Mike Conti

“I really like Chief Wallaby in here. He is absolutely my top selection [30:06] as well.”

Golden Tempo won the Belmont Stakes; Chief Wallaby finished 4th.

“I'm coming back to my boy Prince in here, who is number 10, all the way to the outside.”

My Boy Prince (#10) finished 5th in the Jaipur Stakes (G1) at Saratoga on June 6, 2026; Reef Runner won. (1) Reef Runner 2) Ag Bullet 3) John the Beer Man 4) Twenty Six Black 5) My Boy Prince)

“I will bet him down to three to one [38:27] as a win bet contender for every reason that you just mentioned.”

Napoleon Solo won the 2026 (151st) Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park; #12 Incredible did not win.

“so that's the horse that i [45:24] will be keying around for the Black Eyed Susan on Friday, number three, Holly's Holiday.”

My Miss Mo won the 2026 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Laurel Park; Holly's Holiday (#3) did not win.

“this may be my best bet of the day. Uh, number eight, awesome check.”

Warming won the 2026 Gallorette Stakes; favorite Awesome Czech (#8) finished 6th.

“In race 10, the dinner party, [46:44] I looked to the morning line second choice. Number three, cruise the Nile nine to five.”

Fort Washington won the 2026 Dinner Party Stakes; favorite Cruise the Nile (#3) did not win.

“Yeah, so my top selection in here is Percy's Bar. She won the grade one. Best name in the race.”

Percy's Bar did not win the 2026 Kentucky Oaks; Always A Runner won under the lights.

“Actually my best bet of the weekend is in this race and going towards the outside to number 12 Remember Mamba a horse that is a perfect three for three lifetime.”

Remember Mamba finished 2nd in the 2026 American Turf; Stark Contrast won by 2 1/4 lengths.

“I am going to number nine, the Puma. He's another horse that is coming out of the Florida Derby. He finished second in that race just by a nose.”

152nd Kentucky Derby (May 2, 2026) was won by Golden Tempo (23-1). The Puma did not win.

“wouldn't put it past him another horse at decent odds of eight to one that I'm”

Chief Wallaby (#12) finished 4th in the 2026 Kentucky Derby; win bet loses. (Golden Tempo won; Chief Wallaby finished 4th.)

“So again, my exacta is going to be number seven journalism over the number six Baeza.”

Sovereignty won the Belmont; Journalism finished 2nd, so Journalism-over-Baeza exacta missed. (Sovereignty 1st, Journalism 2nd, Baeza 3rd)

“And then my trifecta will be journalism number seven over Baeza number six over the one hill road over and with two sovereignty.”

Sovereignty won the Belmont; Journalism only ran 2nd, so the Journalism-on-top trifecta missed. (Sovereignty 1st, Journalism 2nd, Baeza 3rd, Hill Road 5th)

“I'm going to be there Friday. And when I walk in, I'm going straight to the teller and putting a bet in on this horse and don't care what the horse goes off at.”

Classic Q won the 2025 Just a Game Stakes at Saratoga; Excellent Truth did not win. (Winner: Classic Q)

“I'm going two journalism over eight clever again. [30:40] That's going to be my straight exacta.”

Journalism won but Gosger ran 2nd, not Clever Again; straight exacta missed. (Exacta: Journalism (2) over Gosger (9))

“For my top pick, as you”

Luxor Cafe finished 12th in the 2025 Kentucky Derby, won by Sovereignty. (Luxor Cafe 12th)

“Oaks, I like the number seven La Cara, 12 to one.”

La Cara finished 9th in the 2025 Kentucky Oaks; Good Cheer won. (La Cara 9th of field)

“You've got the beast herself, the thousand pound gorilla herself in torpedo.”

Thorpedo Anna finished last (7th) in the Race 7 La Troienne; Raging Sea won. (Thorpedo Anna last after rough trip)

“And at three to one, I think you're getting a pretty square price.”

Give Me Another (Gimme a Nother) did not win its May 2 race; finished off the win. (Did not win Race 8)

“And then the other undercard bet on Friday that I like in race 10, again, another short price at eight to five, number four AG Bullet.”

