Monday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Finger Lakes opening day
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Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Monday, April 27 at Finger Lakes and Turf Paradise, including a trio of exactas.
Today's Races
All Races
UK GH Monmore (G)
Race 5
2 MTP
FRA Chantilly
Race 6
5 MTP
UK Epsom Downs
Race 4
5 MTP
HK Happy Valley Wed
Race 9
5 MTP
UK Yarmouth
Race 4
12 MTP
UK Southwell
Race 4
20 MTP
UK Lingfield
Race 1
58 MTP
Saratoga Harness (H)
Race 1
75 MTP
Monticello Raceway (H)
Race 1
85 MTP
SWE Axevalla (H)
Race 1
95 MTP
Parx Racing
Race 1
4:40 PM
Churchill Downs
Race 1
4:45 PM
Thistledown
Race 1
4:50 PM
Finger Lakes
Race 1
4:55 PM
Pocono Downs (H)
Race 1
5:00 PM
SWE Bjerke (H)
Race 1
5:00 PM
UK GH Central Park (G)
Race 1
5:14 PM
UK GH Sunderland (G)
Race 1
5:37 PM
Oak Grove (H)
Race 1
6:10 PM
Fairmount Park
Race 1
6:30 PM
IRE GH Shelbourne (G)
Race 1
6:42 PM
Laurel Simulcast
Race 1
7:00 PM
Miami Valley (H)
Race 1
8:00 PM
Plainridge (H)
Race 1
8:00 PM
Turf Paradise
Race 1
8:15 PM
Harrington Raceway (H)
Race 1
8:30 PM
Gulfstream Simulcast
Race 1
9:30 PM
Race Type
Featured Tracks
Expert Picks
Luke Middlebrook
HK Happy Valley Wed
Race 4
Purse: $149,403 HCP 3yo+ | 6F | Turf
5
1
3
Luke Middlebrook
HK Happy Valley Wed
Race 5
Purse: $149,403 HCP 3yo+ | 6F | Turf
9
8
5
Luke Middlebrook
HK Happy Valley Wed
Race 6
Purse: $149,403 HCP 3yo+ | 1M | Turf
3
10
2
Luke Middlebrook
HK Happy Valley Wed
Race 7
Purse: $362,654 HCP 3yo+ | 5F | Turf
2
5
1
Luke Middlebrook
HK Happy Valley Wed
Race 8
Purse: $237,513 HCP 3yo+ | 6F | Turf
4
3
2
Pari Mutuel Urbain
FRA Chantilly
Race 6
Purse: $33,000 ALW 3yo | 6F | Turf
3
4
7
Luke Middlebrook
HK Happy Valley Wed
Race 9
Purse: $261,775 HCP 3yo+ | 1M | Turf
6
3
12
Pari Mutuel Urbain
FRA Chantilly
Race 7
Purse: $19,000 CLM 4yo+ | 5 1/2F | Turf
5
7
1
Pari Mutuel Urbain
FRA Chantilly
Race 8
Purse: $27,000 HCP 4yo+ | 1 1/8M | All-Weather
4
1
8
Kevin Kilroy
Churchill Downs
Race 1
Purse: $83,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | Dirt
2
4
3
Kevin Kilroy
Churchill Downs
Race 2
Purse: $120,000 MSW 2yo | 4 1/2F | Dirt
1
4
6
Kevin Kilroy
Churchill Downs
Race 3
Purse: $83,000 STR 3yo+ | F&M | 1M | Turf
4
3
1
Ray Cotolo
Oak Grove
Race 1
Purse: $12,000 1M | Dirt
5
7
4
Kevin Kilroy
Churchill Downs
Race 4
