Coast to coast: See toteboard predictions for Pick 5 insight

Photo: Santa Anita illustration

I wrote last week about how coast-to-coast Pick 5 payouts greatly exceed expecations, so let's take a look at the offering this weekend. 

The $1 Pick 5 features races from Gulfstream and Santa Anita every Saturday and Sunday and a low 15 percent takeout. The $1 base makes it tougher to get coverage on your tickets, which can lead to higher payoffs.

Below are the pools and payoffs for the first 11 coast-to-coast wagers of 2024. 

I highlighted in green any time the Pick 5 has paid more than twice the parlay, and it has done exactly that 80 percent of the time when there is no carryover. The results have been fantastic, so let's look at this weekend's schedule.

Coast-to-coast Sunday

Leg

Track

Race

Post time

Leg A

Gulfstream Park

Race 9

  4:07 p.m. EST

Leg B

Santa Anita

Race 3

*4:30 p.m. EST

Leg C

Gulfstream Park

Race 10

  4:37 p.m. EST

Leg D

Santa Anita

Race 5

*5:30 p.m. EST

Leg E

Santa Anita

Race 6

*6:00 p.m. EST

*Approximate.

To help in planning out the Pick 5, we have included below Horse Racing Nation's AI line which is designed to give you a better prediction of the final odds than the morning line does. This can help indicate which contenders will be bet more than the morning line and which horses odds will go up quite a bit at race time.

Coast-to-coast Sunday: ML and HRN's AI line 

For Sunday, here are lines including HRN's AI odds. 

TrkRaceHorseNo.MLAI line
GP  9Knox115-123-1
GP  9Empirestrikesfast2  9-2  2-1
GP  9Bourbon Resolve3  5-1  8-1
GP  9Donegal Forever4  1-1  1-1
GP  9Game Warden510-1  8-1
GP  9Sara's Shaman620-121-1
GP  9Smile Mon7  7-2  5-1
SA  3Vincero Grande1  8-1  6-1
SA  3Control Function2  5-2 3-1
SA  3She's a Joker3  4-1  5-1
SA  3In Your Face4  5-1  9-2
SA  3Katerini5  4-114-1
SA  3Spring Magic612-123-1
SA  3Firsttimeinforever7  3-1  8-5
GP10Joe From Kiev115-113-1
GP10Fight Til Dawn2  6-110-1
GP10Whiting Field3  5-2  9-5
GP10Magnetic Appeal430-164-1
GP10We Got This512-111-1
GP10Giuro6  6-119-1
GP10Amazing Jett7  8-1  8-1
GP10Silent and Violent8  2-1  3-2
GP10Sting Music920-114-1
GP10Cryptonym1030-124-1
GP10Jake's Affection1130-150-1
SA  5Sol Del Sur1  5-2  2-1
SA  5Granada Flavor210-125-1
SA  5Big Buzz3  4-120-1
SA  5Good Juju4  4-1  4-1
SA  5Zimba Warrior5  8-112-1
SA  5Brazenly612-111-1
SA  5Nauvoo8  2-1  6-5
SA  6Escape Route1  6-1  7-1
SA  6Moose Mitchell2  4-1  9-2
SA  6Kingdom Heart3  6-122-1
SA  6Elwood Blues4  5-2  9-5
SA  6Principe Carlo5  5-123-1
SA  6Sir Atticus6  9-5  6-5

Coverage of the coast-to-coast Pick 5 at Horse Racing Nation is made possible in part through a sponsorship by 1/ST Racing.

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