AG Bullet finished 7th in the Race 10 Unbridled Sidney at Churchill Downs May 2, 2025. (AG Bullet 7th; Queen Maxima won)

“Best bet of the weekend is race five on Saturday, the number six, Sacred Wish.”

Sacred Wish finished 6th in the Distaff Turf Mile (Race 5) May 3; Simply In Front won. (Sacred Wish 6th)

“number 10 Ironman Cal.”

Ironman Cal finished 10th in the American Turf (Race 9) at Churchill Downs May 3, 2025. (Ironman Cal 10th)

“In race 10, a horse who I've loved for a really long time, Vava, who's coming in here at a really”

Vahva ran in the Race 10 Derby City Distaff May 3 and finished 7th/8th; Kopion won. (Vahva did not win Race 10)

“in race 11, which is the turf classic, going to the inside with integration.”

Integration finished out of the money in the Race 11 Turf Classic; Spirit of St Louis won. (Integration unplaced)

“in this year's Kentucky Derby is the number seven Luxor Cafe who is 15 to one. So, you know, trying to continue with that trend.”

Sovereignty won the 2025 (151st) Kentucky Derby; Luxor Cafe did not win, so the outright lost.

“is a price that I really like. He's another one of these horses. Like, we talked about sandman, final gambit is going to do his best running late.”

Sovereignty won the 2025 Kentucky Derby; Final Gambit finished 4th, so the outright win bet lost.

“He's got the number four Rodriguez at twelve to one. Rodriguez ran, [24:22] in a race called the Wood Memorial [24:25] about a month ago now, [24:26] and won that race fairly easily.”

151st Kentucky Derby (May 3, 2025) was won by Sovereignty; Rodriguez finished well back and did not win.

“So the way that I'm gonna build my Exacta this year is I'm gonna have the number seven Luxor cafe and the number eight journalism in the first place spot. And then in the second place spot, I'm gonna have the number three,”

Derby exacta required Luxor Cafe (7) or Journalism (8) on top. Winner was #18 Sovereignty (Journalism 2nd, Luxor Cafe out), so the 7/8-on-top exacta lost.

“So my trifecta ticket is gonna look like this. It's gonna look like $7.08 [38:06] in first. In the second position, it will be 3478910171819.”

Derby trifecta keyed 7,8 in first; winner was #18 Sovereignty (1st), then Journalism (2nd), Baeza (3rd). With neither 7 nor 8 finishing first, the trifecta lost.

“I'm going with my top selection to Antiquarian, the number five at 12 to one on the morning line.”

Dornoch won the 2024 Belmont Stakes at Saratoga; Antiquarian did not win. (Belmont winner: Dornoch (17-1))

“one, it's a horse that I'm getting really excited about.”

Cogburn won the 2024 Jaipur Stakes (G1) at Saratoga in course-record time; Star of Mystery finished 3rd. (Jaipur winner: Cogburn; Star of Mystery 3rd)

“Beer can man is actually my best bet of the day on Saturday at five to two.”

Beer Can Man finished 5th (beaten 4 1/4 lengths) in the $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint at Pimlico on May 18, 2024; Grooms All Bizness won. (Won by Grooms All Bizness; Beer Can Man 5th)

“My best bet in race seven is going to be number six, Five Towns.”

Five Towns finished 2nd in the Gallorette Stakes (turf) at Pimlico on May 18, 2024; Fluffy Socks won. (Won by Fluffy Socks; Five Towns 2nd)

“the number two Kings Barnes, in my opinion, seven to five, but becomes a free square in a multi race wager.”

Kingsbarns (the #2, favorite referenced as "Kings Barnes") finished 2nd in the Pimlico Special S. (G3), Race 12 on the 5/17/2024 Pimlico card; Pyrenees won. (Pimlico Special (G3), 5/17/2024: 1st Pyrenees, 2nd Kingsbarns (fav))

“I'm going to play eight over nine straight.”

Preakness 149 won by Seize the Grey; Tuscan Gold finished 4th, not 1st, and exacta over Imagination missed.

“so for a lot of [15:22] those reasons I'm ending up on my top selection number eight just a touch at 10 to one”

Mystik Dan won the 2024 Kentucky Derby; Just a Touch finished last (20th). (Just a Touch last, 53+ lengths back)

“So he's absolutely my top long shot at [26:36] 30 to one.”

