen (5/1)
Other contenders:12 – Whitelick Road (4/1), 8 – Belleinthetemple (6/1), 10 – Queen Gita (12/1), 1 – Rather Late (12/1)
Rest of field:6 – O'hara At Dawn (30/1), 4 – My Mama Sez (20/1), 3 – Lady Artist (30/1), 5 – La Rose Blanche (30/1), 11 – Maya's Warrior (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 3-5-8-1-7-9
🎯 Longshots: 7-12-2-1-10-8-9-4-6-5-3-11
 
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 – Rory's Run (2/1)
Place:2 – Black Rattler (30/1)
Show:3 – Sho Dominic (8/1)
Other contenders:4 – Sculptor (12/1), 5 – Tamor (9/2), 6 – Slick Henry (30/1)
Rest of field:7 – Gail's Glory (4/1), 8 – Marco In The Sky (6/1), 9 – Mom's Missile (5/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-2-3-4-5-6
🎯 Longshots: 1-7-5-3-9-4-8-2-6
 
Race 2
Win:6 – Dundie (4/5)
Place:3 – Via Del Corso (2/1)
Show:2 – Verrazano First (9/2)
Other contenders:7 – Cantstealmythunder (20/1), 5 – Shadowless (15/1)
Rest of field:4 – Joyful Ghost (15/1), 1 – Mkar The Fast (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 6-7-2-5-3-4
🎯 Longshots: 6-3-5-4-7-2-1
 
Race 3
Win:3 – Hot Dance (6/5)
Place:4 – Too Much Tuesday (7/2)
Show:5 – Jet Pack (3/1)
Other contenders:6 – Ghaaleb's City (8/1), 2 – Lit Miss Hat Trick (5/1)
Rest of field:1 – Cantoo (15/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 3-4-5-6-2-1
🎯 Longshots: 3-5-6-4-1-2
 
Race 4
Win:8 – Recause (9/5)
Place:1 – Red Speedo (5/2)
Show:3 – After My Brother (4/1)
Other contenders:6 – Cravensworth (7/2), 5 – Truist (15/1), 2 – Bad Obsession (20/1)
Rest of field:4 – Heavens Hound (15/1), 7 – El Jefe Cobb (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 8-1-6-3-2-5
🎯 Longshots: 8-1-6-3-5-4-2-7
 
Race 5
Win:4 – Redfield (9/5)
Place:5 – Boogie Bode (20/1)
Show:2 – American Cause (3/1)
Other contenders:6 – Camp Daddy (4/1), 8 – Category Ten (6/1), 1 – Bureau (5/1)
Rest of field:7 – More Than Destiny (20/1), 3 – Brown Reserve (15/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 2-6-5-3-7-1
🎯 Longshots: 4-2-7-3-6-5-1-8
 
Race 6
Win:7 – Roussette (1/1)
Place:1 – Smile Like Kyle (30/1)
Show:4 – Patch O'brien (2/1)
Other contenders:3 – Severance (20/1), 8 – Reveille Valley (10/1), 2 – Nightwind (12/1)
Rest of field:5 – Aspiring Comedian (8/1), 9 – Wicked Sky (20/1), 6 – Gold Jerry (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 9-7-8-4-3-2
🎯 Longshots: 7-4-5-8-2-3-9-6-1
 
Race 7
Win:3 – Somethintobelieven (15/1)
Place:1 – Playground Warrior (15/1)
Show:7 – Fight The Power (3/2)
Other contenders:4 – Wildwood Bell (9/2), 5 – Illini Red (6/1), 8 – Earl's Outlaw (7/2)
Rest of field:6 – Senor Ruben (20/1), 10 – Baby I'm Hammered (12/1), 9 – Adam Five Oh (20/1), 2 – Last Return (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 6-3-5-8-7-1
🎯 Longshots: 7-8-4-10-3-1-5-6-9-2
 
Race 8
Win:2 – Our Juju (4/1)
Place:12 – Whitelick Road (4/1)
Show:7 – Elsie's Legacy (3/1)
Other contenders:9 – Tiny Tot Queen (5/1), 8 – Belleinthetemple (6/1), 10 – Queen Gita (12/1), 1 – Rather Late (12/1)
Rest of field:4 – My Mama Sez (20/1), 6 – O'hara At Dawn (30/1), 3 – Lady Artist (30/1), 5 – La Rose Blanche (30/1), 11 – Maya's Warrior (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 3-5-8-1-2-9
🎯 Longshots: 7-12-2-1-10-8-9-4-6-5-3-11
 
