An incredible day!

Churchill Downs Race Day Picks Review — September 27, 2026

An incredible day!

Three covered horizontal pools produced major official payouts:
🔥 $0.20 Pick 6 Jackpot ending R10 — $1,294.37 — A/A/A/A/B/A
🔥 $0.50 Pick 5 ending R7 — $1,011.66 — A/A/A/A/A
🔥 $0.50 Pick 5 ending R5 — $894.53 — A/A/A/A/A

🔥 A-tier winner in 9 of 10 races. The only race outside A was Race 9, won by B-tier #10 RUGGED LOVE — and #10 was included in the published multi-race protection.

💵 HORIZONTAL TICKETS CASHED
We cashed multiple horizontal tickets across the card — including 3 Pick 5 and the Pick 6 ticket.

The published multi-race selections also covered all 27 displayed same-card horizontal sequences: 24 standard pools plus 3 consolation sequences — 10 Doubles, 10 Pick 3s, 3 Pick 4s, 3 Pick 5s and the Pick 6.

Every Pick 4 covered:
• R5 — $0.50 Pick 4 $249.50
• R7 — $0.50 Pick 4 $116.90
• R10 — $0.50 Pick 4 $62.19

Every Pick 3 covered:
• R3 — $0.50 Pick 3 $20.44
• R4 — $0.50 Pick 3 $33.90
• R5 — $0.50 Pick 3 $66.12
• R5 — $0.50 Consolation Pick 3 $8.16
• R6 — $0.50 Pick 3 $59.87
• R6 — $0.50 Consolation Pick 3 $7.87
• R7 — $0.50 Pick 3 $29.94
• R8 — $0.50 Pick 3 $25.12
• R9 — $0.50 Pick 3 $30.91
• R10 — $3.00 Pick 3 $263.10

All the Daily Doubles:
• R2 — $1.00 Daily Double $7.59
• R3 — $1.00 Daily Double $13.42
• R4 — $1.00 Daily Double $17.39
• R5 — $1.00 Daily Double $20.15 • $1.00 Consolation Double $3.00
• R6 — $1.00 Daily Double $31.93
• R7 — $1.00 Daily Double $8.79
• R8 — $1.00 Daily Double $6.98
• R9 — $1.00 Daily Double $41.12
• R10 — $1.00 Daily Double $15.48 • $0.50 Pick 5 $356.32

🎯 SAME-RACE WAGERS
27 winning published wager calls:
• 9 winning Win recommendations
• 3 winning Place recommendations
• 8 Exactas
• 7 Trifectas

Six of the winning Win recommendations were the primary/principal selection; three more came from explicit published alternatives.

$2.00 Exacta / $0.50 Trifecta official payoffs:
R2: $18.82 / $9.50
R3: $50.72 / $70.66
R4: $23.20 / $22.55
R5: $55.22 / $41.24
R6: Exacta $27.92
R7: $21.10 / $17.18
R8: $42.14 / $49.81
R10: $30.76 / $27.52

💡 Price and upside
• R3: #4 THAT'S FIRE finished 3rd at 13-1 after the pre-race work identified him in the forward group and included him in the vertical support.
• R6: Upside Horse #5 MR. TAPPS finished 3rd at 17-1.
• R10: Upside Horse #11 CLYDE'S GOT A GUN finished 2nd at 10-1.
• Upside Horse #7 HAZY HORIZON also finished 2nd in R4, and Upside Horse #5 DANTINI finished 2nd in R7.

R3 was an especially clean race-shape validation: #7 BEARAMOUR and #4 THAT'S FIRE supplied the forward contest, and primary Win #3 MAJIK MOONEY rallied to win.

A MONSTER PERFORMANCE: 9 of 10 A-tier winners, and one B tier!