Fairmount Park Picks & Predictions — June 16, 2026
Fairmount Park is open for business on a beautiful Tuesday, with partly cloudy skies and a comfortable 72°F keeping conditions ideal for racing. The dirt should be in great shape today — no weather concerns to complicate your handicapping — which means speed figures and pace scenarios can be taken at face value.
Eight races are on the card, stretching from quick 5½-furlong sprints all the way out to a mile and a sixteenth. It's a claiming-heavy afternoon with a pair of Maiden Special Weight bookends — Race 1 and Race 8 — adding a little intrigue at both ends of the card. Several morning-line favorites are sitting at even money or odds-on, so finding value in the right spots will be the name of the game today.
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Race 1
Maiden Special Weight · 1 mi · Dirt
A maiden sprint going a mile on the dirt, and one horse towers above the field on the TrackWiz ratings — but the second half of the ticket offers some live price horses worth keying underneath.
Raz On Fire draws the eye immediately with a TrackWiz rating of 90 — a full 15 points clear of the next rival — and posts the field's top average speed figure at 52. The morning line of 4/5 says the connections and the market agree this horse is the one to beat. Trainer Eddie Essenpreis puts a horse in here at odds-on for a reason, and with Alexander-caliber connections aboard in Ademar Santos, expect this horse to be quick into stride and hard to peg. In a maiden field where no one has broken their maiden yet, a dominant rating edge like this is about as reliable a signal as you'll find.
Last Candy (7) checks in with a 75.06 rating — second-best in the field — and an average speed figure of 54, which is actually the highest in the race. Trainer R. Terry Young saddles this one, and if Raz On Fire gets shuffled in the early going or doesn't handle the mile distance, Last Candy has the raw speed numbers to capitalize and hit the board.
Fancy Feet (1) carries a 68.45 rating and draws the rail in a one-mile maiden event, which matters for position early. Trainer Steve Fridley keeps this horse competitively priced at 9/2 on the morning line, and as the third-best rated horse in the field, Fancy Feet looks like a solid exotic anchor for show tickets and trifecta bottoms.
Race 2
Claiming · 5 1/2 fur · Dirt
A short and sharp 5½-furlong claiming sprint where the morning line favorite and the top-rated horse don't actually match — setting up an interesting pace battle between horses with very different profiles.
One Putt Richie (5) sits atop the TrackWiz leaderboard with an 87.81 rating despite going off at 5/2, meaning there's real value here relative to what the model sees. Trainer Ralph Martinez and jockey Alexander Bendezu are a sharp combo to watch, and with a 14% career win rate providing a baseline of class, this horse has the numbers to overcome a field that looks beatable underneath the top two. The 5½-furlong distance on dirt suits horses with quick early speed, and One Putt Richie's average speed figure of 54 puts him right in contention.
Danza Taxi (6) is the morning-line favorite at 7/5 and owns a jaw-dropping 41% career win rate — the highest in the field by a wide margin. A TrackWiz rating of 71.35 and an average speed of 53 keep this horse squarely in the mix, and that win percentage alone makes Danza Taxi a near-certain board horse even on a less-than-career-best day.
Full Magazine (3) is a sneaky inclusion here at 8/1 on the morning line with a 67.64 rating — highest-rated horse in the race that isn't the top two picks. Trainer Eddie Essenpreis doubles up in this race alongside Lookin for Bala, and an average speed figure of 54 matching the top horses means Full Magazine won't be far off the pace when the gates open. At those odds, tossing a show ticket or using in trifecta exotics makes clear sense.
Race 3
Claiming · 6 fur · Dirt
Awesome Sunday looks like a heavy single in this six-furlong claiming sprint, but the value hiding in this field is real — particularly with a double-digit-rated longshot angle buried in the middle of the pack.
Awesome Sunday (5) is the class of this field, plain and simple — a 89.71 TrackWiz rating, a 23% career win rate, and a morning line of 6/5 that reflects exactly what the numbers show. Trainer Ralph Martinez and jockey Alexander Bendezu are back together, a combo worth noting given their presence throughout the card today. Six furlongs on dirt is a pace-honest distance, and a horse with a 23-win percentage at this level has proven it can close out races under pressure.
Anna After Midnite (8) is the real find on this ticket at 10/1 on the morning line, carrying a 74.48 TrackWiz rating that stands well clear of every horse in the field except the favorite. Trainer Frank C. Randazzo Jr. sends this one in at a price, and a horse this well-rated at double-digit odds in a claiming sprint is exactly the kind of overlay that makes exactas and place bets worthwhile. Don't let the odds fool you — the number is legitimate.
Life of Saturdays (2) checks in at 6/1 with a 61.79 rating and a 15% career win rate — respectable baseline form for a claiming horse at this level. Trainer Teddy Randazzo places this one in a spot where it can find a pace scenario that suits a stalker type, and at 6/1, the show ticket here adds value to any exotic construction around the top two.
The first three races are unlocked for every TrackWiz reader, and there's plenty to work with. Raz On Fire opens the card as a heavy 4/5 favorite in the Maiden Special Weight at a mile — that kind of morning-line confidence from the oddsmakers doesn't come without reason, and our analysis backs the buzz. In Race 2, One Putt Richie looks like a sharp play at 5/2 in a 5½-furlong claiming sprint, offering a touch of value while still sitting at the top of our ratings. Then Awesome Sunday rolls into Race 3 as the 6/5 favorite going six furlongs — on a fast, dry dirt surface, that natural pace setup should suit front-runners and closers alike, so watch for how the trip unfolds early.
One theme connecting these free picks: all three are on a clean, fast-playing dirt surface with no weather interference. Consistent footing tends to reward horses with reliable recent form, and that's exactly what our ratings are keying on today.
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Clean conditions, a full eight-race card, and several live pace scenarios make this a solid Tuesday at Fairmount Park. Raz On Fire, One Putt Richie, and Awesome Sunday anchor the free picks — but the most interesting decisions of the day may well be hiding in the premium races. Grab the full analysis and multi-race wager breakdowns with a TrackWiz subscription and come prepared. Good luck out there.