Top Horse Pick of the Week for October 5, 2019

Our horse Corruze was a late scratch in last week’s Jefferson Stakes. This week we’ve got a bigger race and a trio of picks for the Horse Pick of the Week!

BREEDERS’ CUP FUTURITY
OCTOBER 5, 2019
KEENELAND RACE COURSE–LEXINGTON, KY
RACE 9–POST 5:39 ET
PURSE: $500,000
CONDITIONS: FOR TWO YEAR OLDS
DISTANCE: ONE AND ONE SIXTEENTH MILE
SURFACE: DIRT

JANUARY COMES EARLY

The boutique fall meet at Keeneland opens this weekend and you know what that means – big fields and big payoffs!

The Top Horse Pick of the Week for October 5 is in the Grade 1 $500K Breeders’ Cup Futurity for two year-olds and can be seen live on NBCSN at 5:39 ET. This is part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series and the winner of this race gets a berth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.

The final stepping stone for next month’s Breeders’ Cup, six of these 10 runners are trying a two-turn distance for the first time. And while we think #1 Tap It to Win (3/1) is the most likely winner, given the inside rail and his last race monster final figure, we’ll look for a longshot to outrun his odds and blow up the tote board.

#9 January Man (20/1) has two positive Form Cycle Patterns and closed a lot of ground in his last effort at the same distance. There looks to be a good amount of early speed in the race, setting it up for the rail skimming Tap It to Win and a late closer like January Man to storm by many of these tiring youngsters. We don’t expect the odds to show it, but an improved run by #9 would not be surprising here.

For our money we’ll play a 1-9 exacta and #9, January Man to win and place ($6 total for a $2 bettor).

TOP HORSE PICK OF THE WEEK

#9 JANUARY MAN TO WIN
#9 JANUARY MAN TO PLACE
#1/#9 EXACTA–TAP IT TO WIN/JANUARY MAN

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