Pick Pony AI Picks and Predictions Tip Sheet – Emerald Downs, May 16, 2026


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Algo Picks – Algo 1
 
Race 1
Win:1 – Run On Om (6/5)
Place:4 – Smoothie Ryder (3/1)
Show:5 – Princess Amber (5/2)
Other contenders:2 – Mo Sassy (8/1), 3 – Bluelocket (10/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-4-5-2-3
🎯 Longshots: 1-4-5-3-2
 
Race 2
Win:5 – Hadlees Honor (5/2)
Place:3 – Brother Reid (3/1)
Show:4 – Twirling Derby (2/1)
Other contenders:1 – Bert's Prospect (7/2), 2 – Run Baba Run (10/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 5-1-3-4-2
🎯 Longshots: 3-4-5-1-2
 
Race 3
Win:1 – Gentlemen's Club (6/5)
Place:5 – General Jimbo (7/2)
Show:4 – Hot Goblin (3/1)
Other contenders:3 – Five Twenty Sunset (6/1), 2 – Alpine Sermon (8/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 3-5-4-1-2
🎯 Longshots: 1-5-4-2-3
 
Race 4
Win:3 – Horizon Wildcat (5/2)
Place:2 – Goin' South (9/5)
Show:4 – Bluegrass Lent (9/2)
Other contenders:1 – West Coast Bull (7/2), 5 – Jimmy B (5/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 3-2-4-1-5
🎯 Longshots: 3-2-4-5-1
 
Race 5
Win:4 – Real Good Magic (5/2)
Place:1 – Cane Creek Road (9/2)
Show:6 – Rhodium Runner (4/1)
Other contenders:2 – Upright (3/1), 3 – Stan From Malibu (5/1)
Rest of field:5 – Corn Pop (8/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-6-4-2-3-5
🎯 Longshots: 4-2-1-6-5-3
 
Race 6
Win:7 – Tax Code (5/2)
Place:6 – Veritas Aequitas (4/1)
Show:2 – Adios Jojo (6/1)
Other contenders:1 – Elder Mack (5/1), 4 – Candy Caballo (7/2)
Rest of field:3 – Whiskeyjack (8/1), 5 – Whiskey Harbor (15/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 7-6-2-1-4-3
🎯 Longshots: 4-7-1-6-2-3-5
 
Race 7
Win:6 – Delayed Not Denied (4/1)
Place:1 – Malibu Lady (5/1)
Show:3 – Native Empress (3/1)
Other contenders:2 – Designated Runner (10/1), 8 – Magic Jewel (9/2), 4 – Samarolu (6/1)
Rest of field:7 – Slippery Silk (6/1), 5 – Melidous Sonnet (20/1), 9 – Infernal Tori (15/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 6-1-3-2-8-4
🎯 Longshots: 2-1-6-3-8-4-7-9-5
 
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 – Run On Om (6/5)
Place:4 – Smoothie Ryder (3/1)
Show:5 – Princess Amber (5/2)
Other contenders:2 – Mo Sassy (8/1), 3 – Bluelocket (10/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-4-5-2-3
🎯 Longshots: 1-4-5-3-2
 
Race 2
Win:3 – Brother Reid (3/1)
Place:4 – Twirling Derby (2/1)
Show:5 – Hadlees Honor (5/2)
Other contenders:1 – Bert's Prospect (7/2), 2 – Run Baba Run (10/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 3-4-1-5-2
🎯 Longshots: 3-4-5-1-2
 
Race 3
Win:1 – Gentlemen's Club (6/5)
Place:4 – Hot Goblin (3/1)
Show:5 – General Jimbo (7/2)
Other contenders:3 – Five Twenty Sunset (6/1), 2 – Alpine Sermon (8/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-3-4-5-2
🎯 Longshots: 1-5-4-2-3
 
Race 4
Win:3 – Horizon Wildcat (5/2)
Place:2 – Goin' South (9/5)
Show:1 – West Coast Bull (7/2)
Other contenders:4 – Bluegrass Lent (9/2), 5 – Jimmy B (5/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 3-2-1-4-5
🎯 Longshots: 3-2-4-5-1
 
Race 5
Win:4 – Real Good Magic (5/2)
Place:2 – Upright (3/1)
Show:6 – Rhodium Runner (4/1)
Other contenders:1 – Cane Creek Road (9/2), 3 – Stan From Malibu (5/1)
Rest of field:5 – Corn Pop (8/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-4-2-6-3-5
🎯 Longshots: 4-2-1-6-5-3
 
