Understanding purchase price with an unspectacular mare in the mix can be so useful. 

SECOND RACE: A Maiden Special Weight at five furlongs on the TURF. Top selection is BULLWHACKER (#1). He debuts for Mendez, a guy who used to fire often with debut runners, and today, this gelding has plenty of foundation in place. Notice he began working at Dixie Downs, a red soil track in Utah before coming west, and what strikes us is that he was a 600,000 purchase, a huge price out of a mare who was 0-2 on the track, and being this was her first foal, had nothing to show on the bottom side, thus, a big, big price telling us the horse is really put together well.

Another nice debut winner, returning $18.40.

Jul 24 '26, 7:10 PM in 10h

MLB | Guardians vs Rays

Play on: Rays -130 at circa

Guardians vs Rays MLB Free Pick 

The Angle(s): Cleveland left-hander Joey Cantillo (8-5, 3.74 ERA) gave up four runs in five innings of a 7-1 loss to Pittsburgh last time out, and have been hitting left-handers hard all season, checking in at 19-10 with a +25% ROI when facing a left-handed starter. The Rays turn to a left-hander of their own in Shane McClanahan (8-6, 3.15 ERA) who is 6-1 with an ERA of 1.88 at home on the season. 

The Bet: Rays (3%). 

DEL MAR 5TH RACE;  #5, #7 FORMFUL; RACE 6 #8,#7,#6, RACE 7 #5, #8, RACE 8#3,#9. LATE PICK 4!

DEL MAR RACE 4 SHADED: #8 SURFIN THE COAST, #5 LADY MARYANN. EITHER HORSE COULD WIN

DEL MAR BEST BET: RACE 1 #5 SENDIT MO

SARATOGA THURSDAY:  RACE 3; #8 SHERIFF BIANCO # 9 HEY TOBY

RACE 4 BEST BET OF THE DAY:  #5 SALAMIS

THAT'S ALL I AM GIVING OUT AT SARATOGA AS IT HAS BEEN TOUGH!  FOCUS MORE ON DEL MAR SAN DIEGO!

Pirates vs. Yankees (Game 1, 1:05 PM) — 5 Units on Pittsburgh +150

Pittsburgh gets two shots today in this doubleheader, and the algorithm targets a specific inefficiency: heavily-priced favorites with strong power numbers in an interleague spot. New York fits: the Yankees hit well over 1.37 HR per game both last season and this one, and they're priced right in the required 140-190 range as favorites.

Algorithm: 28-28 (50% winners) since 2004, averaging a +145 underdog price, for $10,640 in Dime Bettor profit. As explained in the accompanying "Blackjack" breakdown — a coin-flip win rate at plus-money odds still produces real, sustainable profit purely because of the price, the same logic that separates smart sports betting from even-money casino games.

Hot: Pittsburgh took the season series opener from New York 8-5 on Monday behind a strong offensive push, showing this lineup can hang with New York's pitching staff. Cold: the Yankees' bullpen has shown some cracks in recent outings, and if New York's starter struggles early, Pittsburgh's lineup has enough thump to keep this competitive into the late innings.

Five units on the Pirates in Game 1.