1/ST BET AI Picks: Virginia Oaks & Derby from Colonial Downs

Tuesday's main events come from Colonial Downs, where it's Virginia Derby Day. To assist your handicapping, top selections provided by the 1/ST BET app measure each contender against the 10 leading factors for each race. The 1/ST BET app looks at 52 handicapping factors and more than 200,000 past races to determine its AI selections.

You can use the automated handicapping factors, or create your own factor filters to incorporate angles you prefer. Full-card selections can be found in the 1/ST BET app. We’ve included the official track morning line odds.

Colonial Downs // Race 9 // 5:29 pm ET
#5 Full Count Felicia (12-1 ML)
Longshot pick in Virginia Oaks has race-best 19% Win Projection from 1/ST BET. Fair odds would be between 9-2 and 4-1, so the morning line offers outstanding value. Filly showed massive improvement in first start for high-percentage trainer Brittany Russell in local maiden victory. Win-place bet. Daily Double 5-7 to next pick.

Colonial Downs // Race 10 // 6:14 pm ET
#7 Unanimous Consent (3-1 ML)
29% Win Projection from 1/ST BET offers fair odds around 5-2 as the likely Virginia Derby favorite. Big, 14-point advantage over any other rival in the field. Top national turf trainer Chad Brown sends this one from New York fresh with only 3 starts in 2022 to date. Win bet. Exactas 7-10, 7-2, 7-8 with next-highest top-2 projections.

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