Pick Pony AI Picks and Predictions Tip Sheet – Santa Anita Park, May 31, 2026


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Algo Picks – Algo 1
 
Race 1
Win:1 – Shadow Nation (9/5)
Place:2 – Nylie (5/2)
Show:3 – Simple Majority (6/1)
Other contenders:4 – Repo (2/1), 5 – Tuddy (10/1)
Rest of field:6 – The Moe Show (15/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-2-3-4-5-6
🎯 Longshots: 1-4-5-2-3-6
 
Race 2
Win:3 – Next Trick (9/5)
Place:1 – Just Deal (8/5)
Show:2 – Meeking (5/1)
Other contenders:5 – He's A Gangster (4/1), 6 – Macho Man (6/1)
Rest of field:4 – Fincairn (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 3-6-1-5-2-4
🎯 Longshots: 1-3-5-2-6-4
 
Race 3
Win:1 – Motet (9/5)
Place:5 – Angelica Bay (5/2)
Show:4 – Lady Of Power (2/1)
Other contenders:3 – Newport Dreamz (3/1), 2 – Sparkle Sweetly (20/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 4-1-3-5-2
🎯 Longshots: 1-4-5-3-2
 
Race 4
Win:1 – Lipstick Lies (5/1)
Place:2 – Ride Like The Wolf (15/1)
Show:3 – Jolene Fury (2/1)
Other contenders:4 – She's My Star (20/1), 5 – Icecream Ontheside (3/1), 6 – Stay My Girl (10/1)
Rest of field:7 – Estrella Esmeral (20/1), 8 – Lying Zero (5/2)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-2-3-4-5-6
🎯 Longshots: 3-8-5-6-1-2-7-4
 
Race 5
Win:2 – Jennys Wine Girl (9/5)
Place:7 – French Moonlight (5/2)
Show:3 – Quantum Innergy (4/1)
Other contenders:4 – Hello Kid O Kid O (6/1), 5 – Vicky Lyn (10/1)
Rest of field:1 – Apple Pie (8/1), 6 – Fibonaccis Ride (12/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 7-5-2-1-4-6
🎯 Longshots: 2-7-5-6-3-1-4
 
Race 6
Win:1 – Dainey (2/1)
Place:2 – Moona Lisa (1/1)
Show:3 – Harmonique (12/1)
Other contenders:4 – Sugar Lovin (10/1), 5 – Saucier (7/2)
Rest of field:6 – Maddog (20/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-2-4-6-3-5
🎯 Longshots: 5-2-3-1-6-4
 
Race 7
Win:3 – Pavel's Etoile (5/1)
Place:5 – Miso Phansy (2/1)
Show:7 – Petite Treat (4/1)
Other contenders:6 – We The Hobby (9/2), 4 – Wild West Coast (3/1)
Rest of field:1 – Suntory Time (8/1), 2 – Mperfection (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 3-7-5-6-4-1
🎯 Longshots: 5-7-4-3-1-6-2
 
Race 8
Win:5 – Stronghold (1/1)
Place:2 – Bartholdy (9/2)
Show:4 – Simple Song (5/1)
Other contenders:1 – The Last Straw (12/1), 3 – The Goat (9/5)
🌧️ Off-track: 5-2-4-1-3
🎯 Longshots: 5-2-1-4-3
 
Race 9
Win:4 – Gandalf (4/1)
Place:10 – Maximon (6/5)
Show:2 – Running Spartan (6/1)
Other contenders:3 – H Q Wilson (6/1), 8 – Mr American Pie (8/1), 5 – Missile Cruiser (20/1)
Rest of field:9 – Hoosick Falls (15/1), 7 – My Box Of Light (30/1), 1 – Sigma Boy (15/1), 6 – War Artist (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 5-9-4-8-10-2
🎯 Longshots: 10-2-4-8-1-9-5-3-7-6
 
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 – Shadow Nation (9/5)
Place:2 – Nylie (5/2)
Show:3 – Simple Majority (6/1)
Other contenders:4 – Repo (2/1), 5 – Tuddy (10/1)
Rest of field:6 – The Moe Show (15/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-2-3-4-5-6
🎯 Longshots: 1-4-5-2-3-6
 