AI Weight Settings
Speed: 1, FPS: 1, FPS Midpoint: 25, FPS Late: 1, Pace Last 3: 1, Pace Last Race: 1, Early Pace: 45, Mid Pace: 46, Late Pace: 14, Post Position: 1, PPPP Rating: 1, Average Finish: 1, Days Since Last Race: 1, Jockey: 1, Trainer: 1, Track Bias: 21, Morning Line: 1, Pedigree: 1, Works: 1, Weight: 57, Medications: 87, Weather: 4, Race Trouble: 42, Last Race: 1, Last Three Races: 27, All Races: 1, Best Race: 1, Proprietary AI: 1,
Algo Picks – Algo 3
 
Race 1
Win:1 – Rory's Run (2/1)
Place:2 – Black Rattler (30/1)
Show:3 – Sho Dominic (8/1)
Other contenders:4 – Sculptor (12/1), 5 – Tamor (9/2), 6 – Slick Henry (30/1)
Rest of field:7 – Gail's Glory (4/1), 8 – Marco In The Sky (6/1), 9 – Mom's Missile (5/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-2-3-4-5-6
🎯 Longshots: 1-7-5-3-9-4-8-2-6
🎫 Trifecta play: #1 over #2, #3, #4  (key win / box 2nd-3rd — 6 combos)  · low value — consider passing
 
Race 2
Win:6 – Dundie (4/5)
Place:3 – Via Del Corso (2/1)
Show:2 – Verrazano First (9/2)
Other contenders:7 – Cantstealmythunder (20/1), 5 – Shadowless (15/1)
Rest of field:4 – Joyful Ghost (15/1), 1 – Mkar The Fast (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 6-7-2-3-5-4
🎯 Longshots: 6-3-5-4-7-2-1
🎫 Trifecta play: #6 over #3, #2, #7  (key win / box 2nd-3rd — 6 combos)  · low value — consider passing
 
Race 3
Win:3 – Hot Dance (6/5)
Place:4 – Too Much Tuesday (7/2)
Show:5 – Jet Pack (3/1)
Other contenders:6 – Ghaaleb's City (8/1), 2 – Lit Miss Hat Trick (5/1)
Rest of field:1 – Cantoo (15/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 3-4-5-6-2-1
🎯 Longshots: 3-5-6-4-1-2
🎫 Trifecta play: #3 over #4, #5, #6  (key win / box 2nd-3rd — 6 combos)  ⭐ Best Bet race
 
Race 4
Win:8 – Recause (9/5)
Place:6 – Cravensworth (7/2)
Show:1 – Red Speedo (5/2)
Other contenders:3 – After My Brother (4/1), 5 – Truist (15/1), 2 – Bad Obsession (20/1)
Rest of field:4 – Heavens Hound (15/1), 7 – El Jefe Cobb (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 8-6-1-3-2-5
🎯 Longshots: 8-1-6-3-5-4-2-7
🎫 Trifecta play: #8 over #6, #1, #3  (key win / box 2nd-3rd — 6 combos)  · low value — consider passing
 
Race 5
Win:4 – Redfield (9/5)
Place:5 – Boogie Bode (20/1)
Show:2 – American Cause (3/1)
Other contenders:6 – Camp Daddy (4/1), 8 – Category Ten (6/1), 1 – Bureau (5/1)
Rest of field:7 – More Than Destiny (20/1), 3 – Brown Reserve (15/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 2-6-5-7-4-3
🎯 Longshots: 4-2-7-3-6-5-1-8
🎫 Trifecta play: #4 over #5, #2, #6  (key win / box 2nd-3rd — 6 combos)  · low value — consider passing
 
Race 6
Win:7 – Roussette (1/1)
Place:1 – Smile Like Kyle (30/1)
Show:4 – Patch O'brien (2/1)
Other contenders:8 – Reveille Valley (10/1), 2 – Nightwind (12/1), 5 – Aspiring Comedian (8/1)
Rest of field:3 – Severance (20/1), 9 – Wicked Sky (20/1), 6 – Gold Jerry (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 9-7-4-8-2-5
🎯 Longshots: 7-4-5-8-2-3-9-6-1
🎫 Trifecta play: #7 over #1, #4, #8  (key win / box 2nd-3rd — 6 combos)  · low value — consider passing
 
