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Pick Pony AI Picks and Predictions Tip Sheet – Presque Isle Downs, October 21, 2025

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Algorithm 1 (Stronger influence on proprietary AI and overall pace)

 
Race 1
Win: 2 – Thunder Cane (3/1)
Place: 3 – Mr. American (6/1)
Show: 7 – Tiz Big Money (10/1)
Other contenders: 4 – Enahm (8/5), 6 – My Boy Rocky (12/1)
 
Race 2
Win: 1 – Mighty Heartless (12/1)
Place: 2 – Cayuga (30/1)
Show: 3 – That Thing You Do (10/1)
Other contenders: 4 – Golden Dogecoin (2/1), 5 – Sweet Carol James (12/1), 6 – Hope She Comes (8/1), 7 – Story Channel (15/1)
 
Race 3
Win: 3 – Think It Thru (7/2)
Place: 2 – Next Episode (7/2)
Show: 8 – Dominant Stranger (10/1)
Other contenders: 5 – One Violent Affair (15/1), 7 – Highland Holiday (8/1), 6 – La Panda (5/2)
 
Race 4
Win: 6 – Chico Charlie (5/1)
Place: 5 – Burnin Turf (2/1)
Show: 3 – Secretary Of War (6/1)
Other contenders: 7 – The Best Distance (5/2), 4 – Why Not Me (6/1)
 
Race 5
Win: 6 – Snowname (6/1)
Place: 8 – Where You Was (3/1)
Show: 7 – Float On (6/1)
Other contenders: 5 – Jimmy The Hat (5/2), 2 – Louisianimal (10/1), 3 – Point Liam (4/1)
 
Race 6
Win: 4 – Inmate (7/2)
Place: 7 – Expo City (4/1)
Show: 8 – Now Teddy (8/1)
Other contenders: 1 – The Blue Wave (12/1), 2 – Noble Court (8/1), 3 – Valiant Award (6/1)
 
Race 7
Win: 2 – Make A Million (20/1)
Place: 1 – Authenticate Now (8/1)
Show: 7 – Mason’S Music (9/5)
Other contenders: 5 – Little Martha (8/1), 3 – Claramente (3/1), 9 – La Artista (4/1)
 
Race 8
Win: 7 – Danefield (8/1)
Place: 2 – Braditude (6/1)
Show: 5 – Slippin Jimmy (3/1)
Other contenders: 11 – Silver Style (6/1), 8 – Summerfest (10/1), 6 – Colonel Poppy (7/2), 1 – Cheers For Kitten (5/1)
 
AI Weight Settings
Speed: 4, FPS: 10, FPS Midpoint: 10, FPS Late: 10, Overall Pace: 400, Early Pace: 30, Mid Pace: 30, Late Pace: 30, Post Position: 5, PPPP Rating: 10, Average Finish: 5, Days Since Last Race: 15, Jockey: 10, Trainer: 20, Track Bias: 20, Morning Line: 10, Pedigree: 15, Works: 15, Weight: 5, Medications: 5, Weather: 5, Race Trouble: 35, Last Race: 4, Last Three Races: 8, All Races: 2, Best Race: 1, Proprietary AI: 500,

Algorithm 2 (Stronger influence on speed, overall pace, trainer, with moderate influence from proprietary AI)

 
Race 1
Win: 2 – Thunder Cane (3/1)
Place: 3 – Mr. American (6/1)
Show: 7 – Tiz Big Money (10/1)
Other contenders: 4 – Enahm (8/5), 1 – Camilo (7/2)
 
Race 2
Win: 1 – Mighty Heartless (12/1)
Place: 2 – Cayuga (30/1)
Show: 3 – That Thing You Do (10/1)
Other contenders: 4 – Golden Dogecoin (2/1), 5 – Sweet Carol James (12/1), 6 – Hope She Comes (8/1), 7 – Story Channel (15/1)
 
Race 3
Win: 3 – Think It Thru (7/2)
Place: 2 – Next Episode (7/2)
Show: 5 – One Violent Affair (15/1)
Other contenders: 8 – Dominant Stranger (10/1), 6 – La Panda (5/2), 7 – Highland Holiday (8/1)
 
Race 4
Win: 5 – Burnin Turf (2/1)
Place: 6 – Chico Charlie (5/1)
Show: 3 – Secretary Of War (6/1)
Other contenders: 7 – The Best Distance (5/2), 4 – Why Not Me (6/1)
 
Race 5
Win: 6 – Snowname (6/1)
Place: 8 – Where You Was (3/1)
Show: 7 – Float On (6/1)
Other contenders: 5 – Jimmy The Hat (5/2), 2 – Louisianimal (10/1), 3 – Point Liam (4/1)
 
Race 6
Win: 4 – Inmate (7/2)
Place: 7 – Expo City (4/1)
Show: 8 – Now Teddy (8/1)
Other contenders: 2 – Noble Court (8/1), 1 – The Blue Wave (12/1), 5 – Spectacle (9/2)
 
Race 7
Win: 2 – Make A Million (20/1)
Place: 7 – Mason’S Music (9/5)
Show: 1 – Authenticate Now (8/1)
Other contenders: 5 – Little Martha (8/1), 3 – Claramente (3/1), 9 – La Artista (4/1)
 
