DAILY PACE CARD — THE BLOG

Monday, November 2, 2026

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

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Yesterday, settled — Sunday, November 1, 2026

PICKS SETTLED

WINNERS

9-16-8

WIN-PLACE-SHOW

$100

$2 WIN BETS

$39.58

RETURNED

-60.4%

ROI

As filed (before scratches): 44 settled · 9 winners · $88 win bets → $39.58 · ROI -55.0%

Best Bet of the day: #13 Got'm Cot'm (5/1) if the pace stays honest, #4 Frank Bullitt (3/1) if the pace is controlled (Santa Anita Race 8) — the holds-up-front pick finished out of the money; the falls-apart pick had no final official result on file; the race went to #10 Third Beer — paid $8.40 to win
Biggest winner on the sheet: #2 Speaker's Speech (3/1) if the pace stays honest (Woodbine Race 8, one pick — likelihood floor) — our one filed pick — the pace stays honest — won — paid $7.20 to win ($2) (likelihood floor)

Single-pick accounting — official picks: 46 settled · 9 winners · ROI -57.0%. Winner was the official pick in 9 of 46 races. 6 official pick(s) were scratched and the leg settled on the first backup in the chain that ran (second scenario's pick, then the filed alternates).

In the money: 33 of 50 pick legs (66%) finished 1st, 2nd or 3rd.

The 9 winners paid an average of $4.40 on a $2 win ticket.

Across the board: $2 win-place-show on every pick — $274 → $195.00 · ROI -28.8%. (1 pool stake(s) refunded — the chart printed no price for that pool.)

Full settled card, every pick graded: results.thoroughwiz.com/2026-11-01/selections/

Watch the races

▶ Woodbine Race 8 · Nov 1 — the Grey Stakes (G3): Speaker's Speech wired the field, the sheet's biggest winner ($7.20) · Woodbine Replays (YouTube)

Today’s free race

Zia Park — Race 7

Post 4:47 PM ET · 5½ Furlongs · Dirt · Mdn 45k

If the pace is controlled (70%): #4 He's So Smooth (9/5)

Stacey Rushton · Alfredo J Juarez Jr.

He's So Smooth leads both graphs with a clear-margin late lead of 19 for Stacey Rushton/Alfredo J Juarez Jr. at 121 lb, with the draw edge besides; the sub-2/1 hard edge is his — he leads the late graph and owns the pace scenario as the controlling speed in the day's featured race

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