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Finger Lakes Race 5 picks, odds and entries: claiming, 5 1/2 Furlongs dirt

Post 2:51 PM ET5 1/2 Furlongs · DirtPurse $14,000Claiming3 Year Olds And Up -999°F

8 horses line up for Race 5 at Finger Lakes, a claiming over 5 1/2 Furlongs of dirt and a $14,000 purse. Post time is 2:51 PM ET. We side with Follow Your Arrow (5-2), with Bad Connection (15-1) our value play. Here is the field, how the race sets up and where the value is.

Finger Lakes Race 5 field and morning-line odds

#Horse (sire – dam)M/LJockey / trainerWt
1Tale of the TailVekoma – Golden Miss10-1Joel CruzT: Linda Dixon122 lb
2ItwillbefunConstitution – Take Charge5-1Emanuel De DiegoT: Dana Saul122 lb
3Signifying NothingCentral Banker – Time Counts8-1Keiber CoaT: Ralph D'Alessandro124 lb
4Isle StormHonorable Dillon – Freud Ian Girl6-1Nazario AlvaradoT: Linda Dixon122 lb
5Dream On CaraCentral Banker – Dreaming of Cara7-2Andre WorrieT: Rachel Sells122 lb
6Follow Your ArrowBal a Bali*Brz – Coyote Pretty5-2J. RohenaT: Chris Englehart124 lb
7Book of WisdomSolomini – Tappin'at the Door4-1Jose BaezT: Dana Saul124 lb
8Bad ConnectionFrosted – Junoon15-1John BerriosT: Luis Gutierrez122 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 5 picks

Top pick6 Follow Your Arrow 5-2
  • The 5-2 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
  • J. Rohena has won 1 of 22 rides (5%) at New York tracks in our records.
  • Trainer Chris Englehart is 7-for-45 (16%) in New York, with horses in the money 36% of the time.
  • By Bal a Bali*Brz out of Coyote Pretty.
Value play8 Bad Connection 15-1
  • At 15-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
  • John Berrios has won 0 of 11 rides (0%) at New York tracks in our records.
  • Trainer Luis Gutierrez is 6-for-25 (24%) in New York, with horses in the money 60% of the time.
  • By Frosted out of Junoon.
Longshot1 Tale of the Tail 10-1
  • A 10-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
  • Joel Cruz has won 9 of 55 rides (16%) at New York tracks in our records.
  • Trainer Linda Dixon is 3-for-25 (12%) in New York, with horses in the money 60% of the time.
  • By Vekoma out of Golden Miss.

Finger Lakes Race 5 analysis: pace, price and connections

Follow Your Arrow is the 5-2 morning-line favorite, with Dream On Cara next at 7-2. Prices stretch out to 15-1 on Bad Connection, so the board has real depth.

Linda Dixon sends out 2 runners (Tale of the Tail and Isle Storm), which tells you the barn thinks the conditions suit.

Among the riders, Andre Worrie has the best New York strike rate in our records: 21% wins from 63 mounts.

Forecast: , high of -999°F.

Best betting value in Race 5

For a straight bet, Bad Connection is the price play at 15-1. To cover our top pick as well, a $1 exacta box of Follow Your Arrow and Bad Connection costs $2.

To chase a bigger payout, use Tale of the Tail (10-1) underneath in trifectas.

Morning-line odds are the track handicapper’s forecast, not the final price. Pari-mutuel odds move with the money until the gates open.

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