Tuesday’s Best Bets and Quick Picks: Sprint to route at 10-1

Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson shares best bets and quick picks for Tuesday, May 5 at Finger Lakes and Horseshoe Indianapolis, including a 10-1 shot stretching out in distance.

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Best Bets and Quick Picks

Finger Lakes: Race 1: Allowance (five furlongs on dirt, 12:55 p.m. ET)

#2 Zi End (2-1) boasts a flashy 8-6-1-0 record at Finger Lakes. She ended 2025 with a 9 3/4-length romp in the six-furlong Niagara S., and earlier in the year she beat #1 Queens Cat (3-1) by 3 1/2 lengths in a six-furlong allowance.

Zi End is trained by Debra Breed, who wins at a powerful 30% rate with horses returning from layoffs of 90 days or more. This suggests Zi End will resume her winning ways in her 2026 debut, so let’s key her over Queens Cat in a cold exacta.

Selections

• #2 Zi End (2-1)
• #1 Queens Cat (3-1)
• #4 Queens Over Threes (8-1)

Wagers

• $25 Exacta: 2 with 1

Horseshoe Indianapolis: Race 3: Allowance (one mile and 70 yards on dirt, 3:12 p.m. ET)

#3 Practical Justice (10-1) took a big step forward in his 2026 debut. He rallied from a few lengths behind a quick pace to win a 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight by 1 1/4 lengths.

Practical Justice has enough early speed to secure the lead—perhaps even an easy lead—while stretching out around two turns for the first time. Trainer Thomas Medina has been hot at Horseshoe Indianapolis this meet, going 3-for-15 (20%), so Practical Justice is an intriguing contender at double-digit odds.

Let's place a win bet on Practical Justice.

Selections

• #3 Practical Justice (10-1)
• #1 Gotanotiontodrink (6-5)
• #4 Four Star General (7-2)

Wagers

• $20 to win on #3 Practical Justice

Horseshoe Indianapolis: Race 7: Maiden Special Weight (one mile on turf, 5:16 p.m. ET)

#6 Terre Haute (7-2) performed respectably when making his turf debut in a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight at Keeneland last month. He rallied from last place to finish fourth behind next-out $125,000 allowance optional claiming winner West End Kid and last year’s Pilgrim (G2) runner-up Heeere’s Johnny.

Terre Haute figures to find the competition easier at Horseshoe Indianapolis, so if his enticing 7-2 morning-line odds hold up, a large win bet is in order.

Selections

• #6 Terre Haute (7-2)
• #2 Dionysus (6-1)
• #11 Boonesboro (10-1)

Wagers

• $40 to win on #6 Terre Haute

Good luck!