Race 8
Win: 7 – Danefield (8/1)
Place: 5 – Slippin Jimmy (3/1)
Show: 11 – Silver Style (6/1)
Other contenders: 2 – Braditude (6/1), 8 – Summerfest (10/1), 6 – Colonel Poppy (7/2), 9 – Keystone Hank (8/1)
 
AI Weight Settings
Speed: 60, FPS: 15, FPS Midpoint: 15, FPS Late: 15, Overall Pace: 300, Early Pace: 1, Mid Pace: 1, Late Pace: 1, Post Position: 5, PPPP Rating: 20, Average Finish: 5, Days Since Last Race: 15, Jockey: 10, Trainer: 90, Track Bias: 20, Morning Line: 10, Pedigree: 15, Works: 15, Weight: 5, Medications: 5, Weather: 5, Race Trouble: 25, Last Race: 1, Last Three Races: 5, All Races: 1, Best Race: 1, Proprietary AI: 250,

Algorithm 3 (Stronger influence on pace, track bias, trainer)

 
Race 1
Win: 2 – Thunder Cane (3/1)
Place: 7 – Tiz Big Money (10/1)
Show: 3 – Mr. American (6/1)
Other contenders: 4 – Enahm (8/5), 5 – Chubs Rocket (8/1)
 
Race 2
Win: 1 – Mighty Heartless (12/1)
Place: 2 – Cayuga (30/1)
Show: 3 – That Thing You Do (10/1)
Other contenders: 4 – Golden Dogecoin (2/1), 5 – Sweet Carol James (12/1), 6 – Hope She Comes (8/1), 7 – Story Channel (15/1)
 
Race 3
Win: 3 – Think It Thru (7/2)
Place: 2 – Next Episode (7/2)
Show: 8 – Dominant Stranger (10/1)
Other contenders: 5 – One Violent Affair (15/1), 7 – Highland Holiday (8/1), 6 – La Panda (5/2)
 
Race 4
Win: 6 – Chico Charlie (5/1)
Place: 5 – Burnin Turf (2/1)
Show: 3 – Secretary Of War (6/1)
Other contenders: 7 – The Best Distance (5/2), 4 – Why Not Me (6/1)
 
Race 5
Win: 6 – Snowname (6/1)
Place: 8 – Where You Was (3/1)
Show: 7 – Float On (6/1)
Other contenders: 5 – Jimmy The Hat (5/2), 2 – Louisianimal (10/1), 4 – Truth And Honesty (10/1)
 
Race 6
Win: 4 – Inmate (7/2)
Place: 7 – Expo City (4/1)
Show: 1 – The Blue Wave (12/1)
Other contenders: 8 – Now Teddy (8/1), 2 – Noble Court (8/1), 3 – Valiant Award (6/1)
 
Race 7
Win: 2 – Make A Million (20/1)
Place: 1 – Authenticate Now (8/1)
Show: 7 – Mason’S Music (9/5)
Other contenders: 3 – Claramente (3/1), 5 – Little Martha (8/1), 9 – La Artista (4/1)
 
Race 8
Win: 7 – Danefield (8/1)
Place: 5 – Slippin Jimmy (3/1)
Show: 11 – Silver Style (6/1)
Other contenders: 8 – Summerfest (10/1), 6 – Colonel Poppy (7/2), 9 – Keystone Hank (8/1), 2 – Braditude (6/1)
 
AI Weight Settings
Speed: 50, FPS: 24, FPS Midpoint: 25, FPS Late: 15, Overall Pace: 300, Early Pace: 3, Mid Pace: 1, Late Pace: 1, Post Position: 5, PPPP Rating: 10, Average Finish: 5, Days Since Last Race: 15, Jockey: 10, Trainer: 20, Track Bias: 20, Morning Line: 10, Pedigree: 15, Works: 15, Weight: 5, Medications: 5, Weather: 5, Race Trouble: 35, Last Race: 3, Last Three Races: 4, All Races: 2, Best Race: 1, Proprietary AI: 30,

Race Entries

AUTHENTICATE NOW BEACH HOLIDAY BRADITUDE BURNIN TURF BURNING LEAVES
CAYUGA CHASING THE STORM CHEERS FOR KITTEN CHICO CHARLIE CHUBS ROCKET
CLAIRE’S DARLING CLARAMENTE COLONEL POPPY DANEFIELD DOMINANT STRANGER
ENAHM EXPO CITY FILLYRULES FLOAT ON GOLDEN DOGECOIN
HOPE SHE COMES INMATE JACQUES COUSTEAU JAYDEEVEE JIMMY THE HAT
LA ARTISTA LA PANDA LIL’ BIG MUNNY LITTLE MARTHA LIZZIE BABY
MAKE A MILLION MASON’S MUSIC MIGHTY HEARTLESS MO SENSE MR. AMERICAN
NEXT EPISODE NOBLE COURT NOW TEDDY ONE VIOLENT AFFAIR POINT LIAM
SHOWDOWN KING SILVER STYLE SLIPPIN JIMMY SNOWNAME SPECTACLE
STORY CHANNEL SUMMERFEST SWEET CAROL JAMES T REX THAT THING YOU DO
THE BLUE WAVE THINK IT THRU THUNDER CANE TIZ BIG MONEY TRUTH AND HONESTY
VANILLA BEAN VANILLA CREAM WHERE YOU WAS WHY NOT ME
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