Race 7
Win:7 – Fight The Power (3/2)
Place:3 – Somethintobelieven (15/1)
Show:1 – Playground Warrior (15/1)
Other contenders:4 – Wildwood Bell (9/2), 5 – Illini Red (6/1), 8 – Earl's Outlaw (7/2)
Rest of field:6 – Senor Ruben (20/1), 10 – Baby I'm Hammered (12/1), 9 – Adam Five Oh (20/1), 2 – Last Return (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 6-5-3-7-8-1
🎯 Longshots: 7-8-4-10-3-1-5-6-9-2
🎫 Trifecta play: #7 over #3, #1, #4  (key win / box 2nd-3rd — 6 combos)  · low value — consider passing
 
Race 8
Win:2 – Our Juju (4/1)
Place:12 – Whitelick Road (4/1)
Show:7 – Elsie's Legacy (3/1)
Other contenders:8 – Belleinthetemple (6/1), 9 – Tiny Tot Queen (5/1), 10 – Queen Gita (12/1), 1 – Rather Late (12/1)
Rest of field:4 – My Mama Sez (20/1), 6 – O'hara At Dawn (30/1), 3 – Lady Artist (30/1), 5 – La Rose Blanche (30/1), 11 – Maya's Warrior (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 3-5-8-2-1-9
🎯 Longshots: 7-12-2-1-10-8-9-4-6-5-3-11
🎫 Trifecta play: #2 over #12, #7, #8  (key win / box 2nd-3rd — 6 combos)  · low value — consider passing
 
AI Weight Settings
Speed: 1, FPS: 1, FPS Midpoint: 1, FPS Late: 1, Pace Last 3: 1, Pace Last Race: 1, Early Pace: 13, Mid Pace: 99, Late Pace: 48, Post Position: 1, PPPP Rating: 1, Average Finish: 1, Days Since Last Race: 1, Jockey: 1, Trainer: 1, Track Bias: 1, Morning Line: 1, Pedigree: 1, Works: 1, Weight: 37, Medications: 95, Weather: 16, Race Trouble: 82, Last Race: 1, Last Three Races: 1, All Races: 1, Best Race: 1, Proprietary AI: 1,
Kelly Edge Plays
Kelly Edge Plays   (longshots clearing the 10% publishing edge — calibrator: multidim)    Morning-line reliability: +0.37 (ML-rank vs finish; ~0.38 typical — higher = oddsmaker sorts the field better; edges below are scaled by it)    Weekend sizing: ×0.88 (edge & stake trimmed — weekend longshots win less than their edge implies; the longshot list itself is unchanged)
RaceHorseMLP(win)Edge¼ KellyBet on $ bankroll
55 – Boogie Bode20/141.7%+678.7%5.00%$5.00
76 – Senor Ruben20/141.7%+678.7%5.00%$5.00
810 – Queen Gita12/123.4%+179.4%3.74%$3.74
14 – Sculptor12/117.8%+115.6%2.41%$2.41
31 – Cantoo15/112.9%+92.5%1.54%$1.54
TOTAL across 5 plays:17.7%$17.69
Edge = P(win) × decimal odds − 1. Only longshots clearing a 10% edge are shown (the same bar used to flag a longshot pick). Each ¼ Kelly stake is capped at 5% of bankroll, and the whole column is scaled so the TOTAL never exceeds your bankroll (simultaneous quarter-Kelly bets otherwise sum to more than 100%). Pick your bankroll from the dropdown and every suggested bet — and the total — updates accordingly.
Index - Horses Running In This Card
ADAM FIVE OHAFTER MY BROTHERAMERICAN CAUSEASPIRING COMEDIANBABY I'M HAMMERED
BELLEINTHETEMPLEBLACK RATTLERBOOGIE BODEBROWN RESERVEBUREAU
CANTOOCANTSTEALMYTHUNDERCATEGORY TENCRAVENSWORTHDUNDIE
EL JEFE COBBELSIE'S LEGACYFIGHT THE POWERGAIL'S GLORYGHAALEB'S CITY
HEAVENS HOUNDHOT DANCEILLINI REDJET PACKJOYFUL GHOST
LADY ARTISTLAST RETURNLIT MISS HAT TRICKMARCO IN THE SKYMAYA'S WARRIOR
MOM'S MISSILEMORE THAN DESTINYMY MAMA SEZNIGHTWINDO'HARA AT DAWN
PATCH O'BRIENPLAYGROUND WARRIORQUEEN GITARATHER LATERECAUSE
REDFIELDREVEILLE VALLEYRORY'S RUNROUSSETTESCULPTOR
SEVERANCESHADOWLESSSHO DOMINICSLICK HENRYSMILE LIKE KYLE
TAMORTINY TOT QUEENTOO MUCH TUESDAYTRUISTVERRAZANO FIRST
WHITELICK ROADWICKED SKYWILDWOOD BELL

 


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