Purse: $76,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | Dirt
7
2
4
Ray Cotolo
Oak Grove
Race 2
Purse: $13,000 1M | Dirt
5
6
2
Kevin Kilroy
Churchill Downs
Race 5
Purse: $48,000 MCL 3yo+ | 6 1/2F | Dirt
2
1
6
Ray Cotolo
Oak Grove
Race 3
Purse: $11,000 1M | Dirt
4
1
5
Ray Cotolo
Oak Grove
Race 4
Purse: $13,000 1M | Dirt
1
5
4
Kevin Kilroy
Churchill Downs
Race 6
Purse: $62,000 CLM 3yo+ | 1 1/16M | Turf
3
6
10
Ray Cotolo
Oak Grove
Race 5
Purse: $14,000 1M | Dirt
2
4
1
Kevin Kilroy
Churchill Downs
Race 7
Purse: $49,000 CLM 3yo+ | 7F | Dirt
8
2
9
Ray Cotolo
Oak Grove
Race 6
Purse: $30,000 1M | Dirt
5
8
2
Ray Cotolo
Oak Grove
Race 7
Purse: $13,000 1M | Dirt
3
1
2
Kevin Kilroy
Churchill Downs
Race 8
Purse: $141,000 3yo+ | 7 1/2F | Dirt
2
4
5
Ray Cotolo
Oak Grove
Race 8
Purse: $12,000 1M | Dirt
7
6
8
Kevin Kilroy
Churchill Downs
Race 9
Purse: $134,000 3yo+ | 5F | Turf
9
10
7
Ray Cotolo
Oak Grove
Race 9
Purse: $12,000 1M | Dirt
4
2
3
Ray Cotolo
Oak Grove
Race 10
Purse: $10,000 1M | Dirt
4
2
7
Ray Cotolo
Oak Grove
Race 11
Purse: $10,000 1M | Dirt
6
3
2
Shannon Doyle
Western Fair
Race 1
Purse: $5,500 1M | Dirt
1
2
8
Ray Cotolo
Oak Grove
Race 12
Purse: $15,000 1M | Dirt
1
5
6
Shannon Doyle
Western Fair
Race 2
Purse: $7,200 1M | Dirt
1
2
4
Ray Cotolo
Oak Grove
Race 13
Purse: $11,000 1M | Dirt
3
6
2
Shannon Doyle
Western Fair
Race 3
Purse: $5,000 1M | Dirt
3
6
1
Ray Cotolo
Oak Grove
Race 14
Purse: $13,000 1M | Dirt
7
2
1
Shannon Doyle
Western Fair
Race 4
Purse: $7,500 1M | Dirt
4
6
1
Shannon Doyle
Western Fair
Race 5
Purse: $7,600 1M | Dirt
4
6
2
Shannon Doyle
Western Fair
Race 6
Purse: $8,200 1M | Dirt
5
7
2
Shannon Doyle
Western Fair
Race 7
Purse: $10,400 1M | Dirt
3
6
5
Shannon Doyle
Western Fair
Race 8
Purse: $6,000 1M | Dirt
5
4
8
Shannon Doyle
Western Fair
Race 9
Purse: $7,600 1M | Dirt
2
4
5
Shannon Doyle
Western Fair
Race 10
Purse: $10,400 1M | Dirt
2
6
4
Shannon Doyle
Western Fair
Race 11
Purse: $8,600 1M | Dirt
7
2
6
Sky Racing World
AUS Caulfield Heath
Race 1
Purse: $37,785 3yo+ | 7 1/2F | Turf
3
6
2
Sky Racing World
AUS Kembla Grange
Race 1
Purse: $30,915 3yo | 5F | Turf
8
2
4
Sky Racing World
AUS Caulfield Heath
Race 2
Purse: $34,350 HCP 3yo+ | 7 1/2F | Turf
5
10
8
Sky Racing World
AUS Kembla Grange
Race 2
Purse: $28,854 3yo+ | 6 1/2F | Turf
9
1
2
Sky Racing World
AUS Caulfield Heath
Race 3
Purse: $34,350 HCP 2yo | 5F | Turf
11
1
10
Sky Racing World