Race 2
Win:3 – Next Trick (9/5)
Place:1 – Just Deal (8/5)
Show:5 – He's A Gangster (4/1)
Other contenders:2 – Meeking (5/1), 6 – Macho Man (6/1)
Rest of field:4 – Fincairn (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 3-1-5-6-2-4
🎯 Longshots: 1-3-5-2-6-4
 
Race 3
Win:1 – Motet (9/5)
Place:4 – Lady Of Power (2/1)
Show:5 – Angelica Bay (5/2)
Other contenders:3 – Newport Dreamz (3/1), 2 – Sparkle Sweetly (20/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 4-1-3-5-2
🎯 Longshots: 1-4-5-3-2
 
Race 4
Win:1 – Lipstick Lies (5/1)
Place:2 – Ride Like The Wolf (15/1)
Show:3 – Jolene Fury (2/1)
Other contenders:4 – She's My Star (20/1), 5 – Icecream Ontheside (3/1), 6 – Stay My Girl (10/1)
Rest of field:7 – Estrella Esmeral (20/1), 8 – Lying Zero (5/2)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-2-3-4-5-6
🎯 Longshots: 3-8-5-6-1-2-7-4
 
Race 5
Win:2 – Jennys Wine Girl (9/5)
Place:7 – French Moonlight (5/2)
Show:3 – Quantum Innergy (4/1)
Other contenders:4 – Hello Kid O Kid O (6/1), 1 – Apple Pie (8/1)
Rest of field:5 – Vicky Lyn (10/1), 6 – Fibonaccis Ride (12/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 7-2-4-1-5-3
🎯 Longshots: 2-7-5-6-3-1-4
 
Race 6
Win:1 – Dainey (2/1)
Place:2 – Moona Lisa (1/1)
Show:3 – Harmonique (12/1)
Other contenders:4 – Sugar Lovin (10/1), 5 – Saucier (7/2)
Rest of field:6 – Maddog (20/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-2-4-6-3-5
🎯 Longshots: 5-2-3-1-6-4
 
Race 7
Win:5 – Miso Phansy (2/1)
Place:3 – Pavel's Etoile (5/1)
Show:4 – Wild West Coast (3/1)
Other contenders:7 – Petite Treat (4/1), 6 – We The Hobby (9/2)
Rest of field:1 – Suntory Time (8/1), 2 – Mperfection (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 3-5-4-7-6-1
🎯 Longshots: 5-7-4-3-1-6-2
 
Race 8
Win:5 – Stronghold (1/1)
Place:2 – Bartholdy (9/2)
Show:4 – Simple Song (5/1)
Other contenders:3 – The Goat (9/5), 1 – The Last Straw (12/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 5-2-4-3-1
🎯 Longshots: 5-2-1-4-3
 
Race 9
Win:10 – Maximon (6/5)
Place:4 – Gandalf (4/1)
Show:3 – H Q Wilson (6/1)
Other contenders:2 – Running Spartan (6/1), 8 – Mr American Pie (8/1), 1 – Sigma Boy (15/1)
Rest of field:9 – Hoosick Falls (15/1), 5 – Missile Cruiser (20/1), 7 – My Box Of Light (30/1), 6 – War Artist (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 5-10-9-4-8-2
🎯 Longshots: 10-2-4-8-1-9-5-3-7-6
 
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 – Shadow Nation (9/5)
Place:2 – Nylie (5/2)
Show:3 – Simple Majority (6/1)
Other contenders:4 – Repo (2/1), 5 – Tuddy (10/1)
Rest of field:6 – The Moe Show (15/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-2-3-4-5-6
🎯 Longshots: 1-4-5-2-3-6
 
Race 2
Win:3 – Next Trick (9/5)
Place:1 – Just Deal (8/5)
Show:2 – Meeking (5/1)
Other contenders:5 – He's A Gangster (4/1), 6 – Macho Man (6/1)
Rest of field:4 – Fincairn (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 3-5-1-6-2-4
🎯 Longshots: 1-3-5-2-6-4
 
Race 3
Win:1 – Motet (9/5)
Place:5 – Angelica Bay (5/2)
Show:4 – Lady Of Power (2/1)
Other contenders:3 – Newport Dreamz (3/1), 2 – Sparkle Sweetly (20/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 4-1-3-5-2
🎯 Longshots: 1-4-5-3-2
 
