(My beautiful, youthful, 95-year-old mom on Kentucky Lake)

2026 Statistics:

Days Picks 10 / 2-5-1
2026 Overall — 397 397 / 129-132-155
Win % of Top Pick 32.49%
Payoff % of Top 3 Picks Overall 34.93%
2026 Top Pick in the Money Overall — 230-397 57.93%
2026 Top Pick in the Money @ TP Winter — 214-370 57.84%
2026 Top Pick in the Money @ OP — 2-6 33.33%
2026 Top Pick in the Money @ Tampa Bay — 5-8 62.50%
2026 Top Pick in the Money @ Fair Grounds — 8-12 66.67%
2026 Top Pick in the Money @ Gulfstream Park — 1-1 100.00%
2026 Top Pick Wins @ TP Winter — 116-370 31.35%
2026 Top Pick Wins @ OP — 2-6 33.33%
2026 Top Pick Wins @ Tampa Bay — 3-8 37.50%
2026 Top Pick Wins @ Fair Grounds — 7-12 58.33%
2026 Top Pick Wins @ Gulfstream Park — 1-1 100.00%
2026 “Key Horses” @ TP Winter — 20/6-2-4 30.00% Win / 60.00% ITM
2026 “Key Horses” @ OP — 0/0-0-0 00.00% Win / 00.00% ITM
2026 “Key Horses” @ Tampa Bay — 0/0-0-0 00.00% Win / 00.00% ITM
2026 “Key Horses” @ Fair Grounds — 4/3-0-0 75.00% Win / 75.00% ITM
2026 “Key Horses” @ Gulfstream Park — 1/1-0-0 100.00% Win / 100.00% ITM
2026 “Key Horses” Overall — 25/10-2-4 40.00% Win / 64.00% ITM

(Stats to be updated with April / May / June results)

Monday Picks:

A B C D
1 1-2 4 5-6 xxxx
2 4-10-6 9 7-2 5-8-12
3 5-8-4 1-3 6-7 2
4 4-6-5 1-3-7 11-(13)-(14) 10
5 9-8 1-12-6-7 11-10 3-2
6 3-5 1-8 2-7 4
7 7-9 5 2 1-3-8
8 8 6-5 3 7-4-1-10-9
9 9-4-5 11-8 6 1-2-3-7

Monday’s Betting Strategies: 

Betting Strategy
1 I bet 1-2 WPS / Box 1-2 / Key 1-2 o/u 4-5-6
2 I bet 4 WPS / Box 4-10-6 / Key 4-10-6 o/u 9
3 I bet 5-8 WPS / Box 5-8-4 / Key 5-8-4 o/u 1-3
4 I bet 4 WPS / Double Down on Win / Box 4-6-5
5 I bet 9 WPS / Box 9-8 / Key 9-8 o/u 1-12-6-7
6 I bet 3-5 WPS / Box 3-5 / Key 3-5 o/u 1-8-2-7
7 I bet 7 WPS / Box 7-9 / Key 7-9 o/u 5-2-1-3-8
8 I bet 8 WP / Double-Triple on Win Bet / Key 8 o/u 6-5
9 I bet 9 WPS / Box 9-4-5 / Key 9-4-5 o/u 11-8

Monday’s Comments:

Comments
1 1 Drops in Class Here & Has Highest Speed Figure for This Distance / My Pick
2 4 Drops In Class Here / Ran 2nd vs. Similar / Highest Speed Ranking in This Group
3 5 Is Best # For Me / But? / Jockey Is Having Rough Year
4 Love 4 here /Sire Throws .40% Winners On 1st Try / Dam has 4 Winners From 5 Starters  / Hot Barn
5 9 Gets Classy Rider / Drops in Class / Barn Wins With . 25% Making 1st Start For Trainer
6 3 Is My “Upset Play of Day” at 8-1 ML / Barn Wins .20% on Dirt / Won Last Race, Too
7 Love 7 Here / Rider Has Won 2 KY Derbies / Should Like Addition of Blinkers
8 Barn Real Hot = 11-3-2 in last 27 / Ran 2nd vs. Similar / Could Improve Here
9 9 Could Improve in 2nd Off Layoff / Ran 2nd vs. Similar in Last Out / Highest Last Race Speed #

Good Luck & All the Best / Gene