AUS Kembla Grange
Race 3
Purse: $28,854 2yo | 6 1/2F | Turf
13
5
4
Sky Racing World
AUS Caulfield Heath
Race 4
Purse: $34,350 HCP 3yo+ | 1 1/8M | Turf
8
2
10
Sky Racing World
AUS Kembla Grange
Race 4
Purse: $30,915 3yo | 6F | Turf
10
12
2
Sky Racing World
AUS Caulfield Heath
Race 5
Purse: $34,350 HCP 3yo | 1 1/8M | Turf
2
4
7
Sky Racing World
AUS Kembla Grange
Race 5
Purse: $28,854 HCP 3yo+ | 1 1/4M | Turf
5
2
9
Sky Racing World
AUS Caulfield Heath
Race 6
Purse: $34,350 HCP 3yo+ | F&M | 5F | Turf
7
9
10
Sky Racing World
AUS Kembla Grange
Race 6
Purse: $28,854 HCP 3yo+ | 6 1/2F | Turf
5
2
6
Sky Racing World
AUS Caulfield Heath
Race 7
Purse: $34,350 HCP 3yo+ | 5F | Turf
10
7
5
Sky Racing World
AUS Kembla Grange
Race 7
Purse: $28,854 HCP 3yo+ | 7F | Turf
13
12
7
Sky Racing World
AUS Caulfield Heath
Race 8
Purse: $34,350 HCP 3yo | 6F | Turf
12
4
14
Parx Racing
Race 1
Purse: $26,000 CLM 3yo+ | 6 1/2F | Dirt
3
2
1
Parx Racing
Race 2
Purse: $28,000 3yo+ | F&M | 1M70Y | Dirt
5
3
2
Parx Racing
Race 3
Purse: $21,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 1M | Dirt
5
4
3
Parx Racing
Race 4
Purse: $25,000 3yo+ | F&M | 5 1/2F | Dirt
5
3
4
Parx Racing
Race 5
Purse: $32,000 3yo+ | 6 1/2F | Dirt
5
1
2
Parx Racing
Race 6
Purse: $28,000 3yo+ | 6 1/2F | Dirt
2
4
3
Parx Racing
Race 7
Purse: $50,000 ALW 3yo+ | F&M | 1M | Dirt
4
6
1
Parx Racing
Race 8
Purse: $41,000 ALW 3yo+ | F&M | 6 1/2F | Dirt
5
3
1
Parx Racing
Race 9
Purse: $50,000 MSW 3yo+ | 6 1/2F | Dirt
3
2
7
Churchill Downs
Race 1
Purse: $83,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | Dirt
2
6
1
Churchill Downs
Race 2
Purse: $120,000 MSW 2yo | 4 1/2F | Dirt
1
6
5
Churchill Downs
Race 3
Purse: $83,000 STR 3yo+ | F&M | 1M | Turf
1
6
2
Churchill Downs
Race 4
Purse: $76,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | Dirt
6
1
4
Churchill Downs
Race 5
Purse: $48,000 MCL 3yo+ | 6 1/2F | Dirt
3
9
10
Churchill Downs
Race 6
Purse: $62,000 CLM 3yo+ | 1 1/16M | Turf
15
7
6
Churchill Downs
Race 7
Purse: $49,000 CLM 3yo+ | 7F | Dirt
3
6
7
Churchill Downs
Race 8
Purse: $141,000 3yo+ | 7 1/2F | Dirt
7
1
6
Churchill Downs
Race 9
Purse: $134,000 3yo+ | 5F | Turf
4
5
10
Thistledown
Race 1
Purse: $21,900 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 6F | Dirt
1
4
8
Thistledown
Race 2
Purse: $20,300 MCL 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
5
1
4
Thistledown
Race 3
