Picks
TwinSpires brings horse players the best edge with insightful handicapping and expert picks for wagering.
TwinSpires presents many forms of betting picks. From a vast array of free dynamic picks or our racing analysts preparing new daily expert picks. To premium products offering exclusive and proprietary dynamic selections for our horse players to utilize. These data driven models, and AI agentic tools, build a variety of angles and betting tips to consider. This isn't just handicapping, these are crafted suggestions to bet by respected experts or data supported picks.
Studying racing on a mobile phone at the Kentucky Derby (Photo by Coady Photography/Churchill Downs)
The betting experience is focused around three platforms
The TwinSpires desktop experience and mobile web responsive experience (TUX for short), plus our native Apps for both iOS and Android.
Both web and mobile experiences offer extensive handicapping tools to help you land on lucrative picks and scoring bets, but also offer bets from our respected stable of racing analysts and handicappers. Yes, we also offer exclusive data driven dynamic picks and AI powered selection suggestions.
The TwinSpires Edge website provides all of the handicapping analysis, trends, case studies, latest racing news and even engaging features ... every day!
What tools exist for free picks?
Top 25 Picks for Today
Data-driven picks, updated daily. Built on insights from more than 350,000 horse races, our system evaluates each horse’s chances and uncovers value the market may be overlooking. The result: clearer betting opportunities and more confidence in every wager.
Daily Expert Picks & brisPICKS
brisPICKS race predictions and selections are generated by a highly predictive and rigorously tested statistical model that uses more than 50 years of proven, proprietary data from the industry-leading Brisnet.com handicapping database.
PaddockPRO AI Race Preview
- Suggests picks based on AI interpretation of racing conditions
- Pace Analysis
- Overlay Longshot
- Vulnerable Chalk
- At a Glance Stats
- Track Conditions or possible bias
PaddockPRO AI Chat Assistant
- Paddock Pro AI Chat Experience
- AI pre-built prompts
- Custom question and query asking with real-time research and answer
- Prompt submissions
- Educational insight and education
FREE Betting Guide PDF Download
Often including panel picks where we select 4 to 6 racing analysts and handicappers to give their top 3 selections for a range of racing surrounding a specific racing event.
How can I tell if a racetrack or a specific race has an Expert Pick available that I should view?
- On Desktop and Mobile Web; inside the TwinSpires betting interface user experience (TUX)
- Chiclets or Badge Icons on ‘Today’s Racing’ listing all of the day's racing
- Chiclets or Badge Icons on the Program View pages for each individual race
- The 'Tips' tab; You can find Profit Line (PL), Angles pertaining to Hot Jockey, Clocker Special, Key Trainer, Top Picks
- In App Video Expert Picks by racing analysts
- BRISnet Spot Plays
- Parlay Central
- Easy Bets; Odds vs Evens and Head to Head offerings
Who are TwinSpires’ handicappers creating picks?
- James Scully
- Vance Hanson
- Darin Zoccali
- Kyle Hampton
- Kevin Kilroy
- Kaitlin Free
- Joe Kristufek
- Tony Calo
- Nick Tammaro
- J. Keeler Johnson
- John Mucciolo
- Alastair Bull
Who are special guests that provide picks to TwinSpires?
- Travis Stone
- Eddie Olczyk
- Kirk Herbstreit
- Meg Burgess
- Kali Francois
- Tim Holland
- Dean Keppler
- Brian Arrigoni
- Don Stevens
- Bobby Neuman
- Jason Witham
Recent free expert picks by respected handicappers
Free expert picks and bet selections by industry leading horse racing analysts and handicappers. https://www.twinspires.com/bettingtools/
International Free Horse Racing Picks
Frequently Asked Questions about betting picks
FAQs on what picks are offered and how to find them at TwinSpires.