DAILY PACE CARD — THE BLOG

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Yesterday’s settled scorecard, and today’s free race.

Yesterday, settled — Tuesday, October 20, 2026

26
PICKS SETTLED
10
WINNERS
10-5-3
WIN-PLACE-SHOW
$52
$2 WIN BETS
$52.94
RETURNED
+1.8%
ROI
Played through the backups: 28 settled · 12 winners · W-P-S 12-5-3 · $56 win bets → $64.74 · ROI +15.6%

2 pick(s) were scratched in the official chart — refunds, excluded from the scorecard.

Full settled card, every pick graded: results.thoroughwiz.com/2026-10-20/selections/

Watch the races

▶ Watch the replay — Mahoning Valley Race 7 · Oct 20 — Echo Valley beat our Best Bet #10 Illuminate · official Mahoning Valley race replays page (replays post the following day) · via horseracingofficials.com
▶ Watch the replay — Fairmount Park Race 6 · Oct 20 — Gogh, the sheet's biggest winner ($7.60) · official Fairmount Park live race replays page · via horseracingofficials.com

Today’s free race

Parx — Race 7
Post 3:22 PM ET · 1 Mile · Dirt · OClm 16000
If the pace stays honest (55%): #1 Quetzal Island (3/1)
Ilias Tapsas · Bryan L Torres
Quetzal Island leads the blended late graph (83) for Ilias Tapsas/Bryan L Torres, with a raw late figure co-second in the field as the tightened second edge; the field had no clear-margin qualifier (late margin 2), and he is the marginal leader the sheet supports.
If the pace is controlled (45%): #7 Point Barrow (5/2)
Jack Abrams · Francisco Martinez
Point Barrow, the favorite, leads the early graph (94) and is second on the blended late graph (81) — top-2 on both graphs — for Jack Abrams/Francisco Martinez; if the pace is controlled at Parx (early speed winning 51% of dirt routes), the controlling presser with that finish is the pick.
🎧 Hear the pick — Alex walks through the selection

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