Purse: $17,400 CLM 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
2
3
4
Thistledown
Race 4
Purse: $33,900 MSW 3yo+ | 5 1/2F | Dirt
2
9
4
Thistledown
Race 5
Purse: $13,500 CLM 3yo+ | 5 1/2F | Dirt
8
6
4
Thistledown
Race 6
Purse: $28,000 ALW 3yo+ | 1M | Dirt
1
2
3
Thistledown
Race 7
Purse: $33,900 MSW 3yo+ | 5 1/2F | Dirt
3
2
6
Thistledown
Race 8
Purse: $12,600 CLM 3yo+ | 1M | Dirt
4
7
2
Finger Lakes
Race 1
Purse: $26,500 ALW 3yo+ | F&M | 4 1/2F | Dirt
2
1
3
Finger Lakes
Race 2
Purse: $11,200 CLM 3yo+ | 4 1/2F | Dirt
5
4
1
Finger Lakes
Race 3
Purse: $26,500 ALW 3yo+ | F&M | 4 1/2F | Dirt
3
5
4
Finger Lakes
Race 4
Purse: $13,500 MCL 3yo+ | 4 1/2F | Dirt
5
1
6
Finger Lakes
Race 5
Purse: $13,700 CLM 3yo+ | 4 1/2F | Dirt
3
2
1
Finger Lakes
Race 6
Purse: $14,000 CLM 3yo+ | 4 1/2F | Dirt
1
2
3
Finger Lakes
Race 7
Purse: $18,100 CLM 3yo+ | 4 1/2F | Dirt
2
6
1
Finger Lakes
Race 8
Purse: $14,000 CLM 3yo+ | 4 1/2F | Dirt
5
1
7
Fairmount Park
Race 1
Purse: $10,500 MCL 3yo+ | 5F | Dirt
4
6
2
Fairmount Park
Race 2
Purse: $12,000 CLM 3yo+ | 5F | Dirt
6
2
1
Fairmount Park
Race 3
Purse: $29,500 3yo+ | F&M | 5F | Dirt
1
5
4
Fairmount Park
Race 4
Purse: $18,500 3yo+ | F&M | 5 1/2F | Dirt
1
5
2
Fairmount Park
Race 5
Purse: $15,000 STR 3yo+ | F&M | 5F | Dirt
2
5
6
Fairmount Park
Race 6
Purse: $14,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 5F | Dirt
6
1
2
Fairmount Park
Race 7
Purse: $10,600 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 5F | Dirt
5
3
7
Turf Paradise
Race 1
Purse: $15,100 3yo+ | 330YD | Dirt
9
8
2
Turf Paradise
Race 2
Purse: $14,800 ALW 3yo+ | 350YD | Dirt
1
4
2
Turf Paradise
Race 3
Purse: $19,000 3yo | 7 1/2F | Turf
6
5
4
Turf Paradise
Race 4
Purse: $9,000 CLM 3yo+ | F&M | 5 1/2F | Dirt
2
6
4
Turf Paradise
Race 5
Purse: $10,000 CLM 4yo+ | 6F | Dirt
3
4
5
Turf Paradise
Race 6
Purse: $19,000 3yo+ | 1M | Turf
5
6
2
Turf Paradise
Race 7
Purse: $10,000 CLM 4yo+ | F&M | 6F | Dirt
1
5
7
Turf Paradise
Race 8
Purse: $11,500 CLM 3yo+ | 7 1/2F | Turf
7
4
1
Turf Paradise
Race 9
Purse: $12,000 MCL 3yo | 5 1/2F | Dirt
2
4
1
Mountaineer
Race 1
Purse: $8,500 MCL 3yo+ | F&M | 5F | Dirt
3
4
2
Mountaineer
Race 2
Purse: $15,000 STR 3yo+ | 1M | Dirt
1
6
7
Mountaineer
Race 3
Purse: $13,000 CLM 3yo+ | 6F | Dirt
6
2
4
Mountaineer
Race 4
Purse: $15,000 STR 3yo+ | F&M | 5F | Dirt
6
2
7
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