Finger Lakes Race 1 Results & Payouts – Oct 7, 2026

Finger Lakes Race 1 results and payouts

Finish	Horse	Win	Place	Show
1	2 Busy Busy BusyJoel Cruz · T: Jonathan Buckley	$4.44	$2.44	$2.10
2	1 WisecrackerSteven Fret · T: Lisa Reed	–	$2.48	$2.10
3	5 Strongest LinkOscar Gomez · T: Paul Barrow	–	–	$2.20

Finish

Horse

Win

Place

Show

2 Busy Busy BusyJoel Cruz · T: Jonathan Buckley

$4.44

$2.44

$2.10

1 WisecrackerSteven Fret · T: Lisa Reed

–

$2.48

$2.10

5 Strongest LinkOscar Gomez · T: Paul Barrow

–

$2.20

Exacta 2-1: $9.86 (pool $24,455)

Superfecta 2-1-5-3: $1.50 (pool $8,900)

Trifecta 2-1-5: $3.79 (pool $13,831)

Time 1:41.72 · Track fast · Also ran: Darby Dreams, Hold the Phone, Joe G Twentythree

Race 1 field: morning lines and order of finish

#	Horse (sire – dam)	M/L	Jockey / trainer	Wt	Fin
1	WisecrackerPractical Joke – G Note	3-1	Steven FretT: Lisa Reed	124 lb	2
2	Busy Busy BusyFreud – Bea Bea	9-5	Kevin NavarroT: Jonathan Buckley	121 lb	1
3	Darby DreamsAlways Dreaming – Darby Shaw	6-1	Jose VenturaT: Jose Merced	124 lb
4	Hold the PhoneDivisidero – Wish I Understood	8-1	Emanuel De DiegoT: Rachel Sells	124 lb
5	Strongest LinkConnect – Charitable Link	5-2	Oscar GomezT: Paul Barrow	121 lb	3
6	Joe G TwentythreeEngage – Stolen Heart	10-1	Ben JosephT: Victor Dean III	111 lb

M/L is the track handicapper’s morning line. Live tote odds replace it near post; results and $2 payouts appear once the race is official.

Our Finger Lakes Race 1 picks

Top pick2 Busy Busy Busy 9-5

The 9-5 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
Kevin Navarro has won 2 of 35 rides (6%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Jonathan Buckley is 2-for-31 (6%) in New York, with horses in the money 68% of the time.
By Freud out of Bea Bea.

Value play4 Hold the Phone 8-1

At 8-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
Emanuel De Diego has won 6 of 40 rides (15%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trainer Rachel Sells is 5-for-30 (17%) in New York, with horses in the money 27% of the time.
By Divisidero out of Wish I Understood.

Longshot6 Joe G Twentythree 10-1

A 10-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
Ben Joseph has won 0 of 16 rides (0%) at New York tracks in our records.
Trained by Victor Dean III.
By Engage out of Stolen Heart.

How our picks did

Top pick: Busy Busy Busy (9-5) won, paying $4.44 to win.
Value play: Hold the Phone (8-1) missed the board.
Longshot: Joe G Twentythree (10-1) missed the board.

Breaking down the Race 1 field

Busy Busy Busy is the 9-5 morning-line favorite, with Strongest Link next at 5-2. It is a tightly priced field, which usually means a competitive race.

Among the riders, Oscar Gomez has the best New York strike rate in our records: 17% wins from 54 mounts.

Forecast: mostly sunny, high of 66°F.

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