Race 4
Win:1 – Lipstick Lies (5/1)
Place:2 – Ride Like The Wolf (15/1)
Show:3 – Jolene Fury (2/1)
Other contenders:4 – She's My Star (20/1), 5 – Icecream Ontheside (3/1), 6 – Stay My Girl (10/1)
Rest of field:7 – Estrella Esmeral (20/1), 8 – Lying Zero (5/2)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-2-3-4-5-6
🎯 Longshots: 3-8-5-6-1-2-7-4
 
Race 5
Win:2 – Jennys Wine Girl (9/5)
Place:7 – French Moonlight (5/2)
Show:3 – Quantum Innergy (4/1)
Other contenders:4 – Hello Kid O Kid O (6/1), 5 – Vicky Lyn (10/1)
Rest of field:1 – Apple Pie (8/1), 6 – Fibonaccis Ride (12/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 7-2-5-1-4-6
🎯 Longshots: 2-7-5-6-3-1-4
 
Race 6
Win:1 – Dainey (2/1)
Place:2 – Moona Lisa (1/1)
Show:3 – Harmonique (12/1)
Other contenders:4 – Sugar Lovin (10/1), 5 – Saucier (7/2)
Rest of field:6 – Maddog (20/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 1-2-4-6-3-5
🎯 Longshots: 5-2-3-1-6-4
 
Race 7
Win:5 – Miso Phansy (2/1)
Place:3 – Pavel's Etoile (5/1)
Show:4 – Wild West Coast (3/1)
Other contenders:7 – Petite Treat (4/1), 6 – We The Hobby (9/2)
Rest of field:1 – Suntory Time (8/1), 2 – Mperfection (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 3-7-5-4-6-1
🎯 Longshots: 5-7-4-3-1-6-2
 
Race 8
Win:5 – Stronghold (1/1)
Place:2 – Bartholdy (9/2)
Show:4 – Simple Song (5/1)
Other contenders:1 – The Last Straw (12/1), 3 – The Goat (9/5)
🌧️ Off-track: 5-2-4-1-3
🎯 Longshots: 5-2-1-4-3
 
Race 9
Win:10 – Maximon (6/5)
Place:4 – Gandalf (4/1)
Show:2 – Running Spartan (6/1)
Other contenders:8 – Mr American Pie (8/1), 3 – H Q Wilson (6/1), 1 – Sigma Boy (15/1)
Rest of field:9 – Hoosick Falls (15/1), 5 – Missile Cruiser (20/1), 7 – My Box Of Light (30/1), 6 – War Artist (30/1)
🌧️ Off-track: 5-9-10-8-4-2
🎯 Longshots: 10-2-4-8-1-9-5-3-7-6
 
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
91 – Sigma Boy15/115.1%+141.1%2.35%$4.70
99 – Hoosick Falls15/111.8%+88.9%1.48%$2.96
81 – The Last Straw12/112.4%+61.7%1.28%$2.57
42 – Ride Like The Wolf15/110.1%+61.0%1.02%$2.03
55 – Vicky Lyn10/113.7%+50.4%1.26%$2.52
46 – Stay My Girl10/112.3%+35.3%0.88%$1.77
56 – Fibonaccis Ride12/19.4%+22.1%0.46%$0.92
15 – Tuddy10/110.2%+12.0%0.30%$0.60
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
ANGELICA BAYAPPLE PIEBARTHOLDYDAINEYESTRELLA ESMERAL
FINCAIRNFRENCH MOONLIGHTGANDALFH Q WILSONHARMONIQUE
HELLO KID O KID OHOOSICK FALLSICECREAM ONTHESIDEJENNYS WINE GIRLJOLENE FURY
LADY OF POWERLIPSTICK LIESLYING ZEROMACHO MANMADDOG
MEEKINGMISO PHANSYMISSILE CRUISERMOONA LISAMOTET
MR AMERICAN PIEMY BOX OF LIGHTNEWPORT DREAMZNEXT TRICKNYLIE
PETITE TREATQUANTUM INNERGYREPORIDE LIKE THE WOLFRUNNING SPARTAN
SHADOW NATIONSHE'S MY STARSIGMA BOYSIMPLE MAJORITYSIMPLE SONG
STAY MY GIRLSTRONGHOLDSUGAR LOVINSUNTORY TIMETHE GOAT
THE MOE SHOWTUDDYVICKY LYNWAR ARTISTWE THE HOBBY

 


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