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- Top purse · Race 5
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- Best Bet · Race 2
- 2Channel Launch Has run the fastest numbers of anyone entered
- Value play · Race 3
- 3I Win Lika Girl Overlooked at long odds last time out
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- 4Top pickPlane TalkAndrade O Jr · Sedillo Tony E
Why Plane Talk: Took a big step forward last time. Won last time out in a claimer. Finished in the top three in 5 of 6 recent races.
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- 2Top pickChannel LaunchAndrade O Jr · Fincher Todd W
Why Channel Launch: Has run the fastest numbers of anyone entered. Has improved in each of the last three starts. Was only 3 lengths from winning last time.
Value play7 Franny
The public let her go at 16-1 last out, and the ratings say that was a mistake. Three straight races of improvement. Was only 4 lengths from winning last time.
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- 6Top pickVegas LovePerez M A · Hernandez Danny
Why Vegas Love: Trending the right way, with each of her last three better than the one before. Broke through with a win in her last start. Has run well at 5½ furlongs before.
Value play3 I Win Lika Girl
Went off at 39-1 last time but rates as a real contender here. Three straight races of improvement. Comes in off a win at 39-1.
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- 1Top pickThirty Two ChunkValenzuela L A · Crotts James E
Why Thirty Two Chunk: Has run faster lately than anything else in here, and it isn't close. Gets an easier spot than last time. Proven at this kind of distance.
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- 5Top pickDad's Lady SevenArboleda A · Zimmerman Jon P
Why Dad's Lady Seven: Just ran a sharply improved race. Finished 2nd in her last start, 1½ lengths behind the winner. Rarely runs a bad one: top three in 4 of 4 lately.
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Updated Oct 18, 2026