Our Finger Lakes Race 5 picks
- The 7-2 morning-line favorite, so the track handicapper rates this horse as the one to beat.
- Jose Baez has won 6 of 33 rides (18%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trainer Dana Saul is 5-for-29 (17%) in New York, with horses in the money 45% of the time.
- By Good Samaritan out of Caribbean Girl.
- At 25-1 on the morning line, the price is bigger than this horse’s connections suggest.
- Olaf Hernandez has won 8 of 41 rides (20%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trained by Jose Rohena.
- By Joevia out of It's a Shaw Thing.
- A 15-1 outsider with enough in its corner to hit the board and juice an exotic.
- Jeremias Flores has won 11 of 55 rides (20%) at New York tracks in our records.
- Trained by Donna Bireta.
- By Catholic Boy out of Pieces of Speight.
How Race 5 sets up
Renew the Blue is the 7-2 morning-line favorite, with Im Gunna next at 4-1. Prices stretch out to 25-1 on Honor for Mandin, so the board has real depth.
Dana Saul sends out 2 runners (Plex and Renew the Blue), 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 101 mounts.
Forecast: , high of -999°F.
Best betting value in Race 5
For a straight bet, Honor for Mandin is the price play at 25-1. To cover our top pick as well, a $1 exacta box of Renew the Blue and Honor for Mandin costs $2.
To chase a bigger payout, use Just a Guy (15-1) 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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