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Every pick from the day's selections sheet, settled against the official results.

Tuesday, October 20, 2026 · 28 picks · All times ET

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PICKS SETTLED

WINNERS

10-5-3

WIN-PLACE-SHOW

$52

$2 WIN BETS

$52.94

RETURNED

+1.8%

ROI

Played through the backups: 28 settled · 12 winners · W-P-S 12-5-3 · $56 win bets → $64.74 · ROI +15.6%

⭐ BEST BET OF THE DAY

3:03 PM ET · Mahoning Valley · Race 7

#10 Illuminate 4/12ND · PLACE

6 Furlongs · Dirt · Allowance 25900n1x

Trainer: Timothy E Hamm · Jockey: Laureano Sosa

Placed — paid $3.40 to place ($2). Won by #2 Echo Valley

Official chart

Named sheet edge: Illuminate leads the blended late graph by a clear 27 points (100% vs 73%) on a perfect raw late figure, and her BRIS late figure towers over this allowance field for Timothy E Hamm/Laureano Sosa — a clear-margin lead with a class-figure tower behind it, at a price.

The price: 4/1 favorite only because the line maker had to pick someone in a 10-horse allowance — and he still underpriced her: the sheet has her 27 points clear late with the field's best raw figure by a wide margin. That sheet-versus-market gap at 4/1 is the biggest on today's card, which is why she is the Best Bet.

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2:55 PM ET · Fairmount Park · Race 2

#8 Into Golden Road ★ 7/2🏆 WIN

6 Furlongs · Dirt · Claiming 5000n3L

Trainer: Arthur A Coontz · Jockey: Alexander Bendezu

Paid $6.80 to win ($2)

Official chart

Named sheet edge: Into Golden Road leads the blended late graph by a clear 25 points (93% vs 68%) on the field's best raw late figure (#1) — the late_proj_90 profile — for Arthur A Coontz/Alexander Bendezu in this n3L claimer. She is a P type who sits behind five early-speed rivals and finishes over the top of all of them on the sheet.

The price: 7/2 second choice behind the 3/1 favorite Taxday Peyton, who was passed: he leads nothing late (68%, and his raw late figure is the field's second-worst) — his price is early-speed reputation. The sheet's clear late leader at 7/2 against that favorite is the disagreement this pick is built on.

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1:07 PM ET · Parx · Race 2

#2 Filled With Desire 7/2OUT

6 Furlongs · Dirt · Claiming 7500n2L

Trainer: Bobbi A Hawthorne · Jockey: Kendry Rivera

Won by #6 We Miss Neil — paid $14.00

Official chart

Named sheet edge: Filled With Desire leads the blended late graph by a clear 27 points (96% vs 69%) and sits top-2 in both graphs for Bobbi A Hawthorne/Kendry Rivera in this n2L claimer — today's free race. She presses from post 2 and owns the finish outright on the sheet.

The price: 7/2 favorite — the shortest price in a weak n2L field, and the sheet says the line still underprices her: a 27-point clear late margin with a top-2 raw late figure. When the favorite is also the clear-margin leader, the pick follows the sheet.

📋 The Cheat Sheet — Settled

POST	TRACK	RACE	SELECTION	ML	RESULT	CHART
12:15 PM	Mahoning Valley	R1	#8 Red Chili Pepper Official chart	4/5	SHOW	Official chart
12:55 PM	Finger Lakes	R1	#5 Serra Official chart	6/5	WIN $3.96	Official chart
1:07 PM	Parx	R2	#2 Filled With Desire Official chart	7/2	OUT	Official chart
1:34 PM	Parx	R3	#1 My Two Sophia's ★ Alt: #4 Mamarsha — WON $5.60 Official chart	4/1	PEND	Official chart
1:39 PM	Mahoning Valley	R4	#7 The Miracle Kiut Official chart	2/1	WIN $3.80	Official chart
1:53 PM	Finger Lakes	R3	#3 Foxy Cara Official chart	8/5	WIN $4.38	Official chart
2:55 PM	Fairmount Park	R2	#8 Into Golden Road ★ Official chart	7/2	WIN $6.80	Official chart
2:01 PM	Parx	R4	#2 Rogue Prince Official chart	7/2	SHOW	Official chart
2:07 PM	Fort Erie	R5	#1 Heat Merchant ★ Official chart	5/2	OUT	Official chart
2:28 PM	Parx	R5	#10 Literary Official chart	7/2	WIN $6.40	Official chart
2:35 PM	Mahoning Valley	R6	#3 Devil's Tower Official chart	2/1	WIN $5.20	Official chart
3:45 PM	Fairmount Park	R4	#1 First Bid Official chart	6/5	WIN $3.80	Official chart
3:03 PM	Mahoning Valley	R7	#10 Illuminate Official chart	4/1	PLACE	Official chart
4:10 PM	Fairmount Park	R5	#1 Passing Passion Official chart	5/2	OUT	Official chart
3:12 PM	Horseshoe Indianapolis	R3	#4 Stranger's Church ★ Official chart	3/1	PLACE	Official chart
3:22 PM	Parx	R7	#4 Ms Sophistication Alt: #5 Mary Q — WON $6.20 Official chart	3/1	PEND	Official chart
4:35 PM	Fairmount Park	R6	#5 Gogh Official chart	3/2	WIN $7.60	Official chart
3:49 PM	Parx	R8	#3 Wild Vine Official chart	5/2	WIN $3.40	Official chart
3:57 PM	Presque Isle Downs	R2	#8 Valentine Bug Official chart	5/2	OUT	Official chart
5:00 PM	Fairmount Park	R7	#1 Cantoo Official chart	3/1	OUT	Official chart
4:14 PM	Horseshoe Indianapolis	R5	#4 Shanghai Express ★ Official chart	7/2	OUT	Official chart
4:16 PM	Parx	R9	#4 Unsolved Mystery Official chart	3/1	WIN $7.60	Official chart
5:16 PM	Horseshoe Indianapolis	R7	#7 Forever Hope Official chart	3/1	PLACE	Official chart
5:18 PM	Presque Isle Downs	R5	#1 Chef's Kiss ★ Official chart	7/2	OUT	Official chart
5:45 PM	Presque Isle Downs	R6	#2 Goose Hunter Official chart	9/5	PLACE	Official chart
6:12 PM	Presque Isle Downs	R7	#3 Snowname Official chart	2/1	PLACE	Official chart
9:05 PM	Mountaineer	R6	#1 Big Notion Official chart	2/1	OUT	Official chart
	Fort Erie	R6	#2 Justify Perfection ★ Official chart	9/5	SHOW	Official chart

★ = the pick was not the morning-line favorite.
PEND — the pick was scratched in the official chart, so the play is a refund. It is not a result still missing.
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