Mystik Dan won the 2024 Kentucky Derby; Domestic Product finished 12th. (Domestic Product 12th)

“My top choice in here is going to be number two, Zandon, 12 to one on the morning [4:45] line.”

White Abarrio won the 2023 Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita; Zandon did not win. (White Abarrio won by 1 length over Derma Sotogake)

“I'm going right back to the old well here, back to up to the mark, number eight, [6:43] five to one morning line.”

Auguste Rodin won the 2023 Breeders' Cup Turf; Up to the Mark did not win. (Auguste Rodin won the BC Turf at Santa Anita)

“I'm going to number five, Adairi Menor. [9:37] Bob Baffert trainee.”

Idiomatic won the 2023 Breeders' Cup Distaff; Adare Manor finished 7th. (Adare Manor finished 7th, Idiomatic won)

• Adare Manor / Idiomatic / Randomize
• Up to the Mark (single)
• Zandon / White Abarrio / Arabian Knight

“So it will be three by one by three. [13:47] So it'll cost you $9 for every dollar. [13:50] I will most likely be playing $100 pick three.”

Two of three legs hit (Idiomatic won the Distaff, White Abarrio won the Classic), but the Turf was won by Auguste Rodin, not the picked Up to the Mark, busting the pick-3 ticket. (Distaff: Idiomatic (hit); Turf: Auguste Rodin (missed vs. Up to the Mark); Classic: White Abarrio (hit))

“So at 10 to 1 on the morning line, she's going to be my top selection.”

Taxed won the 2023 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes; Sacred Wish did not win (Baltimore Sun). (Taxed won, Sacred Wish off the board)

“At eight to one, extreme amounts of value.”

Maple Leaf Mel won the 2023 Miss Preakness Stakes (Race 10, May 19) by 1½ lengths; Afternoon Tea did not win (Sky Sports Racing / Baltimore Sun). (Maple Leaf Mel won, Afternoon Tea off the board)

“The race before that race, seven, the eight bells, I landed on number three, Olivia Twist at 12 to one.”

Olivia Twist finished 5th in the Eight Belles Stakes (Grade 2) on May 5, 2023 at Churchill Downs; Red Carpet Ready won the race (Churchill Downs official site). (5th place finish)

“[25:30] So I'll actually be singling”

Flightline won the 2022 Metropolitan Handicap by six lengths; Speaker's Corner led early but faded to finish third. (1. Flightline, 3. Speaker's Corner (1:33.59))

“And for better or for worse, Mo Donegal is my top pick in here.”

Mo Donegal finished 5th in the 2022 Kentucky Derby, won by Rich Strike. (Mo Donegal finished 5th of 20, 3 3/4 lengths back)

“I just, I have a hard time there. Uh, listen, I think my, my top long shot at 15 to one or greater”

Zozos finished 10th in the 2022 Kentucky Derby, won by Rich Strike. (Zozos finished 10th of 20, 15 3/4 lengths back)

“if his horses run as well. Okay. My top long shot, the number eight Venti Valentine. I actually think”

Venti Valentine, backed here as a top long shot to win, finished well back (7th) in the 2022 Kentucky Oaks, which was won by Secret Oath. (Venti Valentine finished 7th; Secret Oath won)

“I love side dog in here.”

Sy Dog (transcribed "Side Dog") finished 3rd in the American Turf Stakes at Churchill Downs on Derby Day; Stolen Base won. (1. Stolen Base 2. Balnikhov 3. Sy Dog)

“it's going to be a pick three. Starting in race eight, I'm going to single number five,”

Dolce Zel (transcribed "Dulce Zen") finished 3rd in the Edgewood Stakes (race 8) at Churchill Downs on Oaks Day, May 6, 2022; New Year's Eve won. (1. New Year's Eve 2. McKulick 3. Dolce Zel)

“I love number one, Temple. Horses five to one on the morning line. Frankly, I don't think we're going to get five to one. Anything above two to one, five to two, I think is absolutely a win bet.”

Strong Tide won the Race 5 turf allowance on Kentucky Oaks Day; Temple finished off the board. (Winner: Strong Tide; Temple unplaced)