Race 6
Win:7 – Tax Code (5/2)
Place:6 – Veritas Aequitas (4/1)
Show:4 – Candy Caballo (7/2)
Other contenders:1 – Elder Mack (5/1), 3 – Whiskeyjack (8/1)
Rest of field:2 – Adios Jojo (6/1), 5 – Whiskey Harbor (15/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 7-6-4-1-2-3
🎯 Longshots: 4-7-1-6-2-3-5
 
Race 7
Win:6 – Delayed Not Denied (4/1)
Place:3 – Native Empress (3/1)
Show:1 – Malibu Lady (5/1)
Other contenders:2 – Designated Runner (10/1), 8 – Magic Jewel (9/2), 4 – Samarolu (6/1)
Rest of field:7 – Slippery Silk (6/1), 5 – Melidous Sonnet (20/1), 9 – Infernal Tori (15/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 6-3-1-2-8-4
🎯 Longshots: 2-1-6-3-8-4-7-9-5
 
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 – Run On Om (6/5)
Place:4 – Smoothie Ryder (3/1)
Show:5 – Princess Amber (5/2)
Other contenders:2 – Mo Sassy (8/1), 3 – Bluelocket (10/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-4-5-2-3
🎯 Longshots: 1-4-5-3-2
 
Race 2
Win:5 – Hadlees Honor (5/2)
Place:4 – Twirling Derby (2/1)
Show:3 – Brother Reid (3/1)
Other contenders:1 – Bert's Prospect (7/2), 2 – Run Baba Run (10/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 5-4-1-3-2
🎯 Longshots: 3-4-5-1-2
 
Race 3
Win:1 – Gentlemen's Club (6/5)
Place:5 – General Jimbo (7/2)
Show:4 – Hot Goblin (3/1)
Other contenders:3 – Five Twenty Sunset (6/1), 2 – Alpine Sermon (8/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 5-1-4-3-2
🎯 Longshots: 1-5-4-2-3
 
Race 4
Win:3 – Horizon Wildcat (5/2)
Place:2 – Goin' South (9/5)
Show:4 – Bluegrass Lent (9/2)
Other contenders:1 – West Coast Bull (7/2), 5 – Jimmy B (5/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 3-2-4-1-5
🎯 Longshots: 3-2-4-5-1
 
Race 5
Win:2 – Upright (3/1)
Place:4 – Real Good Magic (5/2)
Show:6 – Rhodium Runner (4/1)
Other contenders:1 – Cane Creek Road (9/2), 3 – Stan From Malibu (5/1)
Rest of field:5 – Corn Pop (8/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-2-6-4-3-5
🎯 Longshots: 4-2-1-6-5-3
 
Race 6
Win:7 – Tax Code (5/2)
Place:6 – Veritas Aequitas (4/1)
Show:2 – Adios Jojo (6/1)
Other contenders:4 – Candy Caballo (7/2), 1 – Elder Mack (5/1)
Rest of field:3 – Whiskeyjack (8/1), 5 – Whiskey Harbor (15/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 7-6-2-4-1-3
🎯 Longshots: 4-7-1-6-2-3-5
 
Race 7
Win:6 – Delayed Not Denied (4/1)
Place:1 – Malibu Lady (5/1)
Show:2 – Designated Runner (10/1)
Other contenders:3 – Native Empress (3/1), 8 – Magic Jewel (9/2), 4 – Samarolu (6/1)
Rest of field:7 – Slippery Silk (6/1), 5 – Melidous Sonnet (20/1), 9 – Infernal Tori (15/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 6-1-2-3-8-4
🎯 Longshots: 2-1-6-3-8-4-7-9-5
 
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,
Index – Horses Running In This Card
ADIOS JOJOALPINE SERMONBERT'S PROSPECTBLUEGRASS LENTBLUELOCKET
CANDY CABALLOCANE CREEK ROADCORN POPDELAYED NOT DENIEDDESIGNATED RUNNER
FIVE TWENTY SUNSETGENERAL JIMBOGENTLEMEN'S CLUBGOIN' SOUTHHADLEES HONOR
HOT GOBLININFERNAL TORIJIMMY BMAGIC JEWELMALIBU LADY
MO SASSYNATIVE EMPRESSPRINCESS AMBERREAL GOOD MAGICRHODIUM RUNNER
RUN ON OMSAMAROLUSLIPPERY SILKSMOOTHIE RYDERSTAN FROM MALIBU
TWIRLING DERBYUPRIGHTVERITAS AEQUITASWEST COAST BULLWHISKEY HARBOR

 


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