Monday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: 10-1 at Horseshoe Indianapolis

Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Monday, May 12 at Thistledown and Horseshoe Indianapolis, including a 10-1 shot cutting back from routes to a sprint.

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Best Bets and Quick Picks

Thistledown: Race 3: Allowance (six furlongs on dirt, 1:50 p.m. ET)

#2 Parlay (8-5) cracked the exacta in five straight stakes last year. At Thistledown, she won the six-furlong Emerald Necklace S. by 1 3/4 lengths over #5 Praise N Glory (6-1).

Parlay brings sharp Brisnet Speed ratings to her 2025 debut and looms as the filly to beat for the red-hot jockey/trainer duo of Rocco Bowen and Timothy Hamm. Let’s bet her over #1 Drills Wild Brat (2-1) and #3 Officially Yours (7-2) in the exacta.

Selections

• #2 Parlay (8-5)
• #1 Drills Wild Brat (2-1)
• #3 Officially Yours (7-2)

Wagers

• $15 Exacta: 2 with 1,3 ($30)

Horseshoe Indianapolis: Race 2: Maiden Special Weight (six furlongs on dirt, 2:41 p.m. ET)

In 2024, trainer Paulo Lobo compiled an excellent 3-for-8 (38%) record debuting horses on dirt at Horseshoe Indianapolis. This bodes well for Lobo’s unraced three-year-old #5 Goodbar (3-1).

Goodbar has put together an encouraging work tab highlighted by a bullet five furlongs in 1:00 4/5 at Keeneland. If his 3-1 morning-line odds hold up in this small field, Goodbar is worthy of a win bet.

Selections

• #5 Goodbar (3-1)
• #3 McMusic (9-5)
• #2 Master Mule (2-1)

Wagers

• $30 to win on #5 Goodbar

Horseshoe Indianapolis: Race 6: Maiden Special Weight (six furlongs on dirt, 4:45 p.m. ET)

#1 Bigley Huge (10-1) is an interesting longshot in this maiden special weight for Indiana-breds. He finished second three times in route races over this track and class level last year, and there’s a chance cutting back to six furlongs will yield the improvement he needs to break his maiden.

Let’s try placing a small win bet on Bigley Huge.

Selections

• #1 Bigley Huge (10-1)
• #9 Whatnowdaddy (9-5)
• #5 Onry (6-1)

Wagers

• $15 to win on #1 Bigley Huge

Good luck!