Keeneland Picks | Friday, October 2, 2026

The Conductor’s card for Friday at Keeneland. Inside posts and early speed are the play on this main track. Good luck passengers.

Race	Picks	Top Value
1	4-3-8	4 Hollybygolly (8/1)
2	4-1-9	4 Mena (4/1)
3	2-7-1	2 Seaside Startup (7/2)
4	4-5-1	4 Shewontbudge (6/1)
5	4-1-11	4 Should’ve (12/1)
6	6-8-3	6 T V Time Out (6/1)
7 Phoenix (GII)	8-4-10	8 Hymn (4/1)
8 Jessamine (GII)	5-1-11	5 Seneca Park (9/2)
9 Alcibiades (GI)	5-1-8	5 Summer Starlet (4/5)
10	7-12-9	7 My Boy Tony (8/1)

Best Bet, Race 1

#4 Hollybygolly, 8/1.

Stakes placed filly dropping in class for her second start off a layoff. She closed with the best late move in the field last out and sits right behind the speed from post 4.

Value Plays, Race by Race

Race 2, #4 Mena (4/1). Improved three straight times and already a Keeneland winner, breaking from a good inside draw.

Race 3, #2 Seaside Startup (7/2). Showed real ability first time out and breaks inside with speed. Should move forward against a beatable even money favorite.

Race 4, #4 Shewontbudge (6/1). Has run as fast as anyone in here on dirt and has hit the board at Keeneland. Second off the layoff from a good inside post.

Race 5, #4 Should’ve (12/1). Fastest recent race in the field and natural speed from post 4 in a short turf sprint.

Race 6, #6 T V Time Out (6/1). Two solid, matching races for Asmussen. Not far off the 8/5 favorite at four times the price.

Race 7, #8 Hymn (4/1). The most consistent fast horse in the Phoenix. Nakatomi, a 4 time Keeneland winner, goes in every exotic.

Race 8, #5 Seneca Park (9/2). Two solid turf runs and tactical speed from a fair draw in the Jessamine.

Race 9, #5 Summer Starlet (4/5). Clearly the best filly in the Alcibiades. Find your value underneath with Emphatic and Elewene at 15/1.

Race 10, #7 My Boy Tony (8/1). Three seconds and a third from four Keeneland starts. The value in a race where the favorite breaks from post 12.

Morning line odds. Check